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What's a counter offer when selling your home?

Don't like the terms of the offer you received on your home?

Send the buyer a counter offer!

You can Tell the buyer exactly what you need in order to make the deal happen.

Mortgage rates are now at a 7 year high

Home loan interest rates are only expected to go higher and higher.
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This factor, along with more housing inventory will, in my opinion, send us into a buyers market.
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Do you think a buyers market is coming?

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Get your condo complex FHA approved before selling

Having your condo complex FHA approved will allow you to sell your unit to everyone... not just those with a 10% + down payment.

That's because FHA buyers can put as little as 3.5% down.

More competition creates a bidding war.

More money for you!

Next step after receiving a verbal offer on your home

Don't waste your time on a verbal offer.

If they are serious, they will put it in writing.

Have you ever received a verbal offer on your home?

What do condo buyers typically look for?

When selling your condo, here are the 3 things(😅 🚗 👕)buyers are looking out for:

😅 Central AC/heat

🚗 Two private side by side parking spots

👕 In unit washer and dryer.

If you have all three, you may have a condo that will demand multiple offers.

What are some comments you hear when showing a property?

What are some of the weirdest things you have heard home buyers say on a reality TV show or in real life? Let me know in the comments...

Paint the interior of your home for $5K, or be prepared to get offered $15K less

The dollar amount to paint your home may be a little different, but the fact remains that buyers always overestimate the costs of repairs.
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You are better off doing the paint job before you put your home on the market and getting top dollar for your home.

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Never give the buyer of your home the keys until after you close escrow

Worst case scenario 🔥 🔥 🔥...
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You close escrow tomorrow on your home.
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The buyer politely asks if she can have the keys today so she can start to bring over a few personal items.
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You give her the keys.
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She shows up, forgets to turn off the stove after cooking a gooey grilled cheese sandwich, and the house ends up burning down.
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Guess what!
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Your house burned down, not hers!
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It's not her house until tomorrow, remember.
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She now backs out of the deal at the last second and you are now left with a pile of ashes.
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DON'T GIVE THE KEYS TO YOUR HOME TO THE NEW BUYER UNTIL AFTER ESCROW IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED AND THE TITLE OF THE PROPERTY IS IN THE NEW BUYERS NAME. 🔥 🔥 🔥

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Episode 14 of The #AskDanielLosAngeles Show

In episode 14 of The #AskDanielLosAngeles Show, I answer the following 4 real estate questions:

1) The buyers asked if they could start moving in to my house the day before we close escrow. What do you think? Should we let them?

2) I talked to a couple of different real estate agents and they all had different opinions on what my home is worth. Who do I believe?

3) Do you have cash buyers? I want to sell my home fast, as is condition, and to a cash buyer.

4) I called 7 agents to help me find a house for rent. I received 0 calls back. why don’t real estate agents want to help me find a place to rent.

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