Special Reports for Home Buyers
Home Buyers: How To Avoid Paying Too Much for your New Home
First-time home buyer or a seasoned real estate pro, buying a house is
an emotionally stressful and daunting process. This informative report gives you
helpful tips on how to deal with this and avoid overpaying for your new
home.
A Critical Guide To Home Loans
There was a time in the not-so-distant past
when financing the purchase of a home was relatively uncomplicated. You went to
your local savings and loan and signed up for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage
loan. Those days are gone, probably forever.
Today, you have what seems like an endless array of choices—different rates,
terms, down payments, fees, etc. I’ve developed this guide to
assist you in evaluating which mortgage is best for you. More than
any other single factor, choosing the
right mortgage will influence whether or not your real estate investment is a
good one.
Steps to Owning Your Own Home and Common Pitfalls of Purchasing Real Estate
Whether you are purchasing real estate for the first time, wish to
upgrade your current residence, or are relocating to a new area, many questions
arise, as do emotions. Everyday purchasers make life-altering decisions with
less than 20 minutes of dedicated viewing and investigation. Any errors that
occur as a result of a lack of planning can seriously hamper your financial
standing, and even unduly affect the long-term happiness of your family.
This informative report gives you helpful tips on how to deal with this and
avoid the common pitfalls to home ownership.
Special Reports for Home Sellers
29 Essential Tips That Get Homes Sold Fast (And for Top Dollar)
Selling your home? This information packed report offers
tips, hints and insights to help you to a speedy and more profitable home
sale.
Squeezing Every Last Dollar From Your Home Sale
In this report, learn vital tips and strategies that will help you maximize your return on investment when you sell your home. You'll be amazed at how some seemingly insignificant repairs or renovations can pay big dividends when you do sell your home.
How to Sell Your Home for the Highest Price Possible
This special report is a great supplement to the above reports and a
great advantage for any serious home seller. Filled with valuable suggestions
that are designed to help you sell for the highest price your property can
bring. A critical must-read to maximize your profits from your home sale.
20 Questions You Absolutely Must Ask Your Next Real Estate Agent Before You Sign on the Dotted Line
If your home did not sell, it could be for any number of reasons. One reason may be that
you didn't hook up with the right real estate agent for your needs. This report is specially designed to help you make sure that the next real estate agent you select is the most qualified to meet your particular goals and needs.
29 Critical Questions to Ask a Realtor Before You List
The single most critical step is in selecting the real estate
professional you will trust your precious investment to when you are ready to
buy or sell your home. This report gives you all the important questions you
must ask prospective agents. It can make all the difference.
Getting Your House Ready to Sell
When conversing with real estate agents, you will often find that when they
talk to you about buying real estate, they will refer to your purchase as a
"home." Yet if you are selling property, they will often refer to it as a
"house." There is a reason for this. Buying real estate is often an emotional
decision, but when selling real estate you need to remove emotion from the
equation.
You need to think of your house as a marketable
commodity; Property, Real Estate. Your goal is
to get buyers to see it as their potential home, not yours. If you do not
consciously make this decision, you can inadvertently create a situation where
it takes longer to sell your property.
This report will help you get your home ready to sell.
Special Reports
Find out what homes like yours are selling for in your Goldsboro or Wayne County neighborhood
Send for a list of the last 10 comparable homes sold in
your area.
Daily Video Newsletter
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Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of
its features include: Current Daily Interest Rates National Real
Estate News Mortgage Advice Question & Answers Plus much more. It is "real time"
and changes daily.
Daily Consumer News and Advice Section of my Real Estate Newsletter
Featuring: Daily Real Estate News
and Advice, Current Interest Rates and a Library of
Past Real Estate Articles.
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January 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This Newsletter is full of interesting and useful real estate
information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer, seller,
homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles includes topics such as: "Protect Your
Interests When Buying a Home"; "Are Pets Soiling Your Chances of Selling Your
Home?"; "Is Your Insurance Up To Par?"; "New Homes Promise Breath of
Fresh Air"; "Selling Your House May Have to Satisfy Three
'Buyers'";
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February 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful real estate
information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer, seller,
homeowner, or renter. This
month's articles includes topics such as: "Top Ten Tax Breaks,
On the House"; "Thinking Green, An Early Start to Gardening"; "How to Accelerate Your Mortgage Application"; "Getting the Best Deal on a
Home'";
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March 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful real estate
information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles includes topics such
as: "Good Deal Matter of
Interpretation"; "Online Appraising: A Thing of Value to Whom?"; "Cash-out
Refinancings are Nearing an All-time Record"; "Ten Tips For First-Time
Buyers"; "Leaving Town? Securing Your Home While Your Gone";
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April 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and
useful real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a
buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles includes
topics such as:
"10 Ways To Make Your Home More Salable"; "Hold
Emotions at Bay During Real Estate Transactions"; "Pricing as Much Art as
Science"; "Fresh House: Smells Sell"; "Saying
'I Do' to First Homes";
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May 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and
useful real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a
buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles includes
topics such as:
"Which Repairs Should You Make Before the
Sale?"; "Mortgage Rates, Points, and Fees"; "Children's Life Stages
Crucial When Considering Where To Buy A Home"; "Sweat Equity Home
Improvement Tips"; "Why Pre-qualification and Pre-approval Helps Your Home
Search ";
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June 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"What is a Buyer's Market?"; "Sellers and Proper Pet
Behavior"; "Survey Shows How Sellers Spend Their Money"; "Making Moving
Simple and Organized: It Can be Done!"; "Practical Things to Remember When Home Shopping";
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July 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Six Signs That You're Ready To Buy"; "Spruce Up Your Landscaping
Before You Sell"; "7-Ways to Make Money On Investment Properties";
"Growth Can Be Good"; "Losing on Real Estate Price a Matter of Perspective";
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August 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Selling Your Home in The Summer"; "Normal Market Produces Buyer
Opportunity"; "Federal Real Estate and Mortgage Tax Incentives"; "Be a
No-Show At Showings"; "Property Sales Tax Breaks";
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September 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"What You Should Do Now If You Plan On Selling This Fall"; "Don't Overlook
a Home's Potential When House Hunting"; "Right Paint Choices Are Key To
Resale"; "Marathon Sellers Race Reality"; "When is an Investor, Not An Investor?";
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October 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Real Estate Outlook: Buyers Take Note"; "Tips for Selling in a Buyer's
Market"; "Coping With A Changing Mortgage Market"; "Questions to Ask
Before Buying a Condo"; "The One And Only AnnualCreditReport.com";
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November 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Seller's Home Appeal for Today's Market"; "Buying To Expand Can Be
Tricky"; "Keeping Your Credit Clean"; "How Much is Too Much to Fix up
Your House?"; "Economists
Question Media's Negative Drumbeat on Housing";
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December 2006 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Should I Take My Home Off the Market During the Holidays?"; "Buyers: A
Source of Capital You May Not Have Considered"; "It Is A Good Time To
Decide"; "Rarely A Good Time To Buy Extended Warranties"; "Mortgage Rate Decreases Spurring a Mini-Boom in
Refinancing";
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January 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"New Year's Resolutions for The Home"; "Mortgage Insurance Slated For Tax
Deduction"; "The Art of House Hunting: 8 Tips to Help in Your Search";
"Choose Your Method of Profit"; "Sellers Could Lose Waiting for Buyers to Make Offers";
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February 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Increase the Odds of Selling Your Home by Cleaning Out
Clutter"; "Resolve To Protect Your Household's Bottom Line"; "For Some,
It's Time To Appeal Property Tax Bills"; "Post Boom Second Home Buying
Strategies"; "Homebuyers Paying Too Much in Points, Says New Statistical
Study";
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March 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as: "The Homeowner Gain
Exclusion Deduction"; "Putting Zeal In Your Curb Appeal"; "Study Profiles
Home Of The Future"; "Real Estate Taxes, Refunds and
Rip-Offs"; "Downpayments Shrivel as 100 Percent Financing Becomes The
New Norm";
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April 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Sell Your Home for More Money"; "10 Ways To Know When The Market Is
Up -- or Down"; "Window of Opportunity Opens and Closes with Interest Rates";
"Six Degrees Of Refinancing"; "More Housing Starts, Fewer Permits Means Opportunity For
Buyers To Buy Bigger";
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June 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as: "Torn Between Two
Houses?"; "Many Consumers Ignore Energy Tax Credits"; "Secrets to a
Successful Move"; "Terminating Turf Troubles"; "Shared Appreciation in a New Light";
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May 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Window of Opportunity"; "Mixed Messages For Real Estate
Buyers"; "Counteroffer is Rejection Of The Earlier Offer"; "When Your
Neighbor's Tree Is on Your Property"; "Squeezing More Savings Out Of
Energy-Efficient Home Electronics";
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July 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"When Should Homebuyers Jump In?"; "What Your Homeowners Insurance
Does, Doesn't Cover"; "Avoiding 7 Costly Mistakes of Selling Your Home";
"Secrets About Buying A Second Home"; "Is Credit Card Debt Keeping You Locked Out of
Homeownership?"
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August 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Staging Takes Center Stage"; "Seven Steps To A Credit Score
Makeover"; "Coping with Higher Summer Energy Costs"; "Over-Cooked Hype
Hikes Kitchen Costs"; "Hot Decorating Tips: Go From Drab to Fab With These Ideas";
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September 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Homeownership Is Good For You"; "What Is The Fed's Discount Rate And
Does It Affect Housing?"; "Selling Your Home in a Slumping Market";
"Pre-approval Means More Than Just a Lender Letter"; "New Trends for Everyone at International Builders Show";
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October 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful real estate
information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer, seller,
homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles includes topics such as:
"Pricing as Much Art as Science"; "Could Your Closets Be Turning Off
Buyers?"; "Back To Basic Home Buying Skills"; "Nailing Down Housing
Costs"; "It's A
Good Time For A Home Inspection";
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November 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles includes topics such
as: "It's A Buyers Market.
So, When Are You Going to Buy?"; "Don't Let Home Heating Wear Out Your
Wallet"; "Safeguarding Your Mortgage Application Takes Commonsense";
"Important Facts That Will Affect Real Estate Pricing Over The Next 20+
Years"; "New ID Theft Study Points to Strangers";
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December 2007 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether
you are a buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's issue includes topics such
as: "Should I Take My Home
Off the Market During the Holidays?"; "How to Handle Low Ball
Offers"; "Keeping Your Credit Clean"; "Investor Outlook"; "Reducing
Utility Costs Doesn't Have to be High-Energy Task";
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January 2008 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer,
seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's issue includes
topics such as: "Top 10 Tax Breaks, On
The House"; "Battle of the Warring Housing Price Indexes"; "Smoothing The
Rough Road To Refinancing"; "Going Green: Easier Than You May
Think"; "Understanding How Federal Reserve Rate Cuts
Work";
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February 2008 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and useful
real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's issue includes topics such as: "Home Selling Tips For
Spring Buyer's Market"; "Are You Leaving a Tax Deduction on the
Table?"; "Five Reasons Houses Beat Stocks"; "Provide An Honest, Complete
Mortgage Application"; "Six Signs It's Time For Home Buyers To Buy";
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March 2008 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and
useful real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a
buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's issue includes
topics such as:
"When Selling Your Home, Using Scents Makes Sense!"; "Condos Pay Off
As Second Homes"; "Timing Is Everything: When And How To Move"; "How To
Stop ID Theft Cold"; "Use Home Equity Protection";
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April 2008 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and
useful real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a
buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's issue includes
topics such as:
"What Does The Economic Stimulus Package Mean To
You?"; "Is Your Credit Score as High as You Think?"; "Appealing Your
Property Tax Bill"; "Location Can Dictate Maintenance Chores"; "Buying
Bonds and the Mortgage Market";
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May 2008 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and
useful real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a
buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's issue includes
topics such as: "First Time Buyers' Dos
And Don'ts"; "Taking The Real Estate Investment Plunge"; "Tax Rebate Uses
For Buyers"; "Review The Landscape Before You Buy Or Sell"; "Housing Bills Will Help Homeowners And Economy";
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June 2008 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and
useful real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a
buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's issue includes
topics such as:
"Moving Up? What You Need
to Consider to Accommodate Your Growing Family"; "How To Get the Goods On
Regreening"; "ID Theft Hits Home"; "Keep Cool Starting From The Top";
"Avoiding Home-Based Business Blunders"; "Tax Rebate Uses For Sellers";
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July 2008 Real Estate Update Newsletter
This month's Newsletter is full of interesting and
useful real estate information that I think you will enjoy whether you are a
buyer, seller, homeowner, or renter.
This month's articles
includes topics such as:
"Moving Up? What You Need to Consider to Accommodate Your Growing
Family"; "How To Get the Goods On Regreening"; "ID Theft Hits Home";
"Keep Cool Starting From The Top"; "Avoiding Home-Based Business
Blunders"; "Tax Rebate Uses For Sellers";
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