Dan Polimino presents a pretty good list of potential deal killers here. Most of these can be addressed (and should be) before the listing ever hits the market. The last one which Dan calls "horrendous home improvements" may or may not be easily fixable. If the job was shabby, corners cut and
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10/28/2013
Which ball would you choose? The little rascal on the right is my Boston Terrier, Diesel Dog. He likes to play - all the time! While tossing around the tennis balls I decided to throw two of them at the same time and see which one he would select. They both look the same on the outside. They ha
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10/19/2013
How much house can $200,000 buy in Viera, Florida? Most of the time buyers like to approach the home purchase process with "What can I get for $XXX in wherever?" In a time of rising prices the answer may not be based on what has sold in the previous few months. That is because many times the cl
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10/10/2013
After a very long day I received a call from a telemarketer. OK, it was not just some telemarketer. It was "my personal account rep" from a big online website. After trying nicely to get the point across I was not interested, I asked "my account rep" if they had ever been or was currently a rea
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10/10/2013
This post was inspired by Roger D. Mucci's post Attention Ground Control...we have problems! My response to Roger's blog about dealing with a potential problem made me think about situations where buyers and sellers often rely on less than expert advice. My comment on the post was simply: "Sounds
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10/07/2013
It seems like there are fewer short sales happening in the Brevard County, Florida market. Still, a short sale is often the best option available for some sellers. Here, Broker Bryant Tutas offers some excellent information on the FHA short sale process and changes that became effective on Octobe
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10/06/2013
Heritage Isle is the premier 55+ gated community in Viera, Florida. The above market report was compiled on October 2, 2013 from sales reported in the Brevard Multiple Listing Service (MLS). To put the Heritage Isle in Viera real estate market in a nutshell one only requires two sentences. Fair
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10/02/2013
Brevard County, Florida Real Estate: Are short sales becoming the exception in a market where they once ruled? Are short sales becoming the exception in a market where they once ruled? As of this morning there are 2,499 active single family home listings in Brevard county, Florida. Of these, th
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09/30/2013
