Florida Homes for Sale

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....

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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...

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

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 you – only 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!

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