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  • Take These Measures When Buying Your First Waterfront Property

    Although waterfront properties may sell like hotcakes, you still need to be diligent when buying one. All homebuyers should heed this advice, but it is particularly pertinent to those who have never owned or lived in a waterfront house. Here are three precautions to take before investing in such a property: Analyze the Special Risks Waterfront properties are exposed to threats that other properties do not face. Therefore, you need to know what these risks are, whether or not they have caused any damage to the property, and how you plan to mitigate them in the future.
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  • 2 Things To Keep In Mind When You Are Selling Your Home.

    If you have to sell your home, you have options. One is that you can have a realtor handle it. Another is that you can handle the sale yourself. If you are going to handle the sale yourself, there are some things that you are going to need to know.  Price Range While you may feel the urge to price your house as high as you think you can so that you can get as much as you can from it, that's not the best idea.
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  • Tips To Make Your Home More Appealing To A Potential Buyer

    If you're thinking about selling your home anytime soon, the words "home staging" and "curb appeal" should be in your thoughts already. These are two things that can make your home more appealing to a potential buyer and hopefully sell your home quicker. Before ever even putting your home on the market, there are things you should do to help add curb appeal to your homes exterior, as well as cleaning up the inside to aid in the staging process when it's time to put your house up for sale.
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  • Renting Single Family Homes? 2 Tips to Keep Your Renters Happy

    Renting out single family homes can be a good moneymaker, but only if you take good care of your renters. Below are two tips you should follow so you can keep your rental business successful. Hire a Property Manager If you have quite a few rental homes, you may want to consider hiring a property manager to help you. This person can take stress off your shoulders by taking over a lot of your workload.
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  • Two Things Google Can Tell You About Your Future Home

    When it comes to shopping for a new home, information is critical. While a real estate agent can be an excellent source of info about a home and the neighborhood, there are things even he or she may not know due to seller omissions or other issues. That means you'll need to do your own sleuthing to uncover the full story, so here are two things you can learn by doing a simple Google search.
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  • Do You Need A Real Estate Agent To Sell Your House?

    There used to be a time when a real estate agent was a definite must when you wanted to sell your home.There was no other way to connect to buyers. In the Internet age, however, it is much easier to sell your home on your own, using the vast online resources to find information and then list your home. The question is, should you really take this journey on your own?
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  • Tips For Prepping Your Home For A Bed Bug Treatment

    If bed bugs have infested your home, be prepared to do a lot of work to get rid of them, even if you hire a professional pest control company to provide treatment. That's because you'll need to prep your home to get the best results, and you may need multiple treatments. The first step is to get an inspection. The pest control professional will determine which rooms in your home are infested and the extent of the problem.
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  • Spending Money To Make Money: The Benefits Of A Commercial Property Management Company

    If you have purchased property as an investment, it's important to calculate the cost of hiring a commercial property management company into your budget. Even if you manage your first property on your own, you will soon learn that taking care of a property on your own can quickly become a full-time job. If you already have a career and don't want to be a property manager, it's time to work with a qualified management company that can do the work for you.
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  • Four Reasons A First-Time Home Buyer Should Purchase A Condominium

    You've saved up your money for that important down payment, you have built up a good credit score, and you may have even taken the additional step of getting prequalified for a loan, but before you start shopping for your first house, you should give consideration to buying a condominium. The are several advantages to buying a condominium as your first home purchase. The following are only a few of them.
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