A Tip About Selling Your House

When selling your home it’s important to realize that to others, it’s no longer that special place where you raised your family, saw your dreams come true or created lifetime memories.  Once you vacate your home it becomes just another house that buyers consider with no attachment and whose only interest is finding the best house at the best house.  They are interested in the location, price, condition.  They want to know about the foundation, framing, layout, siding, condition of the roof and the amenities your house offers.  They have little regard for the history of your home and therefore will not pay for the “personal value” that often leads all of us towards overpricing our home.  Your house is just like every other vacant house on the market in the eyes of the prospective buyer which is why you must consider all your options to help it compete with all the other houses on the market.


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Ready for some help to sell your house faster and at a better price?

Our Caretaker Marketing Service has been providing valuable services to the Real Estate market in various forms since 1986.  It is a carefully managed three party opportunity that creates a win-win-win situation for Sellers, Buyers, Realtors and those we place in our properties.

Homes In Transition’s Caretaker Program benefits Property Owners trying to market and sell their house who appreciate a faster sale at the best price possible and who don’t want to spend a lot of money for staging and ongoing monthly expense.  While we do not sell your house, our service directly addresses all the perils of a vacant house not only for the owner but for the neighbors as well.  If you don’t have a Realtor, we will be happy to refer you to one that uses and understands our program.  If you’re ready to to get started placing your home in our program, simply complete the form on this page and one of our Consultants will contact you and lead you through the process and answer any questions you might have.

Selling your house vacant or occupied is easy in almost any market if you have a nice house that functions well, is located in a good neighborhood with good schools and has a patch of grass for the kids!  If that’s the case, you bought right and you certainly don’t need a service like Homes In Transition.  However, if you want the highest possible price for your home but may not have all the best amenities or the most functional floor plan or the most attractive finishes or some deferred maintenance you may have a harder time selling.  Leaving a house vacant only compounds the problems of deferred maintenance and exposes the imperfections of any house.  Remember the last time you emptied a room of your house for painting or emptied your house for your move?  The condition of the walls, floors and other finishes often take on a whole different look for the worse.  That is one of the problems with trying to sell your house vacant.  The imperfections of the house become more noticeable and work against your best marketing efforts.

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It’s almost impossible to sell or rent a house with water issues!

Homes In Transition has teamed up with a company called Water Management Solutions, LLC. who exclusively distributes a full line of unique, patented water management solutions to solve a wide array of water issues in your home.  This is not filtration rather a sophisticated harvesting and delivery system that can solve almost any water pressure and well yield or contamination issue.

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What Is Homes In Transition? - Part 1

I'm Tom Schmidt, President and CEO -- I'd like to personally welcome you to Homes In Transition (HIT). We are constantly updating the information on this site to bring you the most comprehensive information about our services and how you can put them to use for your particular situation. If you don't see what you're looking for, please contact us or call our corporate office. We have added a lot of text here based on the thousands of discussions we have with our clients. It is a wonderfully simple business model that always needs a good measure of explanation. If you would rather see what we do, check out our video.

Homes In Transition is an A+ rated BBB company, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. HIT was founded in January 2009 and enrolled its first house on January 27, 2009 - three days before we officially opened our doors!  HIT's staff has nearly 30 years combined experience serving Property Owners, Real Estate Brokers and Caretakers in this unique service industry. My personal experience goes back to when we introduced this concept to New Mexico back in 1986.

Our mission is to help Property Owners including individuals, investors, banks even the federal government, manage the day to day care and maintenance of their vacant properties, while providing a marketing solution for the property that in many cases rivals that of an owner occupied situation. Part of our mission is to provide a much improved, always available, safe and comfortable showing experience for Brokers so the property has the best chance possible to sell faster and for more money. To help meet these goals, we also provide a high quality, housing opportunity for qualified families and individuals who can live in one of our great houses for about the cost of a studio apartment. Together, it is a shared solution for all parties.

Homes In Transition is the solution for vacant houses.  We not only provide a unique marketing opportunity for vacant houses, which costs the Property Owner little if anything, but we keep these properties safe, maintained, and we even pay the regular operating costs such as utilities and association fees. One of the best consequences of our business is that the distraction of "another vacant house" is removed from the neighborhood making it more attractive to prospective buyers and giving the neighbors some relief from having one less vacant house to deal with. 

HIT is the lowest cost, most effective, private enterprise, neighborhood stabilization program available. We are the solution for vacant houses!

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An Overview of Vacant House Insurance

 

What happens if you need to insure an unoccupied house? It may surprise you to find out that your homeowners insurance is not valid once nobody has lived in your house for 30-60 days. Of course, you can pretend that someone is living there, but don't expect the insurance company to help you out if something happens to your house. They will only protect you if you have unoccupied house insurance. But be prepared for sticker shock. In this author's personal case, the insurance company offered a normal homeowners policy for $400 and a vacant house insurance policy for $2,000. You can get vacant house insurance policies from most home insurers as well as those who specialize in insuring vacant homes. Just keep in mind that although a company may specialize in insuring a house under these circumstances, it does not mean that it will be cheap. How can you save some money on vacant home insurance? You can lower the risk to your insurer by installing security systems, making sure that your doors and windows are tightly sealed, and making your house look occupied (for example, you can ask your neighbor to park their car in your driveway).

Rather than settling for the very expensive unoccupied house insurance, if your house is to be vacant for a period of time, you can get a caretaker thru Homes In Transition to occupy and stage the home. This way, you get the normal homeowners insurance rates and sell your home faster.

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Creating a Realistic Budget - Tip 5

Budgeting -- ooh, what a scary word! If you want to frighten someone whose finances are out of control, suggest that they tally up their expenses on a piece of paper. We all understand the value of such an exercise, but when it comes to the practicality of putting a budget together, we get cold feet. Budgeting doesn't have to be so painful, when you have a systematic series of steps to follow.

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DON'T FORGET YOUR DEBTS
It's also important that you have some idea of your liabilities -- debts that still have to be repaid. Did you figure these payments in with your monthly expenses? If you are only counting the minimum monthly payment, you will never pay your debts off. You may not be able to do it right now -- but after we get your budget in order, the goal is to pay at least double the minimum amount on at least one of your liabilities each month. You should start with the credit card or loan that has the highest interest rate -- then tackle the next highest after the first debt is paid off. And if you can afford to pay more than double, go for it. You aren't really free to start working on other financial goals until you know you are debt free.

TALLY UP YOUR INCOME
Do you really know how much you make? The tendency is to quote whatever is printed on your employment contract -- to say, "I make _____ a year." But after taxes and Social Security and any other items that are deducted from your check, what are you actually bringing home? Take a minute to really examine all of your sources of income and calculate an honest total -- you can't have a realistic budget without it!

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Creating a Realistic Budget - Tip 4

Budgeting -- ooh, what a scary word! If you want to frighten someone whose finances are out of control, suggest that they tally up their expenses on a piece of paper. We all understand the value of such an exercise, but when it comes to the practicality of putting a budget together, we get cold feet. Budgeting doesn't have to be so painful, when you have a systematic series of steps to follow.

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ROOT OUT MONEY LEAKS

Now I guarantee that you will not remember every expense, no matter how hard you strain your brain! Think about all of the things that you buy throughout your week without really paying attention -- snacks at work, a magazine when you stop for gas, that cup of coffee on your way in every morning. And don't forget about the expenses you are racking up because of financial disorganization -- interest charges on your credit card debt, late fees because you forgot to return that movie on time, overdraft charges because you didn't balance your checkbook. All of these fall into the category of unconscious spending. You just do it because it's a habit. And although you think that a dollar here or fifty cents there is insignificant, it can really add up.

So for a month, record every penny that leaves your hand, in the form of a check or cash or a credit card transaction. This may sound like a huge challenge, but you can do it! Make it convenient -- my husband stuck a small pencil and piece of paper in his wallet so he would be reminded to make a note every time he made a purchase. You will be stunned when you see where your money is really going! My husband was shocked to find out that he was spending almost a hundred dollars a month on that morning coffee (am I picking on Starbucks too much?!) What's your vice -- eating out when you are feeling lazy? Buying every new CD or magazine that comes out? I'm not suggesting that you completely eliminate these habits -- just that you decide how often you can reasonably afford to indulge and still reach your other financial goals.

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Creating a Realistic Budget - Tip 3

Budgeting -- ooh, what a scary word! If you want to frighten someone whose finances are out of control, suggest that they tally up their expenses on a piece of paper. We all understand the value of such an exercise, but when it comes to the practicality of putting a budget together, we get cold feet. Budgeting doesn't have to be so painful, when you have a systematic series of steps to follow.

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TRACK YOUR EXPENSES
How can you know what steps you need to take to reach your goal until you know exactly where you are right now? Most of us don't have a clue where our money goes -- credit cards and ATM's make it easy for money to just slip through our fingers. The first step is to create a list of STATIC EXPENSES -- things that cost the same amount every month, like rent and your car lease and student loan payments. Now these expenses are not completely "static" in the strictest sense of the word. You can reduce your rent or mortgage payment by finding a less expensive house -- and you could increase your loan payments to get rid of the debt faster. But for now, just itemize your regular monthly costs.

Next, you want to evaluate your VARIABLE EXPENSES -- those costs that fluctuate from month to month. Groceries, entertainment, utilities, and clothing all fall into this category. The great thing about variable expenses is that you control (at least to a certain extent) how much of your budget these items eat up. But some of these costs come in large and unexpected chunks -- like car repairs and medical bills. So you might need to go through your last 12 months' credit card and bank statements to get a clear idea of how much daily life costs you. And don't forget about those expenses that are paid only intermittently -- like insurance. Tally each expense and divide the total by 12, to give you a clearer idea of how your costs spread out over a year's time.

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Creating a Realistic Budget - Tip 1

Budgeting -- ooh, what a scary word! If you want to frighten someone whose finances are out of control, suggest that they tally up their expenses on a piece of paper. We all understand the value of such an exercise, but when it comes to the practicality of putting a budget together, we get cold feet. Budgeting doesn't have to be so painful, when you have a systematic series of steps to follow.

SET YOUR FINANCIAL GOALS
As with any other area of your life, it's pointless to start down a financial path if you don't you have some idea of where you want to end up. What is your REASON for creating a budget? Do you want to pay off your debts? Save for your kids' college education? Put money away for retirement? Make a list of your financial goals for the next 6 months, year, 5 years, 10, 25 -- all the way through to old age. And don't spend a lot of time worrying about feasibility -- if your goal is to be debt free in a year, don't think about all of the reasons why you won't be able to make it by that deadline. Just remember, where there's a will, there's a way!

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