Welcome to this week’s edition of Real Estate News for Buffalo NY. Find here information regarding Buying and Selling Real Estate in Western New York. If you need immediate assistance, please feel free to call me at (716) 650-0051 to discuss Real Estate conditions in the Greater Buffalo area.
Buy a WNY Home
Handyman Specials and Fixer uppers – Are they good investments?
If you are the type of person who recognizes a great deal in a fixer uper, you’ll know a great deal when you see one. There are many types of homes to purchase, brand new homes all perfect is what we dream about. But some of the best homes may be less than perfect. Shriveled plants, weeds, wallpaper needing removing, peeling paint, or a cracked driveway are problems that sellers must often fix before their house goes on the market. These homes have the potential of being a great way to make money quickly on as an investor.
Inman News – First-time buyers want larger homes, not fixer-uppers
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Financial Center
Easy steps to save for the down payment for your new home!
These examples are really meant to get you thinking about cutting back and being clever about it. In the “olden” days there was the mind set that you “used it up, wore it out and did without it”. While we probably can’t or won’t go back to that we can certainly step back a bit.
Chris Meyers – Orlando Down Payment Assistance Programs
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For Sale By Owner
Why pricing is so important in the sale of your Buffalo home!
There is much discussion on how to get your Buffalo Home sold. In today’s competitive Real Estate market the price you have your Buffalo home listed at is very important to getting sold. The price you start your Buffalo home for sale at will determine how long it will take to sell your home.
Before you consider being your own Real Estate Agent, consider these questions!
There are many factors that go into marketing, showing, and successfully completing a Real Estate transaction in Western New York that you may not be familiar with. If you act on your own you will eventually discover the process is involved and full of potential pitfalls. It might be best to investigate the questions and answers before you commit to the journey.
Rocky Rockwood - For Sale By Owner or “Now Interviewing Realtors®”
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Home Staging
Photography of your home
As a homeowner you may not be thinking of selling your home at this time. But you might in the future. And at that time it might not be so pretty or it could even be more spectacular than it is now. Try and take photographs of the exterior of your home in the variety of seasons so when the time does come you have a great photograph for your Realtor® to use.
Laurie Manny – Real Estate MLS BLUNDERS
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Sell my WNY Home
Why pricing is so important in the sale of your Buffalo home!
There is much discussion on how to get your Buffalo Home sold. In today’s competitive Real Estate Market he price you have your Buffalo home listed at is very important to getting sold. The price you start your Buffalo home for sale at will determine how long it will take to sell your home.
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Why Call WNY Home
Buffalo NY and the Who knew effect
Who really wants to live in Buffalo? A lot more people than you think, and for many varied reasons. Buffalo NY takes a lot of jokes about the snow and a lot of negative press with it being one of the fastest dying cities. Yes people do leave Western New York, but people leave for many reasons. Remember negative press sells newspapers and magazines.
So it is really wonderful to see an incredible article in the New York Magazine, entitled Where the Urban Dream Life is Going Cheap by Adam Sternbergh. Adam asks a very interesting question – What could possibly make someone want to leave New York and move to Buffalo?
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Landlord & Tenant
Tenant Screening in Western New York
Unfortunately, not all tenants will be good tenants in WNY. Finding good tenants is always an issue for Western New York Landlords. All too often WNY landlords can be too eager to fill their homes. It is important that you do a little investigation on your potential tenants. Whether you are managing your property yourself, or using a property manager in New York, careful screening will save you a lot of money and stress.
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Real Estate Investors
Five articles that will interest WNY Investors
I have lost my normal writing pattern with Real Estate taking a considerable amount of extra time, and some wonderful distractions with summer and community activities. To get back into the groove, I tour the internet and other writers for ideas and inspiration. Sometimes I write posts on topics that I read, and sometimes it is nice to just share what I have read.
Wall Street Journal Article – Canadians Now Biggest Foreign Buyers Of U.S. Homes; Baguettes, at Parties
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