The Creative Real Estate Firm For The Greater Charlotte Area
One question that we’ve received a lot lately in the Greater Charlotte NC area from homeowners is, “If I’m currently working on a loan modification with my bank, will the foreclosure proceedings be put on hold?” Watch the video below as Mike Moulton answers this question:
Mike Moulton is a broker at Bee Home Solutions, Inc. in Huntersville, NC. Feel free to call our office anytime for assistance at 704-885-0488
Home shopping? For first-time homebuyers it’s an exciting, albeit nerve-wracking, experience. If you’re like others in the market for their first home, you probably have in mind exactly how your soon-to-be home will look.
But it’s important not to fall into the bad decorating, dingy walls, and dirt-bare back yard equals bad-home trap. If you don’t see past the hideous wallpaper, funky light fixtures, and avocado green carpeting, you may miss out on a home with great potential.
And, if you’re looking for a home in a seller’s market where homes are being snatched up as soon as they go on the market, you’ll come to realize you can’t be choosy if you want to make a competitive offer.
One of the first things to do is to get pre-qualified for a loan and determine the maximum you can afford to offer for a house. Don’t look at homes that are asking for more than 5 percent above your maximum, otherwise you’ll be setting yourself up for disappointment if you find the perfect – but outside your budget – home.
So what to do?
The floor plan of the home is extremely important. If a floor plan isn’t quite to your liking, consider rearranging it or adding on. If you’re looking at an existing home and will need to remodel or expand to suit your needs, the estimated cost of renovation should play a role in how much you offer.
Also, consider the features of a home:
When making an offer, bear in mind the things that you can’t live without, as well as your budget. Also, be sure you hire a professional home inspector to inspect the house. If the home’s systems are in good working order and the house has everything you want except a minor item or two, make an offer accordingly.
Most importantly, keep in mind that unless you’re building your dream home from scratch, you’ll probably never find the perfect home. But seeing past a previous owner’s bad decorating choices to the core of the home and its potential for livability will yield you the home you’ve always wanted. It may take some work, but hey – it’s yours!
By Michele Dawson
RealtyTimes
Selling a house is usually an expensive and complicated process. But, when we buy your house, there aren’t any commissions to pay.
And you certainly won’t have to tolerate dozens of total (and sometimes frightening) strangers tramping through your home and poking through your drawers and closets.
My name is Michael Moulton. I’m the broker-in-charge & owner of Bee Home Solutions, Inc. We are associated with a group of private investors. We are LICENSED brokers/Realtors and buy a number of houses each month across all areas of the greater Charlotte area…and in every price range. We are governed by the NC Real Estate Commission as investors so that we can handle your needs the RIGHT way. But the best part is, we use private funds that require no long, drawn out bank approvals. So we can act fast when buying!
We can usually close within 9 days…or as little as 72 hours. We’re as serious about buying your house as you are about selling it.
That’s the biggest difference between most realty firms and us. Most agents will list your house… hoping it sells within 6 or 12 months. Now we provide that service as well as over 10 programs to suit your needs…but we want to buy your house!
And when you’re the one with the house for sale, that’s a huge difference.
Most conventional agents lists five, ten, even dozens of houses at a time, and it’s rare if they can give all their properties their close personal attention. It’s no wonder that a listed home can sometimes take a long time to sell while you, the owner, are stuck maintaining the property and making house payments month after month.
What’s your alternative? Of course you could just sell it yourself—without an agent. After all, who knows more about the house than you do?
But consider this. How many houses have you bought and sold in your life? Two, maybe three? You haven’t had to solve even a fraction of the typical problems that can pop up—right before closing.
Remember that buying a house is a big decision for most people and it’s easy for them to get “spooked.” At the first sign of a complication or small problem (like a lien, necessary repair, or one of the other typical closing glitches), they can run like a scared jackrabbit.
Then you have to start all over at square one—it’s a frustrating experience.
Plus, when you try to sell yourself, you still have to put up with dozens of strangers trampling through your home—only now you’ll have to be there yourself. For some owners, that’s a scary thought.
And what if you need to move fast? You could dump the price and hope someone will steal your house, but can you afford to do that? Or, you could go ahead and move and leave it vacant. And every month, as you make out two huge mortgage payments (most people find that tough to swallow), you hope and pray that someone will buy your old house next month—and the next—and the next. Of course, that’s assuming you can even qualify for a new mortgage with the old one still on your back.
And when it’s sitting vacant, what’s going to stop someone from climbing through the kitchen window and tearing up your property?
Frankly, that’s more worry and aggravation than most people need in a lifetime.
Pretty grim, huh? Which way do you turn? To an agent with dozens of other listings to handle? Selling on your own and sweating out financing details, lost deals, last minute closing “surprises”? Moving out and hoping you don’t get some midnight call with “bad news” about your house?
Here’s a better solution—a way out…
If your property qualifies and we come out to see it, we will provide you with a firm written offer. We’ll explain everything to you in plain, everyday English. And we’ll be 100% direct, clear and honest with you…from start to finish.
In fact, we can usually “pre-qualify” your home right over the phone in just a few minutes. That can save us both time.
If we come to an agreement, we can pay all cash with no contingencies (because, unlike most potential buyers, we don’t have to sell another house first). And if you want, we can close in just a few days. We’ll handle all of the paperwork and make all the arrangements … and you can get on with your life!
Look. We don’t know your particular reasons for selling, but we do know how to get your house closed as quickly and professionally as possible. Imagine, by this time next week your house could be sold.
Can we really buy your house this quickly and easily?
Maybe. Maybe not. A lot of it depends on you. If you want to get above market price for your house, don’t bother calling us. We’re professionals and we do expect to make a fair profit. But we’re not out to steal your house either. Our profit will come from our future buyer or tenant.
Does your property meet our requirements? Call us and let’s find out. We buy all types of real estate and we’ll quickly determine if your house fits our program. If we don’t end up buying your house, we’ll be happy to share our ideas or advice on what you might try next. You’ll still have all your other options available. You have nothing to lose by calling us first.
So, if you want to learn more or if you have any questions, call us right away at (704) 885-0488.
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