Author: Connor White

Your Guide to HELOC Loans

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HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) Loans Trade Equity for Cash A home equity line of credit, known as a HELOC, allows homeowners to fund all sorts of projects and investments by using the equity you’ve put into the home so far. While this inexpensive way to borrow has its own rules and restrictions, for … Continued
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ROAD to Housing Act Expands Options for Manufactured Homes

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ROAD to Housing Act Makes it Easier to Buy & Sell Manufactured Homes Manufactured homes are a specific type of housing that are constructed in factories instead of on-site where the house’s foundation will be. Homes built this way since 1976 have to adhere to strict construction and safety standards established by the U.S. Department … Continued
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Is it Harder to Sell a Home with Easements?

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An easement is a common part of real estate deals, and represents a joint agreement between the landowner and another entity about specific uses of their land. In many cases, easements don’t cause problems for the landowner, but that can change if they ever decide they want to sell. Some easements may make selling the … Continued

How to Sell Your Home with a Short Sale

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Selling Your Home Through a Short Sale Stability and rising value are two of the most important reasons people purchase homes. Investing in real estate is, for the most part, a reliable way of building equity and working towards larger or nicer homes. But sometimes life events or market conditions make it harder to keep … Continued

How to Sell a Mobile Home

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Selling a Mobile/Manufactured Home A mobile home is a simple, affordable solution for housing, with millions of Americans living in them. But when it comes time to sell, owners find the process is often different than what they know about selling traditional homes. While they’re both considered housing, there are different laws and requirements to … Continued

How to Sell a House with a HOA

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Selling a House with a HOA Contract Homeowners Associations are neighborhood organizations that collect dues and enforce common area rules to support the other homeowners. It’s very common, especially in the suburbs outside major metros. When someone purchases a home that’s under an HOA contract, they don’t also do so while thinking about what it … Continued
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What to Renovate Before Selling

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A Room by Room Breakdown of What to Renovate Before Selling As homeowners get everything ready for selling their house, it’s common to consider adding value through home improvement and renovation projects. Fresh paint here or a new appliance there can have a major impact on your home’s top sale price. But not every renovation … Continued
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When to Fix Structural Damage, and When to Sell

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Structural Damage in Your Home: Should You Fix It or Sell It? Structural damage is different from normal wear and tear. A little chipped paint or worn carpet is also considered damage, but it’s cosmetic because the problem won’t affect the structural elements of the house. Structural damage impacts the parts of the house that … Continued

How to Buy and Sell a House With a Lien

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Buying or Selling a House With a Lien: What Every Homeowner Should Know If you’re buying or selling a home and a lien turns up during the process, it’s easy to assume the worst. But while they are an extra step in the transaction, liens are actually a routine part of many real estate deals. … Continued

Selling a House in Probate

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How to Sell a House in Probate When someone passes away, their belongings are distributed to family, friends, or even the government. This includes real estate like the person’s former home. Unlike most possessions, a house can’t be sold or handed over right away, even if the person owned the property outright. Instead, the house … Continued

What Are Seller Concessions in Real Estate?

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Compromising with Seller Concessions In the real estate world, there are many deals where the buyer is on the fence about purchasing a home. Sellers can encourage them to follow through with what are called seller concessions. While that may sound like something an agent uses to complicate the sale, it’s actually a straightforward tool … Continued
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Preparing Your Home for Sale

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Getting Your Home Ready to Sell Once you’ve made the decision to sell your home, realizing how much work is in front of you to get the house ready can feel overwhelming. There’s organizing, packing, cleaning, not to mention working with buyers, contractors and real estate agents. When every buyer is different, how do you … Continued
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Professional Home Staging for Investors and Agents

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While it’s exciting whenever a deal is made and another home is purchased, getting that home ready for sale is its own challenge. Everything from big renovations to details for online listing could mean the difference between a bidding war and zero buyers after weeks on the market. Staging is an enormous part of investor … Continued

What Is After Repair Value ARV?

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If you’ve ever watched a home renovation show, you’ve seen someone buy a rundown house, fix it up, and sell it for a big profit. But have you ever wondered how they know which properties are worth buying in the first place? A lot of that comes down to their estimates of the properties’ After … Continued

How to Sell a Hoarder House

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Clutter is a very common, almost expected part of owning a home. Life can get busy, and things start to pile up. When it comes time to sell, setting aside several hours for cleaning and organizing is usually all that’s necessary. But hoarding is a different matter. Hoarding is a distressing compulsion to keep household … Continued
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