Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! Should We List now or wait until after the repairs are made? Dear Phyllis, I enjoy keeping up with real estate trends and reading your column. We have owned our home for over twenty years and it needs remodeling. We have at minimum a month’s worth of repairs […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! As is home sales Dear Phyllis, We just opened escrow on a home and had our inspector out. There are a lot of things wrong with the house, and many will cost a lot of money to fix. The plumbing is galvanized, the roof is near the end […]
Ask Phyllis! Excluding parties from a listing agreement Dear Phyllis, My neighbor is a part time real estate agent and I hired him to sell my home. A different neighbor expressed interest in my home for his son. The agreement with my real estate agent was that if this neighbor’s son purchased my home; his […]
Ask Phyllis! How to get your offer accepted Dear Phyllis, I have been looking at homes for over a year and have made four offers and can’t seem to get a home. I am not low balling, but making good offers, have a large down payment and am preapproved. I am feeling very frustrated and […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! How long must our home stay in show condition? Dear Phyllis, Last year we tried for five months to sell our home and it never happened. In March, we relisted with a different agent, who suggested a couple of repairs to tweak the home. We took her recommendations […]
Ask Phyllis! Are there pitfalls to the seller rent back? Dear Phyllis, We have been saving for three years, going to open houses and overall preparing to buy our first home. We found a home we love and made an offer, but the seller doesn’t want to move out until their kids get out of […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! Selling Short – What is the first step? Dear Phyllis, In 2007 we bought our first home and currently owe at least $100,000 over our loan balance. My husband and I are getting divorced and neither of us can afford to keep this house. We have decided […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! Selling a cosmetic fixer Dear Phyllis, Last year my mother passed away. I have four siblings and am the executor of her estate. Two of my siblings have financial difficulties and want to sell the home immediately, but two others and I feel that we should fix […]
Ask Phyllis! For Sale by owner woes Dear Phyllis, My nephew passed away and I am the executor of his estate. He had a dear friend who helped him convalesce. After he passed, this friend wanted to buy his home. As there were no Realtor® commissions involved, I wanted to help him by agreeing to […]
Ask Phyllis! Do you really need a lender prequalification when submitting an offer? Dear Phyllis, Out of the blue, I went to an open house over the weekend and really liked the home. I phoned my Realtor® and told her I wanted to make an offer. She told me I can’t make an […]