Tom Inglesby

Getting a loan you have to. Even if you are buying and paying cash you would want to quarantee that your mom paid all the contractors that ever worked on the house. Someone could have put a lien on it and she never knew. It is a small price to pay for piece of mind. Good luck.

I agree with Mike talk you a real estate attorney. A good ethical agent would never press to represent both sides of an deal unless they are money motivated and stupid. These kind of things usually end up in court with an agent on both sides trying to make more money. Good Luck to you, Tom

Talk to an attorney but I agree with Mike. No realtor with common sense wants to push any one into agreeing to represent both sides of a deal to make a little more money because these usually end up in a law suit. Good luck, Tom

If you invested or really hoped it upgraded your home in the past 6 years you would be lucky to probably get much of an improvement in price after most homes dropped 30-40%. Ask your appraiser if they would buy your house from you at this price and they will tell you the value is good for that day when comparing past sales and you really have nothing to hold on to for real value. I would consider this as a cost to sell to make your home the improvements to make your home better than others in your price range. If your home was improved 10 or more years ago the look might be a little dated now? Under great times it takes a few good years of appreciating values to see 50%-75% or more come back to you. Depending also what you spent your money on? Kitchens and baths, windows, decks, landscaping are all areas that cost money but you will not get back 50% in past 5 years in most cases. Paint and carpet you will see the best return because it is fast and inexpensive compared to the other items. If there are many bank owned properties near you, look at those sales also and the banks don't really care if they drop the value of the neighborhood they just want out at many times at 40% of retail value. Many times sellers like you get these appraisals done thinking if the price is high the buyers should pay for the recent appraised value. Get some other price opinions and ask yourself after going out and looking at what some homes sold for not comparing your house to the over priced neighbors house that has been on the market for 1 year. Do you need to sell and take advantage of these great 50 year low interest rates? Buyers can qualify for more house now and if you wait for the prices to go up and buyers buyers can afford your house and the house you want to buy also went up and your interest rate went up is it worth it in the long run? It is hard in this market to sell high and buy low but it depends on where you are going? Good luck to you. Tom Inglesby, Broker

The location is important to leaving furniture or not? If you are by a university many professors come in and rent for a year or people that don't want to move and their company will pay for the 1 year lease want a furnishted house. Contact some property management companies in your area. Tom Inglesby, Broker

Go to VBOR web site that is for vacation by owner real estate, property and they also rent by the night in any city and enter the city and state and you will find many properties also look on craigs list. Tom Inglesby, Broker

Usually if you see the listing here you can access the listing thru this site or post the address and some agent will respond to you or call the listed agent on the sign. Tom Inglesby, Broker

I am not sure like the rest of us why you are asking the question? This property probably has had some remodeling done since 2008 they redid a bath and laundry room. The taxes are high because of the neighborhood but I would think the house has been updated some to reflect the taxes. That is a very strong area and homes sell quick and if you would like a price opinion please give me a call. Just because a house shows as 2 bedrooms that really doesn't mean anything the city will tax you and if you want to challenge the taxes you will have to let them in and most of the time your taxes will probably go up. Give me a call if you would like to discuss further? Tom Inglesby, broker RE/MAX Equity Group

Would you operate on your self to save money? What do you know about your surgery? A realtor is well worth every cent you pay them to keep you out of court. Every state has different laws about disclosure and what you as a seller has to disclose and not knowing the law sets you up for a potential law suite. In Oregon you can be sued for up to 6 years by a buyer that thinks they were taken advantage of and the realtor knows this. Good luck to you.