Aussie Home Guide

(These tips could equally be used to sell other products and services to women):

1. Don’t tell everything you know to women or be a know-it-all.

If you close your mind to new ideas, the world and women will Leave you far behind.

2. Women take life—and you and advertising and everything—Personally. Once a woman identifies with an advertisement or a product or a sales message, she automatically becomes personally involved. (more…)

What is the difference between rich and wealthy? The difference could be described as either working for a living or your money working for your living. In other words, when you are wealthy, your money works for you such as real estate property providing a cash flow so you do not have to work an 8 to 5 job. That is being wealthy. (more…)

There are some home owners who choose to sell without the services of a seller’s agent. The real estate industry calls these types of sellers, ‘For Sale by Owner’ or FSBO. If you are in the FSBO category, then you may find the information below useful. (more…)

Foreclosure is a process by which a person borrows money to buy and home, condo or townhouse, but is unable to maintain the payments on the borrowed money. For example, if a person takes a $300,000 loan to purchase a property, most often they will repay this money in monthly installments. If they are unable to pay the monthly installments, the lender (usually a bank), will take steps to regain ownership interests in the property – a process known as foreclosure. (more…)

For those individuals who use realtors to buy or sell a home, the transaction looks fairly seamless. It goes something like this:

•Buyers:
oContact a realtor, who elicits from them what type of property they wish to purchase.
oThe realtor shows them several properties, until they make an offer on one and it is accepted. (more…)

Everyone involved in the sale of real estate has a vested interest in the results of a real estate appraisal. The outcome affects the seller, the buyer, the lender, and even the realtor.

A too low valuation of the property by the appraiser could mean a seller must lower the asking price. For a lending officer, it could mean a lesser commission or none at all. A too high valuation means the buyer could be paying more than the property is worth. (more…)

Choosing where to live may not always be an option. Family and roots have a habit of grabbing you by the ankles and fixing you firmly to the spot.

But if you are free to relocate and have a mortgage, buying a house in the right area is not just about how to make the most money or find the best investment. (more…)

In the UK if a house has a name there’s usually a story of intrigue attached to it. In the aristocratic halls and manors of medieval times, ghostly tales abound. History was made between many of their walls. But in America where naming homes isn’t so common unless you are Elvis or Michael Jackson, street names are perhaps just as notorious. (more…)

Just like making a first impression is important when meeting someone for the first time, making a good first impression on a prospective buyer is just as important to giving your house the best chance of being sold.

What is a first impression when it comes to your house?

When a prospect first drives by your neighborhood and sees your house, that is a first impression. When a prospect arrives at your house for the first time for an appointment after seeing your ad in the paper, that is a first impression. (more…)

It is very unfortunate that about half of Southern Californian home owners are having issues paying their mortgages. Some homeowners are having to adjust to a spike in the adjustable-rate and they cannot handle it. For many that’s a 20 percent to 30 percent increase in their home loan repayments! Insane, isn’t it, how many of us could really manage an increase of that size without any financial problems? The real problem here is now the loans were sold, most if not all loan offices fail to tell you what will happen when the “fixed rate period” comes to an end all they really care about is their commission on your loan. (more…)