These simple things could save you tens of thousands of dollars on Summit NJ Real Estate!!

As a home buyer who wants to make sure he / she gets the best possible deal on purchasing a home in Summit NJ, but like most home buyers you don't want to go though major renovations (at least not right away). Short of looking for foreclosures and such things, which everyone starts off talking about, I will give you the tried and true things which will get you a home at a great deal.

What to look for physically: Look for homes which are structurally sound, your not going to have to rebuild things, tare things down, go get a home equity loan to pay for repairs. These homes you want to find, have little curb appeal because the home owner has not taken care to keep the landscaping up, has not kept up with painting the house, keeping the front lawn well manicured.

Inside the home look for walls that need to be painted, carpets which need to be replaced, appliances which are out of date and ugly, wall paper that needs to come down. Why are you looking for these things? You are looking for these things because if you find them all ugly, everyone else will as well. Why is that important, at least in the towns like Summit NJ, better than 90% of the home buyers are looking for homes they can just move into, they don't have to do much if any work.
 

What to look for in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) sheets that you're REALTOR gives you? Look for homes which have been on the market for more than 100 days, pay particular attention to those that indicate they are vacant, or have a renter. These home owners will tend to be more motivated than your typical home owner who is still living in the house they want to sell.  Follow the above advice and you will likely be able to find a great house which just needs a little love, and get it at a wonderful discount as compared to if someone had already given it the love that it needed.

Written by James Boyer REALTOR, specializing in the Summit NJ Real Estate market as well as the surrounding NJ real estate markets and up and down the Midtown Direct train line here in New Jersey.  Summit NJ is such a great town, and Real Estate in Summit NJ is normally highly sought after.

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