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10 Best Buys!

07-31-09
Jesse Allen

10 Best Buys


When you are buying a home, having current and accurate knowledge of what area homes are listed for is important. Our best buy service enables you to get priority access to the hottest new listings so you can beat out other buyers and negotiate to get the most home for the least amount of money.

Here's how it works. Every evening our computerized system searches through all the properties listed in the past 24 hours, from every real estate company. We review each and every one of these listings in order to find the best real estate buys in the community. From this, we print out a "hotlist" which we provide as a public service, free of charge, and without obligation. You then receive your free computerized list of the "10 best buys" in your specific price range and desired location.

The 10 Best Buys "hotlist" service will help you identify the "ten-best-buys" on the market right now that match YOUR requirements. Remember, this is a FREE community service that will save you time and the hassle of searching for properties like these.

To receive a FREE computerized list of the "10 Best Buys" that match your criteria, simply visit the web site below! Become a VIP Buyer!

Visit: www.GreenvilleHomeTeam.com

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Kitchens do Sell the HOME....

07-31-09
Jesse Allen

Kitchens are always great selling points on new and re-sale homes. Here are 10 quick tips to help renew that kitchen area and to get your home sold faster. Remember, its easy quick tips that help make that home show better to new buyers!

10 Quick Kitchen Renewal Ideas

Winter will not be here forever, but while you cannot go outside and work on your home's exterior or plant in the garden, you mind as well make use of the time you have inside.

Perhaps your faded kitchen needs a new and creative touch. In fact, you don't even like spending time in the kitchen because it's so gloomy, but you have limited time and finances to make improvements now. Well, kitchen renovations do not have to drain your pocket, take a lot of time, or put your kitchen in total upheaval. Try one or all of the following.

1.) Try Painting

Paint works wonders on everything. A dull room can be transformed into an atmosphere that feels alive and clean with a few strokes of a brush and a gallon of paint.

If your old wood tone cabinets are not catching your eye anymore, try spray-painting them very glossy white or hand painted with oil-base in creamy white. For only a few bucks, you can paint your cabinetry, providing leaps and bounds of improvements.

After painting the cabinets, repaint the walls with a latex satin enamel in soft sheen or no sheen. Use a color to contrast your new looking cabinets.

2.) Replace the Pulls, Hinges, and Knobs

Even the worst cabinetry can smile again after new hardware. Perhaps you should look into vintage hardware. Expensive pulls can totally change the look of your kitchen.

3.) Remove a Few Doors

Examine the cabinets carefully and think about which doors could be removed to expose the shelving. Not only does open shelving make a room look larger, but you can also then display your favorite dishes, cookbooks, glasses, or whatever. This is easy to do and a new look.

Take this idea one step further and paint the inside of the newly exposed shelving either the same color as the cabinets or create a contrast with an opposite bright color.

4.) Replace Solid Doors with Glass Fronts

By replacing the solid cupboard doors with glass fronts, you open up the room and display dishes, glassware, silver, or anything that you wish to display. The glass does not have to be just clear either, you can use frosted or put out a few more bucks and get vintage doors that are mastered to fit. You could also add sheer fabric behind the glass fronts.

And if you've already thought of removing a few doors to open up shelving, the glass fronts will beautifully compliment.

5.) Change the Lighting

  • Wire Suspension Lights: make any space look contemporary and new.
  • Track Lights: lighten up any kitchen.
  • Paper lanterns: adds life, character, and originality.
  • Halogen bulbs: make a box or rectangle of lights if you have a small kitchen

6.) Tile a Countertop

Tile your countertop and have new countertops in a day. If you have a small kitchen, this is when you actually benefit, because you can get a more expensive tile and still not have to pay a lot of money.

7.) Flooring is Easy

Changing your old flooring does not have to be difficult or expensive. Today there are countless, patterned self-stick tiles that can be laid quickly and easily.

Or paint the floor a dark color such as black. Then, tie in the wall or cabinet color by using a ragging or faux finish over the dark color.

8.) Faucets Finish the New Look

You would be amazed to see how much of a difference a new faucet can make in your kitchen. For the amount of money that you put into the new faucet and pull out spray, your kitchen will be singing.

9.) Add a Reflection

One of the easiest and best ways to make a space feel larger, without literally expanding the room, is to add a framed mirror to the end of a galley kitchen. You will add dimension to the room. Plus, the mirror reflects already existing light, which will brighten up your kitchen.

10.) Change the Window Treatment

Curtains often fade and almost feel like furniture or part of the wall after awhile. We forget that changing them can easily upgrade the feel and look of the room. A matchstick blind cut to size can add texture and light control.

For more Hot tips on selling visit my web site www.JesseAllenHomes.com
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How to Sell Your House Fast When Foreclosure Looms

07-31-09
Jesse Allen

How to Sell Your House Fast When Foreclosure Loom

When foreclosure looms, many homeowners try to sell their homes. For them, the goal is not just to get the home sold, but to do it quickly. Foreclosure rates are the highest in buyer's markets, when homes take a longer than average time to sell. What's a homeowner to do? Get aggressive, and get your home sold fast!

As a seller, you control the only three factors that influence whether your home sells quickly: pricing, marketing and condition. Here are some easy steps and insider secrets to make your home fly off the market in record time!

Pricing Your House

  1. Don't try to salvage equity that does not exist. The fact that you bought your home for thousands more than homes are currently selling for in your neighborhood is irrelevant to the current fair market value of your home. You have to get clear on your goal: Are you trying to eke dollars out of your home by holding out for the highest price, or are you trying to avoid the seven-year black mark that a foreclosure will leave on your credit report?
  2. Don't overprice your home. Get clear about what you want. If you'd like to get your home sold, make sure you price it aggressively and that means low. If your home is overpriced, some buyers won't even see it because it will appear to be out of their price range. Other buyers will focus on seeing properties whose sellers seem more realistic about pricing. Your house will sit on the market longer than it should and then the lowballers will crawl out of the woodwork.
  3. Get real about what your home is worth. Have your real estate agent prepare a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) that shows recently sold, similar homes in your neighborhood. If you're serious about getting it sold fast, take the sales prices (not the list prices) from the most recently sold homes in your area, and then go down 10 percent or so from there to get your list price. When a home is slightly underpriced, it seems like a bargain. More buyers will come out to see it, and chances of getting a qualified offer skyrocket.
  4. Make sure you have an accurate understanding of how low you can go. A buyer is not going to pay a premium price for your home just because that's what you owe. If you owe more than your home is worth, give your lender a ring, complete a short sale application and ask your lender to give you some indication of how low a sale price they will accept. Conform your list price to that (don't forget to take closing costs into account); a short sale blemishes your credit but not as badly as a foreclosure does!

By Tara-Nicholle Nelson, Esq., FrontDoor.com

For more info on how to sell your home vist: www.GreenvilleHomeTeam.com

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Greenville, NC - Take Advantage of $8k Tax Credit before its GONE!

07-31-09
Jesse Allen

4 Months Left to Get $8K Home Buyer Tax Credit

The $8,000 first-time buyer tax credit program ends in just four short months. That means buyers need to be CLOSED on their homes by NOVEMBER 30th in order to receive the tax break.

What is the home buyer tax credit? It is a tax refund for 10% of a primary home's purchase price (up to $8K). The amount not used on your 2009 tax return will be refunded directly to you.

Who is eligible to receive the credit? First-time home buyers and those who have not owned a principal residence in the last three years prior to purchase.

Do income limits apply? Yes. The full amount is given to individuals who make up to $75K and married couples who make up to $150K per year (adjusted gross annual income). The credit amount phases out between $75K and $95K for individuals; $150K and $170K for joint filers.

If you want to take advantage of the home buyer tax credit, contact an agent today to discuss your plans. Keep in mind it's typically 45-60 days to close on a traditional real estate transaction (short sales can take much longer).

For more local listings visit: www.GreenvilleHomeTeam.com

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Greenville, NC - Willoughby Park

07-30-09
Jesse Allen
One of the few condo communities in Greenville, Willoughby Park is an established community that is located off of Evans Street. Very close to the middle of town, this extensive neighborhood is surrounded by trees and features private balconies or sunrooms. A community swimming pool and tennis court are also amenities of this great community. For more info visit: www.GreenvilleHomeTeam.com

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