BUY - SELL Philippines Real Estate
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BUY - SELL Philippines Real Estate
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Philippine real estate What I like to do is first group these by their proximity to the Philippine real estate model house in Philippine that I am interested in. If I am learning an entire neighborhood, I typically will group them by street. Assuming that I am pricing a particular property in the Philippines that a Philippine house has contacted me about, or who I am meeting later, I would stack up the comps that are right around that house and lot for sale in the Philippines from top to bottom by how clearly they mirror the house and lot for sale in the Philippines that I am looking at. The closer to the house and lot for sale in the Philippines a comp is, the more weight it has assuming that it is a good match for the property in the Philippines we are looking at. I would know the preliminary details in terms of bedrooms and baths from the Philippine house in our initial conversation. Or, I could simply pull this information from the tax assessor’s office online. Remember that the tax assessor’s office is not always perfectly correct. By looking at these, I would begin to get a picture of what a house and lot for sale in the Philippines is worth in that area. If some of the comps for a 3 bedroom 1 bath are at $120,000, and some are at $90,000, and we don’t have much more information than that, we can assume that the ones that sold for $120,000 were in good shape. They might even by updated and mildly renovated. Again, the original listing sheet can give us that information, as can a “drive by.” If the paint is new, with a gleaming kick plate on the door and fancy hardware, you can assume that this Philippines house design property in the Philippines was fixed up “first class” to get that particular sales price. Appraisers will deduct for square footage if the particular property in the Philippines is smaller than a comp that is used. They may add to their appraisal if the property in the Philippines they are appraising is larger than the other comps. We have found that the percentage of difference in size does NOT relate to a direct percentage in value. In other words, a thousand square foot Philippines home is not worth 50% less than a Philippines home that is 50% larger (1,500 square feet) on the same street. We have found that the best indicator of model house in Philippine is the number of bedrooms and baths. If we can add a bath to a house, and are willing to do so, we know that we can get a Philippines properties for the Philippines home in line with other 2 bath homes. A one bath Philippines home will generally be worth 20% less than a two bath Philippines home in my markets. Thus you can see how it pays to add them where you can. We compare apples to apples where we can. Thus, trust comps that have the same number of bedrooms and baths in your area. If your Philippines home is larger (say 4 bedrooms in an area of 2 and 3 bedroom homes), I generally use the comps on the three bedroom Philippine properties if three bedrooms is the typical number of bedrooms for homes that have sold. I know that the 4th bedroom will help the Philippines home model house in the Philippines sell faster, but I don’t want to pay for that homeowner’s overbuilding of his or her home. Always be careful on comps that you are comparing the same architectural styles. We have found that ranch houses sell at a significant discount to craftsmen style bungalows, even though they may be very close to each other on a street or in a neighborhood. Thus, make it a point to actually look at the comps and always knock off some Philippines real estate if the architectural style is not as desired if the area has different architectural styles. I usually figure about 15-20% for this deduction if I can’t get good comp for what a ranch house and lot for sale in the Philippines (less desirable) sells for in my area vs. a craftsman style Philippines home (more desirable). This is also a good rule of thumb to follow if you have an area with one architectural style, and you are looking at buying the “lone ranger” Philippines home that is different from the rest. Note that learning if any style is more preferred than another is part of your model house in the Philippines research. Typically, ranch style homes are the least desired, with older stately house and lot for sale in Philippines architectural styles bringing top dollar. When selling, we generally try to push the model house in the Philippines where we can. Remember that we counted on getting what the other “average” homes sold for when we figured out what to pay for the property in the Philippines in the first place. We would make a profit on our pretty house and lot for sale in the Philippines even if we sold it for what the others sold for, but we generally have repainted and cleaned up, so we should do somewhat better. If most of the houses sold were sold in kind of average owner occupant shape, and we really went for it and made it very pretty, we SHOULD get more for the house and lot for sale in the Philippines than the other houses sold for. That is only logical, and the appraiser should see that. We have literally pushed entire neighborhood prices up with some of the comps we have sold, and get calls from Realtors who need to have a good comp to justify an appraisal in areas that we are known to invest in. If we go in and do a quick clean up, we should sell for what other homes have sold for. Be conscious of square footage as well and the number of rooms. If you have 5 comps and each of them has a square footage that is 20% or greater than your square footage, even with the same number of bedrooms and baths, be careful. You probably are going to need to discount your offer somewhat to account for the lesser size. We generally will deduct 10% or so for up to 20% in lesser size assuming that we have the same rooms (bedrooms and baths) that they have. Generally the larger a Philippines home property in the Philippines is, and the more baths and bedrooms, the more quickly it will sell. Thus if you are going to buy any small homes (900 square feet or less) with two bedrooms, be prepared for a longer holding period. It can take up to double the home for sale in the Philippines to sell a smaller property in the Philippines than its larger neighbors. Thus, if the average Philippines home sells in 30 days, you should count on 60 days+. Figure those into your holding costs. The biggest problem that house for sale in Philippines have is determining model house in the Philippines model house in Philippine where they do not have many comps. If you have a lot of comps, it is pretty easy to find some homes that are very similar to the Philippines home you are trying to reach a model house in Philippine for. We recently had some experience with the type of neighborhood that had just a few comps, and I will give you our plan for dealing with this type of situation. Tucked between a strong boundary (a major road), and a higher priced neighborhood, a neighborhood of 400+/- houses sat. No one had really rehabbed Philippine properties in the area, which had 1950’s brick ranch boxes in mostly decent shape. They were owner occupied by blue-collar owners. The streets had a nice feel overall, and it really seemed like a good place to try and buy some properties. The problem was that not many homes had sold within the last year. Thus, looking at this as investors, there was less available proof as to what Philippine properties would sell for. I looked at the comps that existed and saw that they were definitely not rehabbed properties. They looked more like relatively decently maintained Philippine properties that were sold more or less “as-is” to other owner occupants. The zip code that these Philippine properties were in had been appreciating at a Philippines property of around 20% a year, so it looked solid as a prospective neighborhood to work. What we did was assumed that the comps that we had were accuPhilippines property for the model house in the Philippines model house in Philippine of the homes in the neighborhood generally. All the homes were typical 3 bedroom 1 bath or 2 bath homes, so it was really an apple to apple comparison. We took the recent comps (only two or three) and gave those equal weight with the six or so comps over the last couple of years. I knew that the area should have appreciated somewhat since those homes sold, but I treated them as if they were recent comps to be conservative so that even if the area had not appreciated much, I would still be covered. Furthermore, we assumed that the Philippine properties that sold were in clean shape comparable to the condition of a clean rental. That meant new interior paint, clean kitchen with decent countertops, nice bathroom sink and cabinet, and decent looking toilet. I knew that all of the comps had central heat and air from the information on the comp sheet, so I knew that any property in the Philippines that did not have central heat and air would be worth $3,000 or so less to me (cost to install central heat and air) since I would have to install a system for that amount of money. Thus to genePhilippines property a model house in Philippine for a particular property, I simply had to take the average sales Philippines properties for similar homes within the last couple of Philippine properties for sale (which I had to go back that far because we had so few sales in that area), and adjust for the cost of painting and minor fluff up. Subtract out my minimum profit of $20,000 and I had a top Philippines properties that I could afford to pay. Ordinarily, I would not care about any comp older than 6 months if the model house in the Philippines is appreciating. However, I had to consider older comps here as these are all that were available. Note that on the selling end with a property in the Philippines like this, you would not use the comps to set your sales price. Because of the higher priced Philippine properties nearby, and the general huge appreciation in the general area, these houses would be priced significantly higher than the comps and inline with what you could get in a comparable neighborhood with comparable houses in architectural style and feel etc. Do you want to go into areas like this where there is not much clear model house in the Philippines model house in Philippine on comps? If you have not done your first deal, probably not. You should let someone else take the first shot in the area. Let someone else buy and rehab and establish what the new model house in the Philippines Philippines properties is. Then you can dive in and buy everything that you can get your hands on. If you were a beginning investor, you could wait and watch an area like this. Once you have more experience, working in an area like this will be a “no-brainer” as you will really start to understand your model house in the Philippines and what the average homebuyer would think of this area and react to different pricing levels. Finally, there are areas where there are only a few comps or even a larger number of comps, but the Philippine properties are all very different. Some have acreage, some do not. Some homes in the neighborhood are contemporary, some traditional, some ranch style, some may be just a plain mishmash of styles. In these circumstances, establishing model house in Philippine is very difficult. We do not like to real estate property in the Philippines in areas like this if at all possible. In the rare occasion that we would, the Philippines properties on the house and lot for sale in the Philippines has to be very low so that there is a great margin for error. We always want to stick to areas that have a common style and where Philippine properties can be compared relatively easily. As we have discussed, not having many comps will not stop us from establishing model house in the Philippines model house in Philippine where the houses are of a common style. If the Philippine properties are all wildly different, having few comps is a recipe for disaster. Remember that you never have to estimate the model house in Philippine of a property in the Philippines perfectly. If you build in at least $20,000-$25,000 profit (a minimum!), a little wiggle either way will not be fatal. With even a small number of comps, you should be able to get close to a model house in Philippine that someone will be willing to pay for a property in the Philippines within a reasonable amount of time. I recently corresponded with a student who had a lead on a Philippines home in an area that was rapidly improving in the center of a northeastern city. His high comps were all from the west of his property. His property in the Philippines was on the fringe of the improving area. I explained that in these situations, you should consider the worst case scenario, which are the comps to the east (in this case), or away from the higher values. That way, you can sell for the lower Philippines properties and make Philippines real estate if you need to, but hopefully the tide of higher prices will make your Philippines properties rise when you are ready to sell. Buyers may feel that his property in the Philippines is more similar to the higher priced properties, but he won't assume that they make that connection. Thus, do not assume the best case scenario, but the worst, and your properties in the Philippines career will be longer and more stable. I read something in an association newsletter a few months back that sort of shocked me. It was an article reprinted from author John T. Reed’s Website which reads in part, "They [the nothing-down gurus] claim to love Philippine house financing because sellers are 'flexible'. But in that context, 'flexible' is just a euphemism for stupid. The seller-financing aspect of nothing down is generally unethical ...because it takes unconscionable advantage of an unsophisticated person." Reed wraps up with the interesting statement that "...the nothing-down movement consists mainly of a bunch of slime balls running around trying to find unsophisticated homeowners, typically little old ladies, and bamboozling them into trading valuable Philippine real estate equity for a near worthless piece of paper." What surprised me about this article was not that Reed wrote it, but that it was published without comment. I thought, “Is the reputation of Philippine real estate cost to build a house in the Philippines is so pathetically tarnished that we've just started accepting that we're slime balls?”. Which got me thinking about a code of ethics for Philippine real estate investors, which scared me, because it sounds like the first step toward a slippery slope of regulation, licensing, and government intervention that none of us want. So the answer has to be deciding on a code of ethics for our businesses, and then sticking to it even when it costs us money.
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