An episode of the Northern Colorado Real Estate Ramp Up podcast by Ryan Jenkins
What to expect and how to succeed in multiple offer situations in the Northern Colorado Real estate market.
The following text is a transcript of the podcast…
An episode of the Northern Colorado Real Estate Ramp Up podcast by Ryan Jenkins
Listen to this episode to learn about land surveys – why you should get one when you buy property, what are the different types and how much they cost.
Podcast Transcript…
A deep dive into the process of inspecting a home, performing a title search, appraisal and survey to find out if a home is suitable to buy. Should you inspect a new home? Should you get a sewer scope? Should you get a survey? What is a title search? These questions and others are discussed and helpful tips and anecdotes provided along the way. Thanks for listening!
Did you know: some of the best properties sell before they are listed?
Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
Ryan Jenkins
Often folks consider only the homes they see when searching on zillow, realtor.com, and other home search sites. And while these sites are a reliable way to find property, limiting yourself only to the homes you see online limits your options. What if in your search for homes for sale in Fort Collins or other Northern Colorado cities you had access to homes that the public does not? What if your realtor was working to get you into homes before everyone else knew about them?
It can be challenging in our competitive market to find homes for sale in Timnath, Berthoud, Longmont, Windsor, Fort Collins, and throughout Northern Colorado before someone else has given their hard-to-beat offer.
The housing market is competitive; here’s what you can do about it.
Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
Ryan Jenkins
If you’ve been looking for Fort Collins homes for sale, or homes in other Northern Colorado cities, you probably know how competitive the market is. The two most effective things I can do to help you succeed in our competitive market are as follows:
Today’s Buyer Tip: Shop lenders at the same time, get quotes on the same day
Sunday, December 30th, 2018
Ryan Jenkins
From the first step of using a mortgage calculator to actually beginning to look for a lender, home buyers don’t always know the right steps to take. The most common mistake I see buyers when shopping for a mortgage is getting quotes from a few different lenders over a period of days, weeks or even months. Since rates change daily, the only way to compare lenders on an even playing field is to get quotes from two or more banks on the same day. This will ensure an apples to apples comparison of fees. And don’t worry about getting your credit pulled more than once, your FiCO score considers all inquiries pulled within 45 days to be one single inquiry.
If you’ve been searching for a new home to purchase, you’ve most likely already begun the process of calculating your mortgage costs and applying for a loan.
Out of town and the perfect Northern Colorado home for sale showed up? With my home tour video previews, you might as well be inside the home. These previews are delivered straight to your mobile device.
This is just another way we add massive value on every transaction.
Using our home affordability calculator is a great first step, but you may need more help with cost estimates than that. To help clients estimate the cost of new constructions, I’m currently using $175/square foot to estimate the cost of construction. But that does not factor in utility installation costs. If your home has public city and sewer and you won’t have to run electric and gas a great distance to reach the home, $40,000 is a ballpark estimate to work around. That consists of $20,000 for a water tap, $10,000 for a sewer tap and about $5,000 for electric and $5,000 for gas. Prices will vary widely between municipalities, especially for water taps. I’m happy to help you obtain bids for each of these utility installs as part of my services when representing you on the purchase of vacant land. Also, note and when buying land without public utilities, your total cost will be closer to $50,000 as septic systems are currently running about $20,000.
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