Thinking of Selling your home in the Grand Rapids Real Estate market?
We produced a short video outling some of the steps of home selling. You can visit our website for more selling details and a FREE "Home Seller's Checklist"
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Thinking about buying a home in Grand Rapids Michigan? Get yourself financially qualified by a lender, your first step.
Buying the home of your dreams club be one of the best opportunities of your life or a emotional roller coaster without a lender pre-qualification letter. Seller's will view your offer as legitimate with a pre-qualification letter. Without this step being done your offer will only be viewed with skepticism by the seller's
Flexit Realty offers professional buyer agents living neighborhoods just like yours. Take a moment and view our buyer agent video. It will help you with a few other home search opportunities.
Give Flexit Realty Buyer Agents a call for personal home buying help.
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Video Advertising can be very powerful in today's world of cross channel media.
Think of attracting clients within your real estate market with targeted advertising that talks to them. Commercials are immediately sniffed out by consumers. A low key, quick video between 45- 2 minutes 30 seconds, solving a problem they might have is dynamite!
I just produced a video for my real estate market, Grand Rapids Michigan. I have a series of videos coming out that address the service offered by my company. These videos coincide with the launch of a new website. Making the whole package new for the consumer.
Do you think targeted video advertising can help your business in your real estate market?
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Do I look Like your personal ATM?
Real Estate Agents and Brokers are in the business of real estate, selling homes. I maintain an office in Grand Rapids Michigan under the name Flexit Realty®. The name was created from “Flexible Real Estate Solutions” but that isn’t why I look like an ATM.
From time to time we all hear from potential clients the reasons why they can’t buy. We hear why they will have trouble paying the rent. We even hear why they are moving. Most of the time you have to feel for the economic situation that has caused them so much misfortune.
People become desperate and bargain without anything to offer for collateral. I receive calls nearly everyday from a buyer who knows they cannot buy, before they call me.
This may seem harsh to you, I run a business for profit. If I don’t make a profit my office closes, my agents find 
another real estate broker to work with and that is that. The problem is, I like being a real estate broker in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have lived in Grand Rapids for the better part of 35 years, since 1972, minus the 5 years in Florida and a couple years traveling.
I was asked if I could loan a buyer, I don’t know, the money for the down payment to purchase a home. They would pay me back right away. As soon as they saved the money, they had a good job at Wal-Mart Sam's Club, driving a forklift. I knew I looked like an ATM, my own grown children think so too! I may have a big soft spot for people in need, I like making an impact on peoples lives, without putting my business or personal life in jeopardy.
I don’t intend to minimize hard work or driving a forklift, I have done that and more. In my own company, as president, to get shipments out the door on time I drove a forklift, packed and taped boxes right along side my hourly workers. As I recall they laughed and had fun with me, fixed my mistakes, showing me why I designed and they did the manufacturing.
Let’s face the facts, I don’t know anything about my clients other than they are great people. Some of them have become life long friends. I remember them all, and they have each contributed to my success and my companies success. Do I want to become a home mortgage lender? Do I want to cross the line and become more than I am are real estate broker and agent? NO, I have a business to run and profit keeps that business running. Do I want to be an ATM no, that isn’t my function as a Grand Rapids real estate broker, a home selling agent or representing buyers as a buyer’s agent in Grand Rapids.
I want the best possible outcome for my clients, I work hard to make sure that happens, just like my agents and other professionals in the real estate industry. I invest in my business and in my clients homes for sale. I invest in my agents with tools and knowledge skill sets to help them represent their clients better.
I feel bad for people that have put themselves in a fix, but I cannot fix all their problems. I feel bad for those that have not learned you must sacrifice for what you want. You must save for what you want. We live in the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave". We step out and work for our goals. The great result of that work, most people are able to achieve their goals of home ownership. It may not be in their time frame but they can do it with 3.5% down for a conventional loan. My first house was 20% down and my parents didn’t know what an ATM was at the time!
Negotiating Your Homes Sale, Step #12
Is one of the finale steps before you meet at the title company or lawyers office, depending on your state and method of completing your homes sale.
This steps requires some diplomacy and nerve to hold your ground on issues that will not kill the sale, yet will not cost your thousands of dollars.
Before inspections in most cases, before the value appraisal comes the purchase agreement to buy your home.
Real estate agents have very little contract negotiation training. Agents bring
what negotiation skills they have, from other industries, or learn how as a result of client representation on the job as real estate agents. This is why real estate agent selection is so important. Real estate selling agents do have some formal negotiation training, learning the basics along with legal terms, during pre-licensed training. This can be only a few hours and for test purposes, not under real sales contracts or situations that can make or break a home sale. Real Estate brokers will provide new agents with direct supervision and/or offer in-house training classes.
Negotiation Guideline List:
the repair is deemed to be required for the buyer to get their loan approved, you will probably have to do the repair out of your pocket. Deciding not to do the repair means that the buyer can not get the loan and will terminate the purchase agreement. In most cases the earnest deposit will be required to be refunded to the buyer.
Likely Required Repairs:
Many more things can come up during inspections, you get the idea, your sale can be derailed if an inspector finds a problem. If you are unwilling to fix or pay for a requested repair and the buyer will not or can not negotiate with you because of the conditions of the loan, your sale can fall through.
Home Loan Appraisal, you have made it through inspections, now comes the appraisal value of your home. How much value does the buyers lender place on your home? Very important, try to negotiate to see a copy of your homes appraisal value by the appraiser. You mush have the buyers permission to see the appraisal. Agents can many times get permission to see limited areas of the appraisal. You can offer to split the cost if the appraisal comes in low. Most buyers want your home or they would not have made the offer to purchase. Offer them half is a win-win for both of you. When writing the purchase agreement make sure you ask to see this document. When negotiations are all smiles is the time to get yourself in the information sharing position.
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Flexit Realty offers it's clients a distinct advantage, multiple selling programs, specifically designed for a great selling and buying experience. Call Toll Free 800-336-5124, find out for yourself.
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