Vacant Homes - Tips to Cure the Most Costly Problems (Part 1)

You or your client moved into your new home.  The old home is still on the market and the action is slow.  Showings are weeks apart from each other and offers have been made yet.  Without someone monitoring the property on a daily basis, a potential disaster is looming.  That vacant home, vacant rental unit, vacant vacation home or second home are all where damaging problems can easily occur when no one is checking.

Getting a caretaker to live in the home until it sells is the most notable solution to any of these problems.  Homes In Transition is one such provider that services New Mexico.  Having a full time house sitter not only keeps someone in the house to monitor for any potential problems, they will also help sell the home faster and for more money.  Having a house looking like someone lives there, that it is not a vacant shell, turns it into a home in the mind of a buyer.

Next week we will begin to cover 5 problems that can be avoided if you or your client monitors it regularly...or if you use a caretaker service such as Homes In Transition.

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Home Owner Frequently Asked Questions of Homes In Transition (Part1)

What is the Homes In Transition Program?

Homes In Transition (HIT) breathes life into vacant houses! HIT offers a unique program matching qualified Caretaker occupants with vacant houses which greatly improves the marketability of the property while preserving both the value of the property and the neighborhood around it. 

Why should I enroll my house in the HIT program?

• Keeps the property Insurable because it is occupied and not vacant.
• Preserves the value of the asset through regular maintenance and oversight of the property.
• Cost of the program is minimal and pays for itself after 30 days of Caretaker occupancy. (See program cost below)
• Problems get reported in real time rather than being discovered after causing major damage.
• A HIT Caretaker Occupied house competes better in the marketplace resulting in better offers and faster sales.
• Keeps the property safe and more secure.
• Keeps the neighborhood safer and preserves the image of the neighborhood.
• Brokers are more willing and able to show a HIT occupied house than a vacant or tenant occupied house.
• Use of program may keep the property from going into foreclosure.
• Owner can rest easy the property is being protected and free of unwanted visitors.
• Provides safe environment for Brokers and their buyers.
• Utilities and other regularly occurring property service expenses are paid.
• Caretaker occupants are subject to regular and random inspections of their performance and care of the property.

Who would be caring for my house?

Caretakers are individuals or families that are carefully placed into our vacant houses where they live until they sell. The Caretaker we would be placing in you or house is pre-qualified through HIT's comprehensive background check process. They are matched to the house based on their needs and the quality and quantity of their approved furnishings. Caretakers are professionals, blue collar workers, single, married, with kids and without and some have pets that we place only with your written approval. Many are referrals from Brokers that need a little time to correct some credit issues before they can buy a house - kind of like an incubator for potential buyers! They are NON smokers, and all must agree to a high level of accommodation for your Brokers selling process and marketing of the house.