There are three reasons that you shouldn’t wait until summer to list your home for sale: 1. Less inventory. Less inventory means less competition. There are more buyers in the marketplace with less to choose from. 2. Multiple offers. As a seller, multiple offers result in higher bids and stronger terms on the sale contract.
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You can either list now in these conditions or wait until the summer.
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3. Higher sale price. With limited inventory, buyers only have a handful of homes to choose from. They don’t have a choice but to pay what it takes to get them the home. You can either list your home now in these conditions or wait until summer when competition is more fierce and there are many more homes on the market. If you have any questions in the meantime, don’t hesitate to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
A couple weeks of ago, I talked about how to set your goals for 2018 so you could achieve them, and now I want to talk about one of my goals: answering your real estate questions. Right now, I’m at a Mike Ferry event in San Diego. This is the first of four events I plan on attending this year to make sure I’m growing as a person and as a real estate broker for my clients. When it comes to real estate brokers, you always want to work with one who’s on top of their game and knows what’s working, whether you’re trying to buy, sell, or invest in real estate. I want to transfer some of the knowledge I’ve learned from previous experience and from attending these quarterly learning events to you, which is why I’m asking this question: What are some of the topics you’d like to know about regarding real estate?
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I want to transfer my real estate knowledge to you.
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For example, if you’re curious about how to increase your cash flow or appreciation holdings in your portfolio regarding real estate, we can put a plan together or a series of videos you can learn from without attending a seminar. These videos are made for you, so I want to make sure they’re all beneficial. If you have a question, other people likely have the same question too, and I want to be able to answer all of them. If you have any real estate questions at all, don’t hesitate to give me a call or shoot me an email. I’d love to help you.
I have a nine-step goal-setting process to share with you that can help you set your goals for 2018 and achieve them. I myself use this goal-setting guide with my family. I got these steps from one of my mentors, Jim Rome. He made the process very simple, but also very effective. Remember—don’t complicate your goal-setting so much that you end up not setting any goals at all. Let your mind be open and free-flowing when following these nine steps:
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Don’t complicate your goal-setting so much that you end up not setting any goals at all.
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1. Ask yourself what you want to do in the next one to 10 years. Jot down on a piece of paper what you want to accomplish and what you want to have. Write as much as you can as fast as you can for, say, five minutes. There is no wrong answer. If something pops into your head, jot it down. 2. Next to each goal, write the number of years you want to take to accomplish that goal. For example, if the first thing you wrote was something like “lose 10 pounds” or “make x amount of money” or “have better relationships,” write down next to that goal whether you want to make it happen in one year, three years, five years, or 10 years. Do that for each goal you set. 3. Sort each goal into five different categories: physical and health, family and relationships, business and/or finance, spiritual development, and mental development. This way, you can make sure you’re making progress in all aspects of your life. 4. Pick out the four most important goals. Look at the goals that you want to make happen in one year, and identify the four most important of them. 5. Describe your four most important goals in detail. For example, if one of these goals is to buy a car, what color will that car be? What size? What kind? 6. Describe why each goal is important to you. If you want a new car, why is buying a new car important to you? Whatever your goal is, make sure you go in depth as to why you want it. The reason you want to achieve this goal will keep you engaged with making it a reality. 7. Transfer those goals to a journal that you have with you at all times. 8. Review that journal. If you remember an important goal you forgot to write down one week later, you can add it to the journal. This is a working document—don’t be afraid to work with it and reshuffle it. They’re your goals and your life, so make sure they’re right for you. 9. Check your progress. Make sure you’re looking at your goals on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Try not to go beyond a month. Once you have your goals set, ask yourself what steps you need to take to get closer to them. If you want to buy a home within the next six months or year and the first step is to get pre-qualified, how much down payment do you need? How much do you have in the bank now? Find out the difference and figure out what you need to save until you reach your timeline. This is a general overview of this goal-setting process, but if you’d like a more detailed approach or you know anyone whose goal is buying or selling a home, don’t hesitate to reach out to me. I'd be happy to help you.
