Category Archives: Buying & Selling Tips

Ways To Make Your Home Sale-Ready

If you are planning to sell your home, then the first step that you need to take is to check all the rooms and see what parts of your house need to be repaired or renovated. Leaving a good first impression to the buyers is the most important thing and even minor mistakes like small cracks or flaking paint may become the cause to say goodbye to a good price for your home. Get all these problems fixed before you show the house to anyone. Do not leave any chance for them to think that you did a last minute fix up job.

To make it more easy for you and understand more about open houses, it would be a better idea to go for one. Here you can observe people inspecting the home and see how the home itself has been prepped for others to see. After coming back you can see whether your house meets all the requirements that buyers usually look for. Once the interiors of your home are done, you will also need to look at your exteriors. Your house should exactly look like the one that is on display. If you have picket fencing, get it painted. If you have plants in your courtyard or window shelves, see to it that they have been cleaned and the plants freshly trimmed. Get all your exterior metal decors polished and do not look faded or corroded.

If there are any patches and pit holes in your driveway, get them filled. Also looks at all your drainages and make sure that there is nothing blocking it from any point. Get it cleaned thoroughly.

If you want to make your home and space more attractive, take a little more trouble to trim bushes, clean pots and replant in the places where you think it is required. Do not forget to get our home cleaned, dusted and vacuumed on the final day.

Why Every Good Trust Deed Investment Starts with a Good Broker

Most investors will complain that their retirement portfolios are under performing. Since banks stopped lending back in 2008, many investors are diversifying their retirement portfolios by investing in trust deeds on real estate. If these investors aren’t knowledgeable about real estate, trying to get into real estate so late in life may be a mistake. This is why many investors are looking for a good broker to help them find the best properties and borrowers, to make a loan against a piece of real estate that will yield higher returns. This is what is called trust deed investing.

A trust deed investment is essentially making a loan on a piece of real estate exactly like a bank would. The difference is the property type and the borrower. A trust deed investor, also called a private money lender, is making loans to experienced real estate investors who have a track record and experience buying and selling investment properties. The properties are usually income-producing assets, which make for a relatively safe place to park your cash for a short duration. But again, trying to invest in trust deeds on your own is risky, this is why you need a good broker.

Private money lenders are able to get 9%, and as high as 11%, annual returns on trust deed investments. Savings accounts pay from 0.2% to 1.05%.  Money market deposit accounts are paying 1.25%, while high yield internet checking accounts are paying 2-3%. CDs are offering 1.85% while World Currency CDs can earn you returns as high as 3 to 4%.