Should Sellers Be Present When Buyers Are Looking at Their Home?

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Today we are answering one of the questions we get asked all the time by home sellers. The question is, “Should I be present when my home is being shown by an agent?”

The short answer to this question is no, you shouldn’t. When you’re showing your home to a potential buyer, you want them to feel as comfortable as possible. If you’re there during the showing, it creates what we call “showing resistance.”

This results in buyers being uncomfortable in the property, and not asking any questions or making any comments because they don’t want to insult your home. If you are there while buyers are viewing your home and they do make a comment, you’re going to have a tendency to want to argue or combat the comment. That’s not going to do you any good because all it’s going to do is drive away buyers and lose offers.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. We’d love to hear from you!

How Jerry Conklin helped us sell our home for the price we wanted when another realtor wouldn't.

"He helped us sell our house, and he is helping us find a new house. But in regards to selling the house, he was extremely professional, he was very, very knowledgeable. We were going to use someone before him,  and the woman that came in said that she couldn't sell the house for what we were wanting to sell it for and that there was no way we would get that amount of money. Jerry came, so we told her no thank you we didn't want her. Then we reached out to Jerry and he came and shared some numbers and he was able to get us exactly what we were asking for or wanting for our house. So, he was great. We had one lady who expressed interest and she put down money for the first 10 or 11-day period. I don't know the terminology, she had put that money down, but ended up backing out. So that was money we got to keep. He came on a weekend, in the rain, and brought us that check. I thought that was really cool because he didn't have to do that. One really cool thing was when I got locked out of my house one day, and my husband was out of town, and Jerry drove all the way, he wasn't even in town, he drove all the way over to get the key out of the lock box for me so I could get into my house. He was very kind and gracious about the whole thing. So, that was really cool."

-Dee Jones

Which Is Better - Buying a Home or Investing in a 401(k)?

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Is buying a home better than investing in a 401(k)? Today, we’ll go over some of the pros and cons of  purchasing a home of your own compared to investing in a 401(k).

Pros

1. Your housing costs will be locked in. Other things in your budget will fluctuate month to month, but this will be consistent in your budget.
2. Owning a home is great for savings. Owning a home helps you create a budget and stick to it on a monthly basis.
3. Great tax advantages. As long as you own the home, you will get those tax advantages.

Cons

1. You will tie up some assets. Maybe you don’t want to concentrate all those assets in one place.
2. You will have monthly or yearly expenses to pay for. Take things like lawn maintenance and repairs into consideration. Maybe you’re not prepared for those yet.
3. Your stress can get in the way. Buying a home can be an extremely stressful process.

These are just some of the pros and cons you should consider if you’re thinking about contributing to a 401(k) versus buying a house. Ultimately, it depends on your individual situation. Some buyers opt to go $10,000 or $15,000 below budget when they buy a home so they can still contribute to a 401(k).  If you have any questions, give us a call or send us an email. We would be happy to help you!

How Jerry Conklin made himself always available, even when it was not convenient.

"We ended up moving into our house and it was a smooth transaction. He was always there, even at inconvenient times. Whenever I called him and we needed to look at a house, he always make himself available."

-Tara Davis