One of the things we like to do for our clients is extend our efforts to YOU. If you know of a home going on the market, or a home that has a possibility of sale– we want to know about it! Without further ado, this week’s Who do you know? is one with a budget of up to $750,000. This home buyer is looking for a neighborhood home or a home situated on a side street. They’re currently looking to buy a home for sale in North Reading, Reading, Burlington, Middleton, Natick, Southborough, Hanover, Norwell, or Scituate.  One of their more unique items on their search is a home that offers a dog approved backyard. Plenty of space to run and and, well, be a dog! These buyers would appreciate a home with a garage and have about 1800 sq ft. This is just a brief overview of a few of the things these home buyers would love in a home. Do you know of a home that may be a possible contender? Send us an email at qrealtorma@gmail.com with the address and/or contact information for the homeowner and we’ll send you a special thank you in return. See our past Who do you know? posts here.

As a Massachusetts Realtor, we know there are many factors to consider as a home buyer. From commute times, to neighborhoods, homes without oil heat, new builds, specifics of a home loan-- the list goes on. Each of our home buyers have unique needs and desires for their next home, and we offer practical methods to help our buyers reach their home goals. One of the things we like to do for our clients is extend our efforts to YOU.  You reading this post, someone who also knows the Massachuestts neighborhoods and just might have the right home for our clients. Maybe you have a friend or family member looking to sell, or you're a part of an HOA that was talking of a home being put on the market. All of these scenarios can be helpful to us in making sure we find our clients a home that checks off their list of needs, and even meets their list of "nice to have" items. Without further ado, this week’s Who do you know? is one with a budget of over $1 million dollars. This home buyer is looking for a home within close proximity to the train for a commute into Boston. They’re currently looking to buy a home for sale in Andover, Reading, North Andover, Haverhill, Methuen, Wakefield or Wilmington. One of their more unique items on their search is a home that offers a bonus room large enough for a full size pool table. This is just a brief overview of a few of the things these home buyers would love in a home. Do you know of a home that may be a possible contender? Send us an email at qrealtorma@gmail.com with the address and/or contact information for the homeowner and we’ll send you a special thank you in return. See our past Who do you know? posts here.

I’ve talked to many buyers who are just frustrated by the phrase Offer Deadline. If you are attempting to buy right now, you’ve probably experienced it and feel the same way. That’s completely normal! Why won’t these sellers just accept an offer for what they are asking when I present it to them? Well there is a lot more to an offer than just price but that's a topic for another video.  Let’s talk about these Offer Deadlines!  No matter how quickly you get into a property right now, there is a very high chance that there will be multiple offers on that home.  1. Offer deadlines set expectations for everyone involved. Expectations help manage emotions. 2. Offer deadlines provide buyers time to gather information. Buyers get to review the listing, the disclosures, do drive by’s of the neighborhood and stop by town hall if needed.  Buyers get to talk to their mortgage lender and process the price they are going to pay and how that translates into monthly costs and the buyer’s day to day life. They get to run multiple financial scenarios.  3. Buyers get to tour the home, possibly more than once!  They get to attend the first showings at the open house on Saturday, schedule a second private showing with me or even have uncle bobby the contractor come check it out to better understand the potential projects that are on the to-do list.  4. Buyers are able to gain confidence and certainty with the life changing decisions they are about to make. By the time the offer deadline comes around, this prepared buyer has viewed the listing online 7,000 times, they have toured the home, they have run multiple scenarios with their lender and they have considered all the risks they are willing to take and more importantly the risks they are not willing to take when making their offer. They are limiting the amount of regret they will have when the sellers makes a decision. If they win the home, they are thrilled and excited about the offer they made and if they lose, they know that they were not willing to do anything more, there was nothing left on the table! Sellers! Wait for the offer deadline, you will be able to choose from the best price and terms and you will have a buyer who is prepared and excited about purchasing your home with a far lower risk of buyer’s remorse when it’s time to sign Purchase and Sale! Let’s schedule a meeting to talk about the best way for you to approach our current real estate market!