For many of us, the idea of owning a Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale as a second home has always seemed like a great long-term investment idea.
For a long time, it seemed as tough the market would never stop going up, but we all know the market moves in cycles and that the market would make a correction at some point. Then, last year, we had low mortgage rates and the prices for beach property started to go a little higher. We told our buyers that it was a good time to purchase because the market could go higher, but many buyers decided to wait for the market to drop again and let some really good bargains on Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale go to another buyer.
This year, we still see a rising market for Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale
and we are telling our buyers to make a purchase because we think the market could go higher. We see many opportunities to purchase a second home, a vacation home, an income producing property, a long term equity.
We think it makes sense to purchase in a flat market or one that is appreciating slowly. You can make a lot of money with an early purchase in a rising market and this year could be one of those years. Unfortunately, many buyers try to catch the bottom of a market and wait to long to make a long term purchase of a Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale. When you combine relatively low mortgage rates with an appreciating market, then we think it is a good time to purchase.
One thing that we know to be true is that there are some great buys in this market place and the prices will probably go higher.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Clearwater Beach FSBO Home Buyers Need A Good Agent
According to the National Association of Realtors, last year the number of For Sale By Owner (FSBO) properties declined 14%. While that decline is substantial, Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale FSBO properties are still available, and you might find one of them is right for you.
Just know that you should be cautious when thinking about buying one, and also be thinking about calling us to be your Clearwater Beach buyer’s agent to represent you in the purchase. Just know it does not cost you to hire us; the homeowner pays for our services. Here are more reasons why you need us:
1. The Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale FSBO seller may not understand their responsibility to disclose material defects in the property. If they had hired a real estate agent to list their property, the listing agent would have explained their responsibilities and documented any problems. Since the seller does not have an agent, it is important that you have us bring our team of professionals to make sure problems are identified and the price adjusted accordingly.
2. The typical The Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale FSBO is overpriced for the marketplace and will not appraise. From the latest estimates, the typical Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale FSBO properties are about 10 to 20% overpriced. Many owners in Clearwater Beach are overpricing their property for many reasons, and we go to work for you to determine the correct price range for the property. It is unfortunate, but many of these sellers are not really motivated to sell their property at market value, and will hold fast to their asking price if you cannot help them understand the market value. This is where we step in to provide all the data the seller needs to understand the current market value of their beautiful property.
3. Most people are not attorneys that specialize in real estate law, so we step in to make sure you understand the contractual problems you may face during the purchase process. Many buyers don’t understand their rights when it comes to working with the seller and unknowingly forfeit those rights. We make sure the correct legal documents are In place and professional reviews occur throughout the buying process to protect you.
If you are looking at a Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale FSBO, you can save yourself a lot of problems and sleepless nights by contacting us before you contact the owner.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Your Clearwater Beach Home Will Sell Faster
Once you put your Clearwater Beach Home For Sale on the market, you need to focus, along with your agent, on getting it sold. Many sellers do not realize that they have a big role in this process, so I put together a couple of ideas that will help you move effortlessly through the selling process to sold.
1. Don't stay around for the showings. Realize that the buyer is looking through emotional eyes when they look at your Clearwater Beach Home For Sale. Your goal should be to have the buyer stay for a long time, so that they can see all of the beautiful features of your home. The longer the buyers stay, the more likely they are to start seeing the home as their own. My advice is to go for a walk or go shopping, but do not be on the property for the showing.
2. Be flexible, so you get all possible showings. I can tell you that it only takes one buyer falling in love with your Clearwater Beach Home For Sale to get it sold. I have seen this happen many times, so here is just one example to explain what I mean: I was selling a vacant property, so I could show the home when it was convenient for the buyers. I made myself available to the show the home when someone called to see the property. Most of the buyers did not like something about the home (sound familiar), but one buyer called while sitting in front of the home. This buyer asked if they could see the home now, so I hopped in the car and showed the property. This is the buyer who purchased the home. My advice is to find a way to be ready for any showing even when it is inconvenient.
Selling your Clearwater Beach Home For Sale and working to attract top dollar for your property — is my business. Call anytime to discuss how I will get the sold sign in your yard.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Headlines Boost Prospects for Selling Your Home
If you’re thinking of selling your Clearwater Beach Homes For Sale, you’re likely to have already considered different approaches to making it stand out from other properties. Will you repaint in the entryway? Stage the living spaces? Should you upgrade the appliances — or leave them as is to keep the asking price as low as possible?
Those are all pivotal decisions, and I would be delighted to offer advice on how each is likely to affect the sales effort. But there is also a less prominent element you may not have considered: the impact the text of your advertising will have on your marketing and – potentially – the overall results. The regimented way listings are presented tend to impart them with a similarity that may not be warranted. Overcoming that effect can make your message draw attention…and prospects.
According to real estate conversion content specialist Karen Hutton, next to the main photograph, the headline is everything. Hutton’s territory is Queensland, Australia, which goes to show how universal marketing truths are. Says Hutton of the headline tactic, “It must arouse curiosity, use meaningful specifics…and be intriguing.”
Here are some ideas?
A perfect marriage of two sales points in just seven words
Go Slow: A Home For Relaxing At Sunset
A lifestyle pitch that sounds entirely credible
A Beach Getaway To Complement Nature
Instant appeal to those who wish they could live at the beach
If you’re thinking of selling your Clearwater Beach Homes For Sale, I have many sources of inspiration for creating standout marketing designed to get your home S-O-L-D by .introducing your beautiful property to buyers around the world.
Contact me today to schedule a strategy-building session. There’s no obligation, and the ideas we discuss can make all the difference to how you approach the many options that are immediately available in today’s market.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale - Check Our List Of Condos For Sale
Check out these Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale Under $400k. They are all waterfront and have at least 2-bedrooms and 2-baths.
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Check out these Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale Over $400k. They are waterfront and have at least 2-bedrooms and 2-bathrooms.
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Clearwater Beach is rated as one of the best beaches in the USA every year. It has beautiful with sandy beaches, Pier 60 for fishing and sunset entertainment, and many great restaurants.
Clearwater Beach is a small welcoming beach town where many families choose to vacation each year. As a matter of fact, that is where my family vacationed each summer, and I was determined to live here when I grew up. Well, we moved here over 20-years ago and just love the area.
You will love the many boats that are available at the Clearwater Beach Marina. It has great fishing charter boats, sailing charter boats, sight-seeing boats, dinner cruises, dolphin tours, parasailing, and personal watercraft. There are restaurants, a gift shop, a barber shop, a nautical shop, a laundry, a mini-mart, a post office, and even a bait house. If you visit by boat, there are 23-boat slips available for transient boaters with vessels up to 125-feet.
There are several fun activities at the Clearwater Beach Marine Aquarium:
The Sea Life Safari Boat Tour a great 90-minute tour into the local intracoastal waters. We are looking for dolphins, sea birds, manatee on this narrated scenic ride to a shell island. They demonstrate how sea data is collected with a pull and then pass around sea critters before releasing them back to the bay. This is a great hands-on-activity.
You can get wet and wade with the aquarium dolphins. You get up close to an Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin and get your picture taken with the dolphin.
In the dolphin encounter, you will get wet. A 30-minute program working side by side with the staff while they train and feed a dolphin. The trainer also provides great info on the anatomy, intelligence and beauty of the dolphin. You will get a photo and t-shirt with this experience.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com if you want more information on Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale or want a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Check out these Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale Over $400k. They are waterfront and have at least 2-bedrooms and 2-bathrooms.
Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale Over $400k
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Clearwater Beach is rated as one of the best beaches in the USA every year. It has beautiful with sandy beaches, Pier 60 for fishing and sunset entertainment, and many great restaurants.
Clearwater Beach is a small welcoming beach town where many families choose to vacation each year. As a matter of fact, that is where my family vacationed each summer, and I was determined to live here when I grew up. Well, we moved here over 20-years ago and just love the area.
You will love the many boats that are available at the Clearwater Beach Marina. It has great fishing charter boats, sailing charter boats, sight-seeing boats, dinner cruises, dolphin tours, parasailing, and personal watercraft. There are restaurants, a gift shop, a barber shop, a nautical shop, a laundry, a mini-mart, a post office, and even a bait house. If you visit by boat, there are 23-boat slips available for transient boaters with vessels up to 125-feet.
There are several fun activities at the Clearwater Beach Marine Aquarium:
The Sea Life Safari Boat Tour a great 90-minute tour into the local intracoastal waters. We are looking for dolphins, sea birds, manatee on this narrated scenic ride to a shell island. They demonstrate how sea data is collected with a pull and then pass around sea critters before releasing them back to the bay. This is a great hands-on-activity.
You can get wet and wade with the aquarium dolphins. You get up close to an Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin and get your picture taken with the dolphin.
In the dolphin encounter, you will get wet. A 30-minute program working side by side with the staff while they train and feed a dolphin. The trainer also provides great info on the anatomy, intelligence and beauty of the dolphin. You will get a photo and t-shirt with this experience.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com if you want more information on Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale or want a free home evaluation for your current property.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
National Mortgage Rates Up — But Purchases Are Still Climbing
For Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale shoppers, it looks like the end for deeply depressed mortgage rates. Nationally, rising rates have temporarily created a downdraft in home loan applications.
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage applications fell 4% in the first week of July after plummeting 11.7% the week before. ‘The Market Composite Index’ is the measure of mortgage loan application volume — and it decreased 4.0% from a week earlier (on a seasonally adjusted basis). Altogether, national mortgage applications so far this July are about a third below their level of a year ago.
The drop in applications comes as no surprise to those of us who keep a steady watch on mortgage rate trends. But there is one accompanying fact that wouldn’t have been as predictable. As USA Today notes, “Despite the rise in rates…the four-year average for home purchases continues to climb since it turned upward in November 2011.”
So what do these apparently contradictory stats mean for Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale shoppers preparing to sell or buy?
Whichever part of the equation you fall into, it’s certainly time to get moving and either buy or sell your Clearwater Beach Condo. If you’re considering selling, you will want to put your Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale on the market to take advantage of the still historically low mortgage rates in Clearwater Beach. It’s often the case that rising mortgage rates spur a last-minute home-buying rush. If you’re planning on buying a Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale, then rising mortgage rates are a pretty good indication that it’s time to put the pedal to the metal.
Either way, if you’re thinking of buying or selling in Clearwater Beach, I’m standing by to lend a hand. Give me a call to discuss the full picture — including the latest price movement in area neighborhoods.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Buying a Property in Today’s Exciting Clearwater Beach Market
Buying Clearwater Beach Real Estate means you’ll be joining the club: the home ownership club that Americans have traditionally recognized as emblematic of the fullest community membership. It’s an exciting endeavor — one that ushers in a whole new realm of pride, maturity…and of a truly major commitment.
It’s the show of responsibility that’s the reason Clearwater Beach home ownership bestows automatic respect from the community. It is, after all, unmistakable evidence of long-term stability, as well as commitment to deal with the future with all it holds — known and unknown. That commitment is something all Clearwater Beach Real Estate homeowners share.
Today, buying a Clearwater Beach home means entering a changing market. Still-historically low interest rates continue, but now they have started to rise. Broader lending prospects are improving along with that rise (which is the good news). But especially for first-time buyers, it should also mean that it is doubly important to think of the long term, and to let caution and prudence lead to a buying decision that will prove to be the right choice for the future.
What that means when buying a Clearwater Beach home, especially when taking advantage of an attractive adjustable interest rate (ARM) loan, is to plan for the likelihood that monthly repayments will eventually increase. Before taking advantage of a great deal, consider whether you will be able to manage monthly repayments if they jump by 1, 2 — even 3%. Although it’s only natural to expect that your family income will grow as time passes and professional experience broadens, cautious buyers keep their budget in line with actual current finances. And they make hard-headed estimates of the upkeep expenses that accompany home ownership.
If the past seven years have taught anything about buying a Clearwater Beach home, it’s the advantage of tempering optimism with realism. I’m here to help my clients make educated Clearwater Beach Real Estate decisions for the short term and long term. If you’ve been preparing to make a Clearwater Beach purchase, I hope you will give me a call to meet and discuss your goals and the current market – I’d love to hear from you!
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Preparing Your Clearwater Beach Condo for a Virtual Tour
Putting your Clearwater Beach Condo For Sale on the market makes you a key player in a marketing team led by your real estate agent. But you don’t have to attend seminars on salesmanship or study the latest marketing best seller to make valuable contributions to your team: heeding a few guiding principals will take care of that.
One of the most valuable is simply this: great marketers know they should appeal to the widest market possible especially when you cannot put a sign in the front yard. Today, we can attract a much wider market than ever before — from across the nation to (amazingly enough) buyers around the globe! It’s due to an increasingly popular tool: the virtual tour on the Web.
Because a standout virtual tour doesn’t just happen by itself, here are some fundamentals for preparing the most effective Clearwater Beach Condo For Sale virtual tour:
- Disorderly rooms as viewed through any old webcam don’t make the grade. Remember that details you see as assets may be perceived as clutter when viewed through the camera’s lens. This can include personal pictures, books, ornaments and toys. When your home is free from clutter, potential buyers can much more easily picture themselves living in it.
- Make sure your furniture is placed to communicate the appearance of spacious, open areas. This may means being willing to move furniture — even pieces that actually look great in person — away from the middle of the room.
- Since taste is an individual matter, it is hard to present a color scheme that appeals to everyone who views your Clearwater Beach Condo For Sale virtual tour. The most universal rule of thumb is to stick to neutral color combinations. While you may love a vibrant blue wall, others may see it as an unwelcome chore — on extra thing they will have to change were they to purchase your home. In contrast, neutral colors can present a blank canvass.
Getting your virtual tour right means showing a pleasing series of comprehensive views that are neat and minimally but attractively furnished. Looking for a Clearwater Beach agent with the right tools to help you sell for top dollar?
I think you will find I am the right choice when you watch and listen to our client testimonial videos at this link:
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If you have a Clearwater Beach Condo that you want to sell, then call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to receive a free in-home consultation.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
The Search for the Perfect Clearwater Beach Real Estate Agent
No matter what triggers your decision to sell, a crucial next step for every homeowner is selecting the Clearwater Beach homes for sale agent who will bring in the best results. If you don’t already have a bead on an agent, there are any number of factors that can help guide your agent choice. Some will be narrowly applicable to your home’s special characteristics, and some will be more universal.
The first consideration should be deciding whether you will be best served by finding a specialist. Perhaps your property cleanly falls into the luxury category, then your first move may be to seek a Clearwater Beach homes for sale agent who has a marketing plan for your luxury property. Know that we are with Sotheby’s International Realty and that means you get the very best marketing plan available in the world-wide real estate market. We promote your property to more websites than any other company, we advertise your property in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, we market heavily for buyers and have a large database of buyers looking for properties in the area, and we have over 450-offices world-wide with 12,000 agents showing your property pictures and descriptions to their buyers.
Another approach is to consider what other’s have to say about their Clearwater Beach homes for sale agent. It isn’t always what the agent says about himself of herself that matters; it matters what their clients say about their agent. While many agents have a few written and unsigned reviews, the most dependable way to get a candid and unbiased opinion of an agent is to see client video testimonials from our clients.
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In any case, before settling on the Clearwater Beach real estate agent who will be your marketing partner, select someone who will focus attention on your property and not be so busy with 15, 25 or even 100 other listings that your property doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
This is a great time to sell your Clearwater Beach Real Estate, and we promise to focus our attention and vast marketing resources on selling your property for top dollar. If you are preparing to bring your home to market, we always offer you a no-obligation in-home consultation — and always put the strength of our vast Sotheby‘s worldwide network to work for you.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to receive a free in-home consultation or request a free CMA on your Clearwater Beach Real Estate.
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Monday, July 8, 2013
Easing the Move to a New Home in Clearwater Beach
The Census Bureau tells us that 43 million people move households each year. That definitely makes it a Big Business opportunity! You would think that huge commercial empires would have sprung up to take care of every tiny detail for moves to Clearwater Beach Real Estate (for a price), but in truth, those companies generally serve a minority of corporate clients. For most of us, we can plan on being pretty much on our own.
If you are going to be moving to Clearwater Beach Real Estate (or know someone who is), there are a few things you can do to make the move a little easier.
Before you move to your new home, make sure you get ahead of the curve: reserve some advance time getting everything organized. In the process of packing, you’ll work more efficiently if you have more than enough boxes and trash bins at the ready. By having ample storage containers available, you can pack your belongings slowly and in an organized manner.
If you have young children, arrange childcare well in advance of the move. Unless your children are older and able to help, your suspicion that they are not wholly compatible with the moving process will prove to be correct.
Inform your utility providers well in advance of your move. The few minutes spent could give them the option of a smooth transfer of services to your new property — sometimes even avoiding restart service fees.
Let your bank know that you are moving your residence. This will reduce the risk of your sensitive banking info ending up lost in the mail (or in the wrong hands). It also makes it much less likely that your bank will block your account for suspicious activity when you first begin using your cards once you move into your Clearwater Beach Real Estate.
A new Clearwater Beach Real Estate home will be an exciting beginning – so if you’ve already found that home, congrats! If you’re just getting the search started, or are preparing to sell before you find your next, contact me this week to go over your options.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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If you are going to be moving to Clearwater Beach Real Estate (or know someone who is), there are a few things you can do to make the move a little easier.
Before you move to your new home, make sure you get ahead of the curve: reserve some advance time getting everything organized. In the process of packing, you’ll work more efficiently if you have more than enough boxes and trash bins at the ready. By having ample storage containers available, you can pack your belongings slowly and in an organized manner.
If you have young children, arrange childcare well in advance of the move. Unless your children are older and able to help, your suspicion that they are not wholly compatible with the moving process will prove to be correct.
Inform your utility providers well in advance of your move. The few minutes spent could give them the option of a smooth transfer of services to your new property — sometimes even avoiding restart service fees.
Let your bank know that you are moving your residence. This will reduce the risk of your sensitive banking info ending up lost in the mail (or in the wrong hands). It also makes it much less likely that your bank will block your account for suspicious activity when you first begin using your cards once you move into your Clearwater Beach Real Estate.
A new Clearwater Beach Real Estate home will be an exciting beginning – so if you’ve already found that home, congrats! If you’re just getting the search started, or are preparing to sell before you find your next, contact me this week to go over your options.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
Clearwater Beach Front Condos For Sale
Luxury Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale. This condo is in a beautiful beach front complex and features 2-bedrooms and 2-baths. The complex features world class amenities heated pool and spa, club room with bar, library, pool terrace, billiard room, lounge and social areas with flat screens, terrace cabanas, sundeck, grills, fitness center and 24-hour gated and manned security.
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Friday, July 5, 2013
Clearwater Beach Condo Listings May Not Be on the MLS
Pocket Listing: Occasionally agents and owners agree to a property from the open market. Reasons vary, but they might already have buyers that want a property similar to this one, or the owner has instructed the agent to only list the property in private marketing channels. Digging for these off-market home listings can require energy and persistence, including regular searching through the websites of independent and luxury brokers, contacting scores of agents, or (a good deal simpler) making sure you work with me to find Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale that are not listed in the mls.
FSBO: This is the “For Sale by Owner” group, and these properties are easier to find. Just check out the Internet for places where the owner has advertised Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale. If you are interested these, then let me know because I have a list of all of these and can show and purchase these properties just like mls properties.
Closely Held Transaction: When transactions are arranged between family members, neighbors, or other acquaintances, they frequently close without appearing on Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale listings.
Expired Listing: When homes aren’t sold within the expected period they can disappear from Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale home listings. These make up most of the hidden home listings that are still available. I stay in contact with these sellers, and can show and purchase these properties just like mls properties.
If you are shopping for a Clearwater Beach Condos For Sale, are just getting started, or are hitting a dead-end in your search, I am here to help you land the right property. Contact me today to see what my network can do for you!
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Outdoor Kitchens and Clearwater Beach Home Values
With Clearwater Beach Homes For Sale home values on the rise, it’s natural to follow the urge to get going on outdoor improvement projects. One of my (and many of my buyers) favorite added features is the outdoor kitchen. That temporary folding table you used to see next to the rollaway barbecue is now frequently supplanted by a fully equipped permanent installation.
But if you are planning on selling soon, it’s easy to overdo the outdoor kitchen idea. Clearwater Beach Homes For Sale don’t always return every dollar spent, so with likely investment returns in mind, here are a few guidelines to help you jazz up your outdoor area without breaking the bank.
— Whether you have a large backyard or tiny one, amount of space isn’t what matters as much as the setup. Plan your kitchen so the cook faces toward the entertaining area. When guests can interact while the cooking is going on (and the chef isn’t stuck facing the wall), the fun of outdoor entertaining comes naturally.
— You’re building an outdoor kitchen, so be sure the surfaces are built to withstand the elements. Outdoor-rated appliances and a low-maintenance paint finish on cabinets will combat corrosion, and keep your kitchen looking fresh for when you plan to sell! Also, consider elevating the cabinet so you can more easily hose off underfoot messes.
— An outdoor fireplace can warm memories in even the steeliest of potential buyers. Who doesn’t love thought of warm summer evenings spent gathered around a fire pit? But let’s be practical; a gas fireplace insert is far handier than a real wood-burning fire pit. You don’t need to pay to run a gas line outside either – there are plenty of freestanding gas fireplace models to choose from.
While not likely to bring nearly the same return as a total kitchen remodel, adding simple outdoor kitchens can be a simple way to both enjoy backyard space and increase potential home values in the future. If that future is coming sooner rather than later, do contact me to discuss current Clearwater Beach Homes For Sale home values with you anytime!
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Clearwater Beach Real Estate For Sale: Appealing Retirement Investment?
Who doesn’t give a quick second glance when they drive past Clearwater Beach Real Estate For sale? Our curiosity seems almost automatic, even when we ourselves don’t have the slightest inclination to move out of our own home.
For more and more people, there’s a new reason for more serious rubbernecking when they pass one of those ‘FOR SALE’ signs. It’s about retirement.
Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research tells us that Americans’ retirement ages are rising steadily. Gallup has a more significant finding: when current workers expect to retire. At least 40% think their own retirement age will be greater than 65.
That goes along with the underlying concern serious people have about their own income during their golden years. For them, second glances at Clearwater Beach Real Estate For sale may be completely pragmatic: that property might represent a large chunk of their future retirement income.
One of the reasons to give it serious consideration is the rest of the investment landscape. I’m no financial advisor, but I do listen to my clients’ attitudes and concerns. Although interest rates now seem to be on the upswing, at present their savings accounts are earning no real return — it’s hardly even an investment. In contrast, today’s property values look likely to appreciate over the long run.
Then there’s the stock market. After the last few years’ gains, people can hardly be blamed for suspecting the accompanying risk quotient has been growing right along with the returns. On the other hand, appealing Clearwater Beach Real Estate For sale just feels like a comparatively secure investment. Properties don’t just disappear!
Evaluating a property for sale through the prism of its retirement value doesn’t mean it can’t contribute returns long before then. Renting it out on a residential or vacation basis can provide an extra income stream at any time, sometimes with associated tax benefits.
Consulting a trusted financial advisor is the prudent first step when considering the option of Clearwater Beach Real Estate For sale as an investment. Then I’ll be here to contribute my local expertise — and, we’ve got some terrific prospects to choose from!
Call me at 727-710-8036 or email me at jackhaydon@gmail.com to discuss properties for sale at the beach, or to receive a free home evaluation for your current property.
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