If you are planning on selling your home in LA, you could not have picked a better time. The current economic downturn has left many people searching for homes and apartments in America. Considering the fact that Los Angeles is considered one of the premier destinations in the world, it is not at all surprising that you can expect to earn a large profit in the circumstances. But in order to ensure that you are able to offer prospective buyers something that they do not get anywhere else in Los Angeles, you need something that can sweeten the deal.
This is where a helipad in your backyard is of great use. The fact the many celebrities live here also implies that there would be many journalists and tourists visiting every month. These large numbers simply imply that there would be congestion on the roads. So, if a potential buyer for your home is a businessman, you can be sure that he would have to get to important meetings as quickly as possible. (more…)
Here is the story of a Lake Norman area short sale that did not end the way we had all hoped.
In March of 2009 a distressed seller called us to help her through the short sale process. Having been down this road before, we agreed to guide her. We assisted her with getting bank approval to short sale the property and listed it for sale in March of 2009. During this period we marketed the home and had many offers come in only to be withdrawn after the buyers got tired of waiting. (more…)
If you are planning on selling your LA home, there are a few things that you can do. The most obvious would be to hire the services of a real estate agent who can find the right buyers for your house. However, there is another thing that you can do to ensure that people are made aware of your sale- use the internet.
By making use of the internet, it is possible for you to reach a much wider customer base as you are no longer simply restricted to only Americans. (more…)
Selling Spanish property direct to the Russian property buyer is no easy task but the Russian buyer has been one of the few who have not been adversely affected by the recession. This is a tricky market to sell into and has stumped most agents. Are new websites in Russian required. Are local agents required to resell. The most successful have been those who have translated their websites into Russian or employed Russian agents on the ground in the Russian property market.
Top tips on selling into the Russian Property Market
- Translate your website or join a listing website that translates its site into Russian.
- Be patient, it takes time.
- Employ a native Russian speaker to help with the language, there are a lot more around the UK and Ireland than previously.
- Russians tend to buy overseas property for ‘prestige’ reasons so the more expensive the property the more likely it may be sold.
- It may be a cliche but Russian buyers are supposed to buy more with their hearts than their heads so image is everything.
- security is highly important to Russian buyers so show photos of the alarms and grills and walls which might otherwise put UK and Irish buyers off.
- Russian buyers like to talk to the organ grinder not the monkey so engage personally as the seller ready to negotiate.
- Russian’s are wary of scams so be open and honest and try to build an honest relationship with the prospective buyer. (more…)
Let’s face it, an unsuccessful open house will never sell a home, and selling homes is the business we’re in. So why is it that so many agents have plenty of open houses, yet few buyers stop in and even fewer offers are left? The agent surely spent ample time staking signs in the ground, hanging flyers, drafting information packets and sitting in front of the sign in sheet waiting for prospective buyers.
So why is it that the agent is having difficulty generating business when his efforts are so great? I offer that no matter how much work one puts in, if the techniques being used are ineffective, one will never see results from his hard labor; the tools must fit the job in order for the work to be done. (more…)
