Mrs. A. Hill’s house has been on the market for 6 months, in a southern New Jersey town, near the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Several potential home buyers came by to tour the house. At least 3 couples made offers to buy the house. Each candidate, although pre-approved by lenders, failed to actually get a mortgage commitment, so none of them were able to purchase the house. Mrs. Hill’s listing agreement with her real estate agent expired after a 6-month period. The real estate market had changed and house values began to decline.
Many homeowners faced similar problems in 2008 and still have an unsold in a declining market.
Mrs. Hill decided to become more proactive in the sales process and got busy making her house irresistible to potential buyers.
Here’s how she did it:
1. Mrs. Hill hired a new real estate agency to market her property. It was a local agency with potential buyers specifically interested in living in her community. The first agent had been a friend who lived and worked in another county.
2. Since Mrs. Hill had equity in the property, she decided to offer “Seller/Owner Financing. She was willing to give a qualified buyer a loan to cover part of the purchase price.
3. The homeowner took a critical look at her property. She decided to spruce up the exterior and the interior
4. The homeowner allowed the agent to place a “lock box” on her door. This gives licensed real estate agents access to the house to show their clients, without the hassles of major pre-arrangements. The homeowners just required 2 hours advance notice.
5. Mrs. Hill hired a professional cleaning service to clean the house before each Open House was held, giving the house had a fresh smell and appearance
These few actions allowed Mrs. Hill to make her property stand out from the competition. She was able to sell her house, with the help of her agent faster than she anticipated. Now that her house is sold she can fulfill her dream of retiring in another Virginia near her family.
Roz Miller Choice
http://www.articlesbase.com/real-estate-articles/5-tips-to-get-your-house-sold-in-2009-725848.html
Would you sell your house & car to build a school?
Lidia Schaefer is one amazing woman…!
WASHINGTON (CNN) — When Washington manicurist Lidia Schaefer returned to her native village in Ethiopia, she was troubled by what she saw: children walking three hours each way to attend classes held not in a school, but under a tree.
When she learned in 1998 that one of the girls she’d met — Medhine — had been attacked and killed by a hyena after falling behind other children during the long trek home from school, Schaefer knew she had to act.She began setting aside a third of her salary and all of her tips, and later sold her house and car, to raise enough money to build a school for the village.
"She’s definitely not your average manicurist," says Denise Abrahams, a longtime client.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/11/cnnheroes.lidia.schaefer/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
I couldn’t. She is a better person than I could ever hope to be.
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Maybe if I saw the above, who knows.
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Good for her!
I could never do that, I dont yet have a house or car but since I’m planning on getting a Ferrari (My #1 love) Then I do not think I could.
Particulary where I live, There would be no point of me doing that as half the kids don’t even attend school and vandalise it so it would be money wasted for me.
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What Ana said, doubt I could ever do that.
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Nope. It probably wouldn’t be enough to actually build the school. On top of that, you still have to pay all of the school employees for their work and you would eventually go bankrupt and there would be no school. So you’re left homeless, carless, jobless, and without a school.
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faith , when i read stories like this it lifts me and restores my faith in mankind
i wish her all the luck in the world
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A very good thing to do, if one’s heart is to educate children and have that freedom of going to school, then this is good for some people to sell their own property or items to support poor children in this world..it is a person choice..
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It’s seldom that we meet such selflessness. Quite apart from being unlikely to raise the money for even a desk, I’m probably only likely to do something like that if I won the lottery.
Nice lady.
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That is why I pay school taxes.
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Only if it was the last ‘Ysgol Siarad Cymraeg’!
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No.
But only because I’d have nowhere to live.
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