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Hey I know this is a Cedar Park Blog but maybe you are looking to expand outside Cedar Park... We have just the Property.  My newest listing at 402 E. 4th Street Taylor, TX 76574.  This is a unique residence/business opportunity.  Three Buildings on one Parcel.  A two bedroom, one bath home with Kitchen, Living Room and a Full Bath.  Easily used as a home or Office Space.  There is also a Steel Frame metal Building with Concrete Slab Floor. The building is insulated, has an overhead door a separate framed office space and bathroom framed in.  The Third building is the largest of the three and is usable for a warehouse or materials storage.  Zoned B-1 Light business in Taylor a perfect location for many small business type or live in business arrangements..   Check it out Priced to sell at only $120,000.00  

TIME IS MONEY AND MONEY IS MONEY (QUICKER SALE)(REDUCED HOLDING COST)(HIGHER RETURNS)- For most people and businesses we have heard the expression "time is money". If selling your home takes you away from any activities that would otherwise be a source of income for you, you are losing money by selling on your own.  Average sales times for Owner Sold properties are generally longer; this may mean extra carrying cost, taxes, maintenance and losses in value for interest rate hikes. (Interest rates are a very legitimate concern in the current economic climate).  In a market with escalating interest rates a 1% deterioration of the mortgage interest rate can mean as much as $12,000.00 Dollars of lost "buying power" for the Buyer, this works to devalue your home. Finally, leaving a home vacant for any extended period of time can be very problematic.  Insurance providers may not insure a home that is vacant for more than a short time period. ...

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What you know is important but sometimes it's the who you know that brings your Goals to fruition.     CLIENT ADVOCACY AND INTERMEDIARY NEGOTIATION – A Professional Intermediary Negotiator (Eric has professional training and experience) removes the likelihood of losing temperamental Buyers.  Having the Resources and Advocacy of a Full Service Real Estate firm assures competence in dealings with Mortgage Lenders, Title Insurance Companies, Appraisers Contractors, Inspectors, Surveyors, Engineers, and/or Many other Non-Principals who often enter and complicate, or have the ability to negatively influence the transaction. 

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1. SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY NOT AVAILABLE TO THE AVERAGE SELLER- The days of OPEN HOUSES and Newspaper Advertising are OVER in terms of Serious Effectiveness.  Even internet listings in places like Craigslist are ineffective.  As with many industries, technology has taken a forefront the Real Estate Business prima rily in the systems for information delivery.  Using cutting edge tools give you a portal to Buyers in a manner that has not been possible previously.  The advent of the Internet and the capability to field a Buyer from a pool of SEASONED LEADS is paramount.  Understand, today's Buyer often began their home search between 5 and 24 months prior to making a purchasing decision and selecting an Agent.  Tools like...

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One of my techie friends recently sent me this graph ... just had to pass it along. It really tells the story of how things work in business.  You can limp along doing something manually for just so long and then you realize it just isn't going to work in the long haul unless you "fix" some of your systems... so relevant and so funny.  I like the sharp 90 degree angle on the "geeks" chart that is labeled "gets annoyed".  That is where somebody decides to DO SOMETHING ABOUT the problem...A humorous look at day to day experience for so many things...