I have a sheet on a home for sale. In the size listings of the rooms area different rooms have different location "codes" and then the size. Such as, Kitchen, 1C, 9×13… Family room, 1HW, 9×12…. bedroom, 2W, 10×17…. bedroom, 2C, 8×20. What does this mean. Thanks!

Not sure about all of them 1HW may be one high window.
2W is probably 2 windows, 2C probably 2 closets. Someone in real estate can probably answer this pretty easily. Anyone out there???

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Informational video for Canadian homeowners looking to sell their home by owner.

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I am a licensed real estate agent in the state of Missouri. My company called The Vizion Group currently has several newly remodeled homes available for sale in the Kansas City area. We advertise with small signs around the city but I am wanting a stronger web presence. Does anyone have any ideas for me?

Craigslist is good, but you have to repost often, so save your ad so you can copy and paste.

I see some agents advertising in Zillow.

Do you have any local websites that have a good web presence? Try the local free ads, the online newspaper, any free want ad sites.

Of course there is always Yahoo! Real Estate. =)

I’ve been looking at some Foreclosures listings and I’m wondering which companies are real and which ones are not. I have a partner who purchased from the auctions, but he ended up paying 80% of market value on a "good deal" I’ve heard of one company called 21khomes.com that sales homes for 30 cent’s on the dollar. I’ve heard that they are legit. They claim to be direct with the banks. Only trouble is that they want proof of funds before they will show foreclosure listings. Is this normal?

I went to the bank and I asked the mortgage manager and he gave me a list.

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I put my house on the market in 02/07, I had a less than ambitious agent. When the listing expired i looked for another agent who was "hungry" to make a sale. I interviewed and found one who seemed appropriate. Now I feel this agent is condenscending, and wanting me to "under price" my home for a quick sale. He has shown me listings for my area, sold homes and homes for sale, but it still seems to me that he wants me to underprice it. I’m not comfortable with this I cannot find my home online for sale, he says it is no fliers in the box,(for sale sign is up) and no ad in the newspaper.When I called him on this he said he would get right on it then I got an email saying BEFORE he prints fliers and puts the ad in the paper, he STRONGLY suggests that I lower my asking price as " I am not in control of determining my selling price but the market is in control". Which i get But if I go to low, then I will only be able to move from one ghetto to the next, jus bigger hse Change agent/wait?
so should i wait or just find another agent?
I have been researching the market in my area and surrounding I’ve done that since the first moment he told me the price I should sell at. He EMAILED me a house that went on the market the same day as "OUR" house did, and my house is about 6 thousand more, other than that, the houses in my area may be a bit cheaper(no more than a few thousand) but with less sq feet and one less bedrooms. My hse built in 56′ but in good shape, my backyard needs work. ie no grass and a bit messy from the dogs but no major problem. I put in new windows and a new heatng/AC system, fence all around, grass/green in the front 2 good updated bathrooms, and a kitchen that is decent, only floor needs to be replaced(installed a few yrs ago but already worn) i wouldnt have a problem with negotiating but if I go SO low on my price, it won’t be to my benefit. I just wondered try a different agent (i dont mind selling lower just dont wanna get duped!) or just wait The hse i want isnt dropping as much..

This agent may be right but I think he should have been upfront with you from the beginning. If he felt the list price was so high he did not want to spend time or money marketing it he should have refused your listing. I have done that.

Investigate the market, look back at what he said from the beginning, switch agents if you want to, look at what else is for sale right now in your area and price range.

It may be that you don’t want to sell right now.

You need an agent that is honest. Some of those guys you turned down…maybe they were telling you a truth you didn’t want to hear.

But again, I don’t like the game this agent seems to have pulled on you.

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I’m looking for a good website that has up-to-date listings of homes and that will let me search for them by map.

I would like it by map b/c the area we would like to live shares the same zipcode as an extremely busy area we want to stay clear from.
So searching by map would make it a little easier.
Alrighty.. I’ll check out those 2 websites

And We’ve checked out our agent’s website but they only have the typical lists heh. Ty for that suggestion though. All of them are greatly appreciated.

www.realestateone.com
www.realtor.com

These are 2 sites I use to search by map..

Alright, well my mom and I are thinking of moving to Palmdale but we can’t exactly afford a full priced home. So what I did was check the listings of foreclosed home. Now it says the loan balance is like 3,000 on average. Now on this page http://realestate.yahoo.com/California/Palmdale/Homes_for_sale/0dac4c81272c5cd9bcb396cce3090835;_ylt=AtW9lg8TWCjWcyS4ExQmn_LnMrQs?cc=realestate&p=Palmdale,%20CA&priceHigh=&priceLow=&nodeId=750007014&radius=&bedrooms=2&bedrooms=3&bedrooms=4&bedrooms=5&bathrooms=2.0&bathrooms=2.5&bathrooms=3.0&bathrooms=3.5&bathrooms=4.0&type=foreclosure&sortBy=price+1
it says the loan balance is $2238 but it also says the amount is $2238. So is that the price or what? Thanks in advance.

No, of course that’s not the price. What you are seeing is the amount of money which the current homeowner is in default on the loan. Assuming that this property is eventually fully foreclosed upon, the bank will offer it for sale at the current market value for the property. What they will accept to sell it may not be market value, but it will be FAR more than $2238.