Real estate invesment is a complex affair. There are many factors that affect the profitability of the investment. Profitability is mostly dependent upon your ability to find the best possible deal in the market. You must be able to identify the real estate deals that have the best potential...
India is a very lucrative destination when it comes to buying and selling properties. With the globalization bandwagon increasingly finding its way to the country, coupled with Indias bludgeoning population, everyone is rushing to book their piece of the property. Interestingly, most highly...
With school end approaching, some of us will be spending our summer vacations helping our children to settle into their chosen University town. Arizona State University is located in Arizona’s most populous city of Tempe and if you are planning to look for accommodation in this area...
The property price dilemma
As a homeowner selling your home you are faced with a dilemma when setting the asking price for your property. Ask too much and you risk your property sitting on the market for months without attracting any offers. Ask too little and you lose out financially....
Many homeowners opt for a private house sale instead of hiring someone to do the marketing and sales for them. A lot of people feel really connected to their home and they dont want anyone else to show the home to potential buyers. Other homeowners simply do not want to deal with a realtor, so...
How To Price A Home
A home will sell for two reasons: price and exposure. In the real estate market for the 21st century, exposure has taken a new turn with the advancement of many Internet technologies for real estate. Be it as it may, the real estate industry’s new exposure tools...
I never really thought of weeds as being evil, but occasionally a plant finds its way into your garden and refuses to leave. It turns into a stubborn house guest, spreading its roots through every available patch of dirt, and paying no heed to existing plants in their quest for dominance....
Should you do your own pre-purchase inspection? Yes and no. Yes, you should inspect a house before you write an offer on it. Then you should put an inspection contingency clause in the offer, and hire a professional inspector. Why do both?
Doing your own inspection can help you get a...
The first thing I did in preparation for getting a house in Thailand was scour the Internet for all the information I could find on owning or leasing a house in Thailand. Most of the information I found was at Thai legal sites and forums. The legal sites had the nitty-gritty information and the...
By John Tatman, Retired Real Estate Appraiser
Let us try to see your home through the buyers eyes. You have lived there for years and you see your home everyday. Is it appealing from the street? Would YOU buy it? Be honest.
In addition to all the common sense preparations such as...
Miami real estate offers great opportunity for investors or homebuyers. But there are lots of factors to look up when you desire to invest.
There are two kinds of investment, the short term and long term investment. So it really depends on your investment plans and which you prefer that...
Youve sold your home and are getting ready for the appraisal. Heres how contracts and comparable home sales impact the appraisal.
Your Contract
One of the indications of value an appraiser takes into consideration is the contract that exists between unrelated parties for the sale...