Listing Spark

APRIL 17, 2024

With the current NAR settlement shaking up commission processes and costs for buyers and sellers, investors have even more reason to operate without an agent holding up their processes. Understanding the Value of a Flat-Fee Listing on MLS Flat-fee MLS listing is a powerful tool in the savvy real estate investor’s arsenal.

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Listing Spark

JULY 5, 2023

Just over a year ago, homes on the market in Austin were available for only 19 days. Even in 2023, as the market starts to return to normal, many homes across Texas are on the market for less than two months before they find a new owner. The best business finance apps for real estate investors will help you manage this task.

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Listing Spark

APRIL 17, 2024

This trend changes the landscape for real estate investors and house flippers. For experienced flippers, there’s more competition in an already tight market. For people who want to try house flipping as a new real estate investor, there’s an opportunity in the market.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A hefty 69% of that is for real estate commission fees alone, as the seller is traditionally responsible for paying the buyer’s agent (3%) and your agent (3%). Depending on the platform you choose, you can access all the tools you need to evaluate your property, market the listing, and negotiate incoming offers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The only question is whether you will be the one to list (or sell) the next homes in your market. When you list two homes per month, you will automatically attract buyer business as well, so focus on listings. How many people in your database know what their home is worth in today’s market?

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Home Junction

APRIL 30, 2020

Market dynamics will change from time to time. Investors still want to buy rental properties. One item that can really help during uncertain times is up to date and accurate real estate market data. Where is the market going? Not every market is the same. Sometimes the changes are minor. Not across all of America.

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Listing Spark

JULY 21, 2023

While this can help savvy real estate investors, it can also be a costly overstep. The Purpose of a Real Estate License in Buying and Selling Homes In Texas, homeowners have the option of selling their home as ‘for sale by owner’ (FSBO), and prospective buyers can also make offers and represent themselves.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

From upgrading your real estate website with eye-catching and functional marketing tools, to harnessing AI and a few other unconventional tactics, this guide explains the best lead generation ideas for real estate agents. Ahead, we’ll go over some traditional and more innovative marketing tactics.

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Listing Spark

DECEMBER 14, 2023

FSBOs (for sale by owner properties) represent 10% of the home sales market. In Texas, anyone can sell their home without a real estate agent or an attorney, so many people do so: former realtors, property investors, and people wanting to explore the market on their own. You save on closing costs.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market , the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the worst of it is over. You have all these buyers that have been waiting for rates to come back and now they’re back and all this becomes really competitive again.”

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 13, 2021

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. This highlights the importance of Avoiding the 9 Most Common Mistakes Buyers Make.

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Listing Spark

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Texas is a great place for real estate investors and homeowners looking to sell. When you’re putting your home on the market without a listing agent, you have a lot of freedom, but several tasks also go into preparing, marketing, and selling a home. Let’s get technical for a second.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The idea of controlling the pricing, marketing, and negotiation stages as much as possible is appealing. You can use market data to decide on a fair price for your home, learn how to list a home on the MLS without an agent, and handle offers or negotiation conversations on your own.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Strategic property investors look at both the liabilities and assets columns when they’re assessing their business processes. However, many real estate investors focus on the property price above all else, including the initial purchase price, cost of repairs, and final sales price.

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CA Realty Training

MARCH 29, 2021

Buyers may not always know how to communicate what they want, especially if you are working with a first-time home buyer. For example, you may be working with a seller that doesn’t want to hold an open house or place a “For Sale” sign in their yard. So save the market data and stats for the investors.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The housing market faced a lot of uncertainty when COVID-19 caused the real estate industry to pause under shut-downs, but low interest rates and the desire for more space has turned this year into a boom time for real estate agents. Lovern was actually on maternity leave at that time when open houses and contracts were paused. “In

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Listing Spark

JANUARY 15, 2024

Real estate investors face a lot of challenges, even in Texas markets that are showing a strong ROI for flips and sales. Some of the dominant challenges in the recent real estate market are financing or upfront capital requirements, deciding on a liquidation strategy, and dealing with market fluctuations.

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Quicken Loans

JULY 1, 2021

One of those times is when you’re trying to sell a house. You may have become accustomed to your animal’s “musk,” only to be told by your listing agent that buyers will be turned off by the pet smells in your home within moments of entering your home. are experiencing overheated seller’s markets. Don’t worry. Not Usually.

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Listing Spark

JULY 24, 2023

The goal of every real estate investor is to turn a profit—but how much profit you garner per year and how much work it takes depends on your unique operational strategy. For example, many investors see an annual 8% return on investment for each of their rental properties. In the first quarter of 2023, inventory was still at 2.7

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Home Junction

MAY 14, 2020

When agents come across slow times, current property data and real estate marketing automation tools can be used to attract new clients and keep them updated as conditions change. This way, when the market does break upward, those prospects know who to call. Property Data API and Email Marketing Automation. Shows Who is Active.

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Zillow

APRIL 4, 2016

First-time home buyers aren't typically versed in the intricacies of agency disclosure, nor do they understand the concepts of a buyer's agent and seller's agent. They only know that the person they meet at an open house or email about a listing is an "agent." So what’s a buyer to do?

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Listing Spark

JULY 5, 2023

But other fees, such as marketing costs and the line items on your closing costs, are far more dynamic. With the right platform, you can get your properties listed on MLS—which is often only directly available to licensed agents—and also maintain more fine-tuned control over your marketing, negotiations, and closing process.

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Listing Spark

AUGUST 21, 2023

But when homeowners conduct a home sale without the guidance and resources of a real estate agent, they can miss key markets, advertising opportunities, and market insights throughout the process. However, the market is adapting. You spend less time on the market.

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 12, 2022

Houston Real Estate Market Forecast: Current Data & 2022 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? While no one ever thinks they’ll be forced to sell in a down market, very few people predicted 9/11 (2001), Great Recession (2008), the collapse of oil prices (2014), or Hurricane Harvey (2017). I’m A Buyer.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 18, 2021

There are questions about housing market health and what the market is actually doing. This means NOW is a great time to list to take advantage of motivated buyers before other sellers start to saturate the market. Sell without Listing with an “Off Market Sale”. There are options and you can make the move.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2023

The opening months of the Seattle/King County housing market can best be expressed as sparks of activity within a mostly tentative purchasing environment. Sellers who priced their homes appropriately enjoyed busy open houses in their first weekend on the market followed by multiple offers.

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The Robert Weiler Company

DECEMBER 9, 2022

After completing the sale, the listing agent, the buyer’s agent, and each agent’s broker share the commission. Commercial real estate agents are the go-between for all interactions involving the buyer and seller of a property. Buyer’s Agents. What Are the Two Roles Commercial Agents Fill?

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Houston Properties

MARCH 23, 2022

For investors: rents typically follow the inflation rate. Benefit #3 (For Investors): Inflation Impacts Rental Rates. See our 2021 article about why US households were in the best shape (ever) thanks to government largess and why it had such a large impact on the real estate market. What Is Driving This Inflation?

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Appraisal Today

MAY 5, 2023

Bill has worked mostly for AMCs and is currently Chief Appraiser at Finance of America Commercial (residential investor loans).Getting Click here for the 4 ways, plus information on why I take ads, etc. == In the May 1 issue of Appraisal Today Assessment Appeals – Marketing, Reassessment Opportunities, Fees, Critical dates, etc.

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