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First Time Home Buyer: It’s time to take the next step and buy your first home. Where to begin, you ask? By and large, we find ourselves scouring the internet for real estate listings and then driving by potential homes only to find that it’s been sold, or doesn’t live up to those beautiful online photos. Here’s the good news! Before getting too wrapped up in the home searching process, there are a few steps you should take to save yourself time, money and lots of disappointment. First and foremost:  Prepare Your Credit for Mortgage Approval.  Now that you’ve decided to turn those rent payments into mortgage payments, the natural tendency may be to start looking for your dream home . But taking a step back to analyze your finances will be of absolute benefit to you when it comes to the mortgage approval part of the process! The preliminary home search stage is the perfect time to check your credit score and the contents of your report.   If ...

Sell Your Home in 3 Easy Steps As you begin thinking about all the details involved with selling your home, you may start to feel overwhelmed. There are so many factors to think about - when you should put your house on the market, how to pack everything up while you're still living in the home, what to do about showings when you have children (or pets) at home. The list just keeps going. Fortunately, I've paired it down to the three most important steps on which you should focus. While I cannot promise everything else will go smoothly, I am positive that if you follow these instructions, your home will sell fast and for top dollar. 1. Determine Why You Want To Move Before putting your home on the market, it’s important to know why you really want to move. As you start to think about selling your house, you’ll probably have multiple ideas about the advantages or disadvantages that are involved in that process. In the end, some sellers realize that they are ...

Selling your home in Tampa Bay , Florida is not easy. It can be a very stressful and arduous process. And when you do sell your home, you want to get top dollar for it. Of course, if you call us at 855-759-4685 and put our real estate experience and expertise to work for you, we can sell your house the right way! But enough with the sales pitch. You clicked on this article to read about ways to sell your Tampa Bay, Florida home. So let’s get to it! Setting the Right Price Pricing your home too high could turn off both potential buyers and the real estate agents who could help you sell it. Asking too high a price for your house could hinder the process of making a sale. Home sellers, of course, want to set the price of their home for what they think its worth. But it takes more than just wanting a certain amount to set a proper price tag on the sale of your home. That’s why you should always consult with a real estate expert to help you list your property at a pri...