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
Selling Entire Neighborhood To Developer
A neighborhood is thinking about selling all of their properties to a developer. They are working out how to make sure each homeowner is compensated equitably. Selling an entire neighborhood will be a very complex deal and a top rated real estate agent and developer need to be consulted.
Home Staging Helps You Sell Your Home For More Money
Barb Schwarz tells Think Glink readers how to stage their homes to sell them for more money. Home staging means homeowners must be worried about the interior, not just the exterior of the home, in order to sell it for more money. Home staging will help you sell your home for more money.
Selling Your Home With Staging
When you're selling your home you want to do as much as you can to make a buyer want it. One great way to make your home ready for selling is to stage it. Barb Schwarz, author of Home Staging: The Winning Way To Sell Your House For More Money discusses staging tricks for how to best put your house on the market. Learn home staging tips she shares with real estate professionals at a staging boot camp.
Cost Basis Determines Taxes On Home Sale
When someone gives you a home what cost basis do you use when you sell it? Cost basis for taxes may include the original market value of the home as well as home improvements. After you've figured out the correct cost basis you can find out how much you'll owe in capital gains taxes. For more information on capital gains taxes and home sales visit the IRS Web site.
Real Estate Investment Includes Wholesale Selling
One type of real estate investment is wholesale selling. Wholesale selling is another expression for the practice of buying real estate and flipping it intentionally below its cost in order to move it quickly. Wholesale real estate transactions usually take place between real estate investors, not your regular home buyer and seller.
Avoiding Taxes When Selling Real Estate Investment
Many people have gotten into the real estate investment business with the recent housing explosion. When it comes time to sell real estate investments, capital gains tax concerns are important. Consider using a 1031 exchange, which defers federal income taxes, when selling investment property.
Selling Property To Buy Mutual Funds
Before deciding to trade in real estate for other investments, it's important to think about your financial goals. If you've reached a point where you no longer want to be a landlord, or you believe your real estate investment going forward will bring limited returns, then you should consider selling some or all of your portfolio. But don't change up your investments because you think you'll have a guaranteed return investing in something else.
Releasing Lien On Home For Sale
Under certain circumstances, creditors have the right to file a lien against a person's home for money that person owes them. A seller is having difficulty settling a lien held against the property. There are a few options to try to release the property from a lien, including paying off the lien, posting a security bond and hiring a real estate attorney.
Mistakes When Selling A House
What are common mistakes when selling a house? There are many mistakes that can be made and they can trap even the smartest sellers. Here are some home selling mistakes made by a seller who is not happy with her broker.