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Happy Thanksgiving
Buying or Selling Next Year? Begin Planning Now
By Linda Kralik, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Resident Since 1984
www.BlackhawkLivingCA.com
If buying a home in the near future is your priority, get out now and see the neighborhoods that excite you. Know the streets you prefer or the school districts where you want your children to attend school. If there is a specific floor plan or design in a community you desire, do some “drive-bys” and be aware of those addresses for future reference. See if you can have your realtor provide a set of recent sales within the past three to six months to determine estimated pricing of a home in that neighborhood. This can also indicate whether the market is moving up or down. Knowledge is everything in real estate, so prepare as much as you can. When you are ready to buy you will have the inside track and possibly make the best offer for your new home.
If you are looking to sell, you must begin now in preparation for the coming new sales year!
That is just about the time when buyers come out of the cocoon of winter and begin looking for homes. Also, this is a terrific time to catch those re-location buyers who might be making their first “location trip” to see about housing. It is the time for spring, and pretty flowers, and trees leafing out, and an overall joy that winter is over. Truly the best time to sell. In preparing for that day you can use the gloomy days of winter to clean out the unwanted items inside our home. Begin minimizing your personal items. It is best to package and store any and all small collectibles. This prevents breakage as well loss. Box your book collections and move and store these boxes to a corner of the garage. Look around, or have someone else come in and look around, and see what else can be done to make the home more sale-able.
So, here is wishing you, and everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving for there is really so much to be thankful for. Give your sons and daughters, your mothers and fathers, your nephews and nieces you love to pieces, give them a kiss and hug and tell how thankful you are for their love.
