How Important Is the Final Walkthrough of a Home Sale?

The final walkthrough of a home sale is the buyer’s last chance to walk through the home and make sure it’s in good condition.

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The final walkthrough is a very important part of a home sale. As a buyer, it’s your last chance before closing to walk through the home with your Realtor and make sure the home is in good condition and there’s nothing changed about it that the seller should be responsible for.

Once you close, it’s very difficult to go back and correct anything.

Once you close, it’s very difficult to go back and correct anything that should’ve been corrected beforehand. If you have any questions about the final walkthrough or have another real estate topic in mind that you’d like to see me discuss, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’d love to help you.

Can an Agent Help You Purchase a For Sale By Owner Home?

If you are buying a For Sale By Owner property, can you still hire
a professional Realtor to represent your interests?

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Lately, a lot of homebuyers have asked, “Can you help us purchase a For Sale By Owner property?”

About 95% of homes on the market are listed through Realtors, meaning that only 5% are not. If the seller is representing themselves, a Realtor can definitely help you purchase the home.

You can definitely work with a Realtor to buy a FSBO home.

A FSBO seller is someone who wants to go around the real estate system in order to perhaps get a higher sales price for the home. When looking at For Sale By Owner properties, buyers need to be aware of the true market value of the home, as well as some of the ramifications of dealing with a seller directly.

That said, we can and do help buyers purchase homes that are listed as For Sale By Owner.

If you have any questions or need our help in this area, just give us a call or send us an email. We would be happy to help you!

How Accurate Is Zillow, Exactly?

Can Zillow accurately pinpoint the value of your home?
There are a few reasons why it’s especially difficult for Zillow to do so in Texas.

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What can’t you trust Zillow to provide an accurate value for your home? For one thing, we’re in Texas, which is a non-disclosure state. This means a consumer website can’t publish the value of your neighbor’s home or what they may have sold it for. That information can only come through the MLS. Secondly, Zillow pulls data from public tax records and other similar sources to estimate the value of homes. Their estimate tool, the Zestimate, is merely an algorithm that calculates this public online information and is typically 5% to 15% higher or lower than the home’s actual value.

The best way to find your home’s true value is to contact a Realtor.

The best way to find your home’s true value is to contact a Realtor such as myself so we can conduct a free CMA (comparative market analysis) and accurately look at the values of the homes that have sold in your area. If you have any other questions about Zillow or you’re interested in having us conduct a CMA for your home to calculate its worth down to the penny, don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. We’d be glad to help.