What is the best way to choose a home inspector. Do you choose one based on cost, experience or what? It is absolutely critical to get the your home inspected prior to buying it. This will save you a lot of headaches down the road.

I once had a client who decided to just pick the cheapest home inspector, because he was an “older guy” and should have more than 30 years experience. However he turned out to be a nightmare for my clients. Can you imagine that this guy, who has been doing home inspections for 30 years could not tell my clients whether the home has a basement or not? This to me was just a waste of money. They could have paid a more reputable home inspector a few dollars more for a better job.

I encourage my clients to seek out the Home Inpector Association for thier state, get at least 2 phone numbers from there and call. You should be able to get a good one like that. Getting the home inspected correctly is one of the most important decisions to make, prior to completing a real estate transaction

Thinking of selling your home? Most home owners at some point think about selling their homes, because they want to move into another house or they just want to move into an apartment, move in with a new partner etc.
It is critically important to prepare the home well before you start selling. This process starts a few weeks out before you ever actually list the house for sale.

Step 1: Look at the house as if you were preparing to buy a house like yours. This may sound difficult, but remember that you want to buyer and NOT you to like the house.

Step 2: prepare the outside of the home for sale. this involves paying a professional lawn guy a few dollars to cut the grass for you. Trim the hedges, Power wash the house and make sure that the gutters are clean. You may need the paint it.

Step 3: prepare the inside of the property for sale. This involves painting, cleaning or changing the carpet etc.

Step 4: Send most of your stuff to storage. You want the house to look roomy.

Step 5: Consult with at least 2 real estate agents to help you determine the price of the property. Don’t tell the agent how much you want to sell the house for. Let them tell you what the property is worth based on current sales, current listings in your subdivision.

I will go into details about determing the price of your house in a future article.
You can list your home to sell guaranteed within 99 days here.

We offer this service to people with Covington GA homes for sale, Conyers homes, Atlanta houses and houses in many other parts of the Metro area.

Do you want a free list of  Covington GA homes for sale? There are many foreclosures and HUD homes and even brand new homes in Covington that have been discounted by the sellers. These are all homes that have been on the market for some time, and now the sellers are very motivated to sell.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FREE LIST OF DISCOUNTED HOUSES.

CLICK HERE to Search All Metro Atlanta Homes for Sale.

Here are Covington GA Homes for sale at $100-200,0000
Covington GA Homes

Covington GA is a short 30-40 minutes drive from downtown Atlanta. There are some of the best deals on Metro Atlanta houses here. The good thing about the area is that Covington and Conyers are very family friendly and there are somany homes for sale in Covington at very affordable prices. This gives the home buyer some very good saving opportunities. The downtown Covington area is very vibrant with a lot of restaurants and activities for families.
 

So how does a prospective home buyer locate Atlanta GA homes for sale? There are a good number of websites out there with listings of Atlanta houses and these sites offer home buyers the opportunity to search homes for sale in the Metro Atlanta area. Unfortunately, most of them require you to register before you can search for homes. Very few of them allow one to just search anonymously, without having to register with ones email address and other contact information.

You can search ALL homes for sale HERE without having to register: http://www.doyenrealty.com

This is another site that allows home buyers to search all Metro Atlanta houses for sale without needing to register: http://www.realestate99.com.

You can also find many other real estate deals on these sites. You can locate Covington GA homes, Conyers homes, Conyers foreclosures, Lithonia GA homes, Snellville GA homes, Smyrna GA homes and other Metro Atlanta houses and foreclosures for sale.

Many South Fulton Homes and South Fulton Houses and Foreclosures have been discounted for quick sale as the real estate market in the area has softened.

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE LIST OF DISCOUNTED HOMES FOR SALE.

There are many discounted new houses for sale by motivated home builders who are desperate for home buyers. The number of foreclosure houses in the area have also increased as a few home owners are having difficulties making their mortgage payments with the increasing interest rates on their adjustable mortgage loans. These present good buying opportunities for savvy home buyers.

Click HERE to Search ALL Metro Atlanta GA Homes for sale

Some top new home developments in the area include the Le Jardin homes development and even these developments also have some good deals. Here are some of the numbers.

There are 4222 homes for sale in the South Fulton area.

A staggering 1083 homes (25% of these homes) are foreclosures. 307 of these foreclosures were listed for sale within the past 30 days. A few of these houses have already been discounted. Banks usually use what is called a Broker Price opinion (BPO) to determine the listing price of the property. This is usually pretty close to the appraised value of the property assuming that the property is in top condition. A lot of these foreclosures end up being sold for less than the BPO price.

There are also quite a few HUD homes in the area. HUD homes can be good deals, if you know when they have been discounted. We are HUD approved and we track these properties closely to see when they have been discounted. You can get a list of discounted HUD homes here.