Posts made by author 'Denny Brandt'

If it is a seller's market, simply finding your dream home and submitting a standard offer might not be enough. When there are more buyers than there are available homes for sale you need to prepare for a competitive bidding war. Luckily, there are strategic moves you can use to guarantee success. Follow the five tips below to push your offer to the front of the line.

Make a clean offer.
This means the offer should have as few contingencies as possible. Though some...

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Whether you've lived in your home for a few months or a few decades, you probably think you know it best. But that doesn't mean you're the most qualified person for the job when the time comes to sell it.

Many folks are tempted to take the For Sale By Owner (FSBO) route believing they'll save a bundle by not paying an agent's commission. They may imagine it's a simple as sticking a sign in the ground and watching a qualified buyer magically appear. While that may happen occasionally, the vast majority of that time it doesn't work like that. At all.

Consider these FSBO pitfalls and the lessons homeowners...

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Deciding on where to live can be one of the most important and stressful decisions you and your family will make. So many aspects of your life is linked to where you live, including where you work, what schools your family will go to, the friends everyone will meet, the types of activities that will fill your days, and the opportunities to enjoy the world around you. But like any other daunting task, the decision of where to live can be best accomplished by breaking it down it smaller choices, then narrowing the field from there. Take into consideration a place's climate, arts and culture, history, economic strength, schools, and more. It's important to not only weigh and prioritize your o...

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Finding the perfect starter home is a journey as well as a destination. You've got to know what you want, then adjust expectations to meet the reality of the market. In the end, you don't have to settle on your "forever home"—just a place you'll call home for at least five to seven years.

But that's a long time in homeowner years, especially if you wake up each day in a place you wind up hating.

So how do you know what's going to stand the test of (a decent amount of) time? You've never done this before. You're taking a leap of faith that you have the money, skills, and tem...

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Home pricing is more of a science than an art, but many homeowners price with their heartstrings instead of cold, hard data. Here's why crunching the numbers is always the better route to an accurate home price — as well as what can happen when home sellers overlook those all important data points.

The Pitfalls of Overpricing

Homeowners often think that it's OK to overprice at first, because — who knows? — maybe you'll just get what you're asking for. Although you can certainly low...

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