Florida Homes for Sale

The Only Useful Feedback: Sellers want to know - Tell them!

People come, people go. When you place your home on the market and  ee folks coming to check it out, you are happy.  In the words of Ren and Stimpy (old cartoon characters) you experience "joooooy!"

Some stay 5 minutes, some twenty minutes. When they all leave you wonder what they thought.

Thus your real estate agent asks for feedback. She (or he) may get a response about 25% of the time (my experience).

  • Sometimes it is verbal.
  • Sometimes it is written.
  • Sometimes it is useful.
  • Sometimes it is fluff.

Sometimes it is so generic it could have been sent to all six or eight real estate agents for houses they saw that day in your neighborhood!

Sometimes it is extremely negative. Some folks are so negative that if the sun is shining they complain of a sunburn!  Sometimes negative feedback can be useful...like that ticket from the policeman (feedback on your driving skills!).

I have found that the only feedback that is reliable includes:

  • Traffic. The number of buyer prospects means your price is competitive for the market.
  • Whining. I have found that many agents will start nitpicking or finding fault so as to prepare my mind for a low offer!
  • An offer. The ultimate useful feedback!

If you are considering selling your house, the effort you put in getting it ready for the market may very well be the thing that gets it sold....

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

Florida Remains in Top 20 Markets with Highest foreclosure Rates

 

The short sales are still in the pipeline and providing buyers opportunities in Florida. Hopefully, lenders will act rather than ad to the foreclosure backlog.

 

Via Troy Fowler (Auction Generation):

 Florida and California cities accounted for 17 of the top 20 cities with housing facing foreclosures in the US.  Unemployment is now creeping up as a primary reason that these numbers are increasing and the forecloses have now shifted away from speculators who are turning over properties to banks to primary homeowners who can no longer keep up with monthly housing costs.

It is now widely believed that we are entering a new wave of foreclosures that will be driven by pure economic hardships and unemployment than what initiated it,  otherwise known as  subprime loans that started the downfall in 2007. 

Las Vegas remains at the top where 12% of households have received a notice of default, auction or repossession in 2009, more than 5 times the national average.  Cape Coral-Ft Myers had the second highest rate of foreclosure filings. 

 Other Florida cities with very high filing ratios included Orlando, Port St Lucie, and Miami- Ft Lauderdale and Pompano Beach, all at the top end of filings.

These statistics definitely reinforce the need for a much more proactive approach to sell property including short sales, auctions and banks taking a more aggressive approach to getting bad loans off the books by selling REO inventory.

To learn more about non traditional sales methods that can make a difference in selling your property, Pease visit www.Auction-Generation.com 

Troy Fowler Lic. Real Estate Broker & Lic. Real Estate Auctioneer #AU3595

 

 

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

What is wrong with salad for breakfast?

I will admit I rise a bit earlier than most folks. As a real estate agent I have found that people do not buy or sell houses in Brevard County, Florida before about 10:00 a.m.

So I have some quiet time. Time for my morning walk with my Boston Terrier, Diesel Dog!

I usually skip breakfast but this morning I decided I wanted something.  As I opened the refrigerator I saw the leftover salad from the evening before.

So I grabbed it. 

How do we know that salad can’t be for breakfast?

Individual preferences are…..individual.  Such is the same when decorating your home. 

But, when it is time to sell it, remember that you are not selling your taste

Your real estate agent and/or home stager can help make recommendations on getting your home ready to appeal to the masses instead of the individual! 

For help in selling your Viera or Suntree home in Brevard County, Florida, give me a call. Lets see if I can help you with the process.

Visit my blog Florida Homes for Sale, please.

 

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

Windsor Estates Pool Home for Sale - Melbourne Florida

Windsor Estates in Melbourne, Florida (Pineda Causeway area) offers a private, guarded gated community in an ideal location for anyone looking for a Central Brevard County, Florida home.

This 4 bedroom 3 bath 2.5 car garage pool home is move in ready! Located at 6136 Arlington Circle, this house is in immaculate condition. The view from your screened in ground pool overlooking the lake is wonderfully peaceful!

Only a short trip across the Pineda Causeway and you are at the beach and Patrick Air Force Base. Nearby shopping, restaurants, multiple golf courses including Baytree National, Suntree Country Club, Duran Golf Club and more make this location ideal!

With excellent schools nearby (Viera High School, Delaura Middle, Suntree Elementary), your children will have a chance to attend some of the most desirable schools in Brevard County!

Offered at $349,000, this 2,700 square foot pool home is well worth a look! This home is a short sale which requires the lender approve any offer accepted by the seller.

For information on this home or any Melbourne, Florida properties, please give me a call at 321-693-3850 or email me at agent@moving2brevard.com.

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

What is wrong with "Avocado Geen" appliances?

"Avocado Green" is such a lovely color. It is right up there with the perennial favorite "Harvest Gold!" Yes, there are still people who believe this 40 years after the trend departed popular culture!

The question for many home owners is "To improve or not?"

In Viera and Melbourne Florida, the question is often "To add a pool or not?" Something about living in Florida makes a pool a must have thing!

There are many improvements home owners make for the right reasons.

There are also some where they do it for the wrong reasons.

As for the pool issue, my response is always the same - put it in if you are going to use it and enjoy it. Otherwise, don't count on getting any return or added value when you sell.

There are some improvements that return most of the investment like bathrooms and kitchens. Here is a web site that allows you to compare return on investment for home improvements by locality.

If you are in need of professional real estate services in Brevard County, Florida, drop me an email at agent@moving2brevard.com or call me directly at 321-693-3850.

Read my blogs Brevard County Real Estate Information, Florida Homes for Sale and Moving to Brevard County, FLoirda.

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

What is wrong with "Avocado Geen" appliances?

Avocado Green" is such a lovely color. It is right up there with the perennial favorite "Harvest Gold!" Yes, there are still people who believe this 40 years after the trend departed popular culture!

The question for many home owners is "To improve or not?"

In Viera and Melbourne Florida, the question is often "To add a pool or not?" Something about living in Florida makes a pool a must have thing!

There are many improvements home owners make for the right reasons.

There are also some where they do it for the wrong reasons.

As for the pool issue, my response is always the same - put it in if you are going to use it and enjoy it. Otherwise, don't count on getting any return or added value when you sell.

There are some improvements that return most of the investment like bathrooms and kitchens. Here is a web site that allows you to compare return on investment for home improvements by locality.

If you are in need of professional real estate services in Brevard County, Florida, drop me an email at agent@moving2brevard.com or call me directly at 321-693-3850.

Read my blogs Brevard County Real Estate Information, Florida Homes for Sale and Moving to Brevard County, FLoirda.

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

Political Correctness even exists in real estate...

We live in an environment of political correctness (PC). Violate the rules and you will get ostracized!

Perhaps ostracized is a bit strong but you will get attention.

Sometimes PC prevents us from saying what we are thinking, telling it like it is..or causes us to just ignore it.

Sometimes we just use euphemisms – using something a bit more mild instead of being blunt or direct.

I used to play golf with a “man of the cloth” and when he missed a putt he would say “beans” I knew what he meant!

In the real estate world ....

  • When a real estate agent uses descriptors like “cozy” it usually means large enough to sustain life – barely!
  • When you see “needs TLC” it means lots of deferred maintenance needs attention.
  • When a real estate agent uses “needs updating” it means "original 1970s decor with harvest gold appliances!

Sometimes real estate agents have to put a positive spin on the less than stellar property. Sort of like the old adage "she (he) has a nice personality!"

Of course, it would not be nice to write the narrative as

“What a dump! Never cleaned or had maintenance performed. Decorated in tasteless colors. Want potential…Lots of it here!

No, that would not be PC or kind! And as the title says...

Political Correctness even exists in real estate...


Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

Our goal is to reach 3000 registered attendees to VirtualReBarcamp.com!

This is a great way to get the word out...offer some reward! It worked for me. Sounds like a great event!

Via Real Estate Tomato (Real Estate Tomato):

Our goal is to reach 3000 registered attendees to VirtualReBarcamp.com!

The event is free being presented by 28 of the top minds in RE technology and social networking. Currently we have 1500+ registered attendee.  To reach our goal we need your help.  Fortunately, we have a ringer in our pocket: The generosity of ListingMoves.com.  ListingMoves.com is going to be running  a contest for everyone that helps us attain our goal.

Anyone that writes/re-blogs this post on ActiveRain about VirtualReBarCamp.com being held January 4th will be entered in a drawing to win one of the following prizes:

      1. 1 year free subscription to ListingMoves.com premium package ($720 value)

      2. HP Netbook Computer

      3. Platinum RainCamp Access Pass (If you don't know what that is go to RainCamp.com or ask one of the guys here on ActiveRain they'll fill you in :-) )

      4. One year free NetFlix subscription (3DVD's out at a time)

The rules:

Comment below with the link to your post or re-blog so we can enter you in the drawing.

You can also tweet about this for a 2nd entry in the drawing and it can say anything to promote VirtualBarCamp but it must include #VREBC & #ListingMoves as hashtags for tracking purposes such as the following:

28Top real estate tech speakers present@ #VREBC Jan4  Register now by going to http://bit.ly/8BBZYu & qualify 4 $25 StarBucks GiveAway #ListingMoves

(ListingMoves.com will also be giving away 25$ starbucks gift cards to the 2000th, 2001st, 2500th, 2501st, 3000th, 3001st registered attendees and donate the same amount to the Warmath Children College Fund Charity

Wow!  Fingers crossed... come on 3000!

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

Flat roofs are like flat top haircuts - Rare for a reason!

There are some things in life you just have to experience to learn.   Sometimes the classroom experience is just not as effective.  Such is the case when it comes to owning a home, house,condo or whatever!

Like many of my posts this one is written slightly mostly tongue in cheek, sarcastic or whatever!

Over the course of 30 years or so I have learned that:

  • You are the landlord…got to fix it yourself.
  • All roofs eventually leak.
  • Never buy a home in a new subdivision if you may sell before they finish building.
  • You can not control who buys the house next door.
  • Your interest in property taxes will increase.
  • You will always need a garage on car stall size larger.
  • If it was a previously owned home the previous owner’s taste was awful.
  • Older neighbors die and young families with loud kids always move in.
  • Everything works fine until the warranty expires.
  • Everything works fine for about a month after you close on the house.
  • The old adage buyers are liars and sellers too is mostly true.
  • If there is a homeowner association there will always be that one person who is the association “rat” reporting you because of “weeds” in your flower beds.
  • Reserve your Saturdays for lawn work and trips to Lowe's or Home Depot!
  • Mortgage companies don’t really give a hoot about youonly your payment.
  • Flat roofs are like flat top haircuts – rare for a good reason!
  • If your mortgage lender will not talk with you anymore or changed professions they know.

There is more but I think it is much more exciting to experience it as a homeowner yourself, so if you are in Brevard County Florida and need a real estate agent, call me or send me an email.

Home ownership is great. It is like life…some good, some bad but never a dull moment!

Gary Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Century 21 Baytree Realty, Rockledge, Florida. Email me at agent@moving2brevard.com or call me at 321-693-3850.

Read my blogs Moving to Brevard County and Florida Homes for Sale!

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

Although life has its ups and downs, it’s great to be on board for the ride!

Lots of wisdom in this post by Richard Weisser. Challenge does make us stronger! Have a great 2010!

Via Richard Weisser Coweta Fayette Real Estate:

Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh PAThe last year has been one very wild ride, punctuated with extreme highs and depressing lows. In tough economic times the everyday routine of making a living can trigger severe emotional responses.

But no matter how far down we find ourselves, the climb back to the top of the mountain can be exhilarating and uplifting. There is tremendous satisfaction that results from triumphing against all odds and despite the obstacles that may stand in our way.

Life on the edge is exciting and it makes the journey more interesting than the destination.

Struggle builds character, and genius is borne of necessity. It’s during times like these that we have the opportunity to achieve our greatest successes.

And I for one am glad to be on board for the ride!

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Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.  Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

 

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.