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Your Home Equity Can Work for You

“Use your home’s equity to pay off your debt. It’s easy and simple, no closing costs!” Every time I turn on the television, commercials bombard me telling me to take out a home equity line of credit. People are using their dream homes to pay for even bigger dreams, like a “debt free” lifestyle and college educations for their children. Despite the ease in securing these seemingly beneficial lines of credit, many... 

For Sale By Owner - Use This Tip To Sell Your Home Quicker and At a Better Price

Your house is for sale by owner (fsbo), Along with columns of countless other FSBO’s in the Sunday paper. This one little trick will enable you to have your Ad Noticed by more potential buyers. More buyers means you to sell your home quicker and at a better price. Have you ever gone to purchase a car. Did you notice when you negotiate the car dealer doesn’t tell you the price of the car he tells you the monthly payment. What would you... 

Homes For Sell By Owner ? FSBOs and Buyer Brokers

You’re selling your home as a FSBO (for sale by owner) and you get annoyed when real estate brokers call you, right? That’s a reasonable response when you’re doing all the work to market your property to save thousands of dollars in broker commissions. However, when a "buyer broker" calls, you might want to listen. Why Listen To understand why I say that, we need to understand the functions of "listing brokers"... 

FSBO: For Sale By Owners Chapter IV [part 1]

Like a monarch, Red Haring reigned in the deep leather seat of his KenWorth cab-with its king-size sleeper. The 400 horsepower Caterpillar diesel engine droned apathetically as Red downshifted for the parking lot to his favorite Boise, Idaho roadside diner. He’d picked up a large 26,000 pound household move in Olympia, Washington, which he’d delivered to Baker City, Oregon. Red’s company had a contract with BIG Van Lines to move... 

FSBO: For Sale By Owners Chapter Two

Sheriff’s Deputy Ted Rasmussen was thinking about Carrie-his pregnant waitress problem-when he sighted the traffic disruption meandering near the yellow line on Bay Street. A Bremerton merchant had called the Sheriff’s emergency number reporting a wet morning commuter mess. Two motorists had placed 911 calls from their cell phones. When the police dispatcher asked if there were any units in the vicinity, Ted responded. "167 Rasmussen!...