Selling

On ThinkGlink.com, selling typically refers to selling a home, whether that home is a single-family house, a condominium, a co-op, a townhome, or a vacant piece of land. When you’re selling your home, or any piece of real estate, you need to decide what process you want to follow – whether you want to hire a real estate agent or do a for sale by owner (also known as FSBO). Selling includes, cleaning up and organizing your home, figuring out what the selling price should be, hiring the team you’ll need to sell your property (which might include an agent), potentially staging the home, negotiating the sale and closing on the transaction. Selling also includes getting the word out that your home is for sale by using every marketing means possible, including setting up an individual website for the property, listing it on Craigslist.com, Zillow.com and other sites, telling people at work or in your neighborhood that the property is for sale, and even placing a sign in your front yard. Use

How To Sell Your House Fast In A Slow Market

Our neighbors recently put their home on the market. They received an excellent offer within 24 hours of listing the property and got more money for their home than I thought they could. Meanwhile, two other neighbors have had their …

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How To Prepare Your House For Sale At Any Price

I’ve been hearing lately from homeowners who are preparing to list their homes for sale. They know the market isn’t great, but they’ve been waiting for a year or two to move on with their lives (this is known in …

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Home Seller’s Guide For A Slow Real Estate Market

Q: My job is relocating out of Atlanta about a year from now. I have contacted three real estate firms in the Forsyth county area where we live, but they are not taking listing. I have no idea what the …

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Pay Off Tax Lien Before Selling Property

A homeowner must pay off a tax lien before selling property. The state will place a tax lien on property if the owner has not paid his or her taxes. The homeowner will not be able to sell the property before paying off the tax lien. Contact a real estate attorney for more help with how to pay off a tax lien before selling property.

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Selling Rental Property Tax Implications

Selling a rental property as an installment sale has property tax implications. Tax implications of selling a rental property. Successful rental property could sell for a profit, but should homeowner continue to rent or sell the rental property? Homeowner considered if they should sell their rental property or continue to rent the rental property, reader asks why not sell rental property with an installment sale? Selling a rental property as an installment sale has property tax implications.

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Selling Your Home on an Installment Sale

Selling your home on an installment sale or a rent-to-own home sale. Homeowners sell home with installment sale by transferring home title to buyer or entering into an installment sale for deed for the home. Installment loan, owner financing and rent-to-own issues arise when homeowners sell home with installment sale. Consult with a tax expert when selling home with installment sale or installment loan.

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Can Renting or Selling Your Home Help Fund Retirement?

Rent or sell your home in retirement to fund retirement. Homeowner asks “Can renting or selling your home help fund retirement?” Consult a real estate attorney before trying to rent or sell your home in retirement to fund retirement. Rent your home in retirement to fund retirement and become landlord. Rent your home or sell your home in retirement to unload property and fund retirement.

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Selling Rental Property and Paying Taxes

Tax hints for selling rental property and paying taxes on rental property sale. How to avoid paying capital gains taxes on sale of rental property. Options to sell rental property and avoid paying capital gains tax. Defer payment of capital gains and federal income taxes on sale of rental property with 1031 tax exchanges. Paying taxes after selling rental property is complicated for homeowners.

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Calculate Cost Basis On Purchase Price of Home

Determine taxes owed on quit claim deed property by calculating the cost basis on purchase price of home. Include capital improvements and profit homeowner receives from the sale of the home to calculate costs basis on purchase price of home. Work with a real estate attorney and tax expert to calculate cost basis on purchase price of home owned through quit claim deed transfer.

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New Years Resolutions to Sell Your Home in 2011

To sell your house in 2011 you might have to change your behavior in this real estate market. New Years Resolutions can help you sell your house in 2011. Even thought the real estate market is stil bad in 2011, you can use New Years Resolutions to help you sell your house. New Years Resolutions like home repairs, a comparative marketing analysis, and research into your housing market will help you sell your home in 2011.

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