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How do you know if you’re getting a good deal on the house you’re about to purchase?

That’s a great question. It’s probably one of my Top 3 questions I get from buyers. You know,

• you want to search in all the best neighborhoods in Denver,

• you want to search for all the best properties, and

• you want to make sure that you’re getting the best deal after you’ve put in all that hard work.

I can easily give you advice on the best neighborhoods in Denver:

• How to search the MLS

• How to find the homes that meet your needs.

And then:

• we go out and see the homes,

• we look them over,

• we might have a 2nd, or even a 3rd showing to make sure it’s the one you want,

• we get all the details down, and then

• we go ahead and prepare to make an offer.

Well, the #1 thing is price.

Little things, like, whether the refrigerator is included and washer and drier, those can be negotiated. The bigger picture is the price to make sure you feel like you get a good deal.

So, here’s how we do that:

• We simply look at all the recent sales on the neighborhood over the past 3 to 6 months.

• Sometimes we’ll even go to a close by neighborhood or go a little further back in time (just like an appraiser would do).

• We’ll look at properties that truly compare to the one that you’re making an offer on.

• how many bedrooms and bathrooms?

• How much square footage?

• Does it have a basement?

• Is the basement finished?

(We want to make sure we compare the exact same type of property to the property that you’re about to purchase.)

• From there, I can do a complete analysis for you that shows you everything from:

• the average size of price to

• the average price per square foot,

• whether somebody paid more for a home recently that had additional features.

• Or perhaps, the home that we’re looking at is really priced aggressively and we’ll need to make an offer at the price that it’s listed at to make sure that we beat anybody trying to buy the home at the same time.

• Finally, I’ll look at what is a good price for this home in this current market relative to the overall market. Has this home been on the house for a longer period of time than the average? If it has, that could be motivation by the seller to need to sell that home a little more quickly.

• I’ll also look and see if there’s been price changes along the way. Did it start at $469,000 and it’s already down to $445,000?  There might not be as much room to negotiate but chances are that property’s already priced below the market.

• We’ll make sure that you’re getting a good deal and it’s at or below the market and then ultimately, you’re protected by an appraisal anyway (and I can explain that when we talk).

I provide a free 1-hour consultation to buyers, to give you all this information upfront, to make sure you have a comfort level and can make an informed decision.

Just give me a call (to set that up) at 303-526-2606 or email me  Sam [at] SamWilsonGroup.com
In the meantime, check out all the current listings at www.EasyDenverHomeSearch.com Search the entire MLS whenever you want.

Until next time

I get a lot of questions from my seller clients about what they should do to prepare their home and what’s the best way to sell it and position it in today’s changing market to ensure that they’re getting the best price for it. And to get it sold quickly so they can move on. So, I’ve compiled this free report, and I thought today I would just give you a few of the highlights.

As always, you can order this free report by contacting me directly.

Some of the things you need to know are:

1. Know why you’re selling your home and keep it to yourself. Make sure that you hire a Real Estate agent that’s going to keep your information confidential and knows how to negotiate on your behalf when buyer’s agents ask, ‘Well, why are they selling?’There are really good and easy answers for that that actually intrigue buyers more and bring more offers quicker.

   So, that’s my #1 tip. And I can talk to you more about how I do that. But make sure that that is something you’ve thought through before you even list.

   • Why are you selling your house?
   • What do you want to do?
   • And are you really truly motivated to sell the home?
2. Do your homework before setting a price. I can’t tell you how important this is. It is so critical to price your home right at the time of listing. There’s a lot of, I know, nervousness out there when you price your home. And you’re always wondering if you priced it too low? And if you get an offer fast, was it underpriced? And if you get a full price offer, should you have priced it higher?Those questions should run through your mind. But you won’t be so concerned about them if you do your homework upfront.

   It’s critically important for you to get with the Real Estate agent that can provide you a computerized market analysis and broker price opinion that incorporates all the competitive activity in your neighborhood along with the recent sales. You need a realtor that can look at it the way an appraisers going to look at it once you get under contract.

   It’s so important to price your home where buyers will find it and where they’ll be excited to make offers.

So, those are the 1st two tips out of my 9-step program. And for more information and the free report, you can contact me any time, both for the report or a free price opinion of your home.

You can do that by calling me at:  303-526-2606
E-mail me:  Sam [at] HomeSam.com
Or, visit my website:  www.HomeSam.com Where you can order a price opinion on your home and see more about how I sell listings there.

Until next time