Friday, December 10, 2010

How to find Buyers for Nashville Sellers

In the years past, it was the practice of developers to buy up large tracts of land in outlying areas and build large subdivisions. With
credit more readily available these homes were built quickly and purchased just as quickly.  Many investor buyers bought with the hopes of selling in a year or two with a very large profit.  Some did for a while then markets tighten and banks stopped lending, subdivision failed, the houses were abandoned, and the real estate market plummeted. These outlying towns full of empty houses offer real estate investors vast opportunities as short-sales and foreclosures but money is still tight for investors and buyers are harder to find.

There are 2 reasons why real estate investors are not taking advantage of this prospective opportunity?

1. The very isolation of the “commuter town” or “bedroom community” is not appealing to most buyers.

2.  The end-buyer prospects have been limited in an economy that has a large number of “Credit-Challenged” buyers.

Even though the sentiment of “everything has its price” is still true, it takes a greater deal of marketing to actually make a sale.
Therefore: a large marketing genre includes more than the customary marketing techniques. Multiple listings are good but there are other, more inventive marketing techniques.  Finding an agent that can expose the seller’s property to the greatest number of potential buyers would be one example.  Just as the internet has become an excellent tool for researching information, some <a href=”http://www.nashvillesmls.com”>Real
Estate Agents</a> have constructed very user friendly website, providing easy assess to all related information in one place. 

Another element to the process once you find the buyer is to have the right financing options available to make the entire process flow
smoothly.  With the example above, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) is an alternative financing mechanism to the conventional lender who has already sustained a loss in the current market. This financing is available to anyone who qualifies and where
the property is in a defined as a rural area. Few investors have realized this as a viable tool.  If you have the right tools or a team with the right tools in place <a href=”http://www.nashvillebuyers.com/list-your-home.php”>listing and selling your home</a> becomes a whole lot less stressful.

Andy Brown

The Ashton Real Estate Group

RE/MAX Elite

andy@andybrownrealestate.com

615-541-9191
 

Thursday, December 9, 2010

ATTENTION: SELL YOUR HOME TO VERY MOTIVATED HOME BUYERS!

Perfect timing: Only serious home buyers are looking right now.  Many of them have to be settled so they can start a new job at the first of the year.  Others buyer to take advantage of the tax year that
ends December 31, rather than waiting until January.  Many also have to show Closing Statement to register their children for new schools in th mid term.

Perfect Conditions: Your home is decorated and inviting, showing it’s best 
features, best smells, and best decorations…and the competition is limited, as other sellers take their homes off the market for a couple of months during the holidays.  Most do this because agents have instructed them that its the slowest time of the year.  While it may be a slow time, it may be the perfect time for you to list and sell your home.  If your house is for sale and is only 1 of 3, there is a far greater chance for you to get a contract offer than if you were 1 of 20 in the spring.

Perfect Advantage: In addition now is the time to list homes and take advantage of the end 
of the tax year and stay in their current home. Sell now, and postpone or arrange for closing in 2011!

  Perfect Weather: Well, maybe not, but display framed pictures of your home in 
spring and summer in the entryway on a table along with a packet of information about the home.  Your agent can create a brochue with details that they can take to remember the house. Buyers will be impressed by smart marketing and respond to how great your home can look in all seasons.

Check out how to <a href="http://www.nashvillebuyers.com/list-your-home.php">List your Nashville Home</a>

and receive more information from Andy Brown, The Ashton Real Estate Group about marketing and selling your home.

 

 

Andy Brown

The Ashton Real Estate Group

RE/MAX Elite

andy@andybrownrealestate.com

615-541-9191

615-661-4115 fax