Short Sales and the Sound of Music

Attached is Your Short Sale Approval Letter It’s like the sound of Now getting to closing is the last hurdle.

Birmingham Real Estate Investors Better Bring Your A-Game

Fixer Upper

Flipping Houses in Birmingham, Alabama If you are planning to flip houses in Birmingham, Alabama you would be well advised to bring your A-Game.  I would highly recommend that you take a look at the work that your competition is doing if you truly plan to compete in today’s market.  The Birmingham real estate investor [...]

All Things Considered Price, Location and Condition Will Sell a House Faster Than Anything

Sold

Price, Location and Condition The title of this post speaks for itself.  There really is no further explanation needed so this post is going to be quite brief. Birmingham-Hoover Home Sellers There isn’t much you can do about location if you are planning to sell your house .  Hopefully it’s in a prime location.  But [...]

How Much Will You Take For This House?

Man, Woman, My House, Couple, Selling, House, Happy, Home, Home

Will The Seller Take $XXXXX.00 For This House? I get this a lot. Birmingham home buyers and their birmingham real estate agents will often verbally ask if a seller will accept a certain amount for a home that is listed in the Birmingham MLS. Not to be mean or discouraging, my answer is always the [...]

Birmingham Alabama Home Sellers Would You Buy Your House?

An Out of Body Experience May be Needed to Answer This Question This may sound like a funny question, but it’s actually quite serious.  Let me ask it again and this time, I’d like for Birmingham Alabama home sellers to take just a minute to reflect  and then answer it.  Would you buy your house?  [...]

Prepare Your House For Sale Like You’re Planning A Party for the Home Buyer

Preparing Your Home For Sale for the Home Buyer

Prepare the House For Sale With the Guest of  Honor in Mind Think about it:  You’ve decided to sell your home.  Besides contacting and selecting a Birmingham real estate agent, one of the first things on your mind is a good old fashioned house cleaning.  You’ll want to make sure that the carpet is clean, [...]

Want to Sell Your Birmingham Home? Then Pretend Like You Don’t Live There.

Outside Looking In

Selling Your Home From the Outside Looking In If you are planning to sell your Birmingham-Hoover area house, you’ll have to look long and hard at your house in order to  abandon some of your personal biases.  These very biases may interfere with your ability to view your home objectively. Sure I could say think [...]

January 2012 Birmingham-Hoover Foreclosure Market Report

January 2012 Foreclosure Sales In Birmingham Alabama

January 2012 Foreclosure Report The Birmingham-Hoover Alabama Metro forclosures in January 2012 was 227, compared to 594 non-foreclosutre sales.  As a percentage, that translates to 38% of all sales in January 2012 with an average sales price of $82,323 (while the average non-foreclosure price was $208,201.  The average price for all sales in January 2012 was [...]

Selecting the Right Birmingham Real Estate Agent

Good chemistry between real estate agent and client

Chemistry is Important When Selecting a Real Estate Agent If buying or selling a home in Birmingham Alabama is on your to do list, then it’s important that you chose a Metropolitan Birmingham-Hoover real estate agent that is knowledgeable about the process.  But it’s also important that good chemistry exist between the two of you or you AND the [...]

Understanding the Nature of Home Buying and Selling Negotiations

Negotiating

I Couldn’t Care Less About What Your Client Thinks Birmingham real estate agents, home buyers and home sellers alike often utter these very words. And each time I hear it, I often think “Well you should.” How can you negotiate if you don’t consider the other party?” I believe that the dominant factor in good [...]

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