Buy Vs Rent
Should you buy or rent? It all depends on your current situation.
Visit this link for a nifty calculator to help you understand if it is better for you to buy or rent. |
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| ARE YOU READY TO SELL |
| We are committed to providing you quality service as your Listing Broker. |
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| CHOOSING YOUR AGENT |
| Find a Real Estate Broker (taken from the following HUD site) |
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| You'll want to start searching for a broker as soon as you decide to buy a home. Talk to several and find someone you think you'll be comfortable working closely with. Many of your friends and relatives have probably bought and sold their homes through brokers. Ask them who they used and what their experiences were. You can find out which brokers specialize in the kind of home or the area you want by looking in the Yellow Pages or your local newspaper's classified real estate ads. Or drive through neighborhoods and note the names of brokers on "for sale" signs. When you talk to prospective brokers, ask questions about the areas and types of homes in which you're interested. Do they seem knowledgeable? Most important, is their personal style a good fit with your own? |
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| For More Information about Real Estate Brokers and Agents click on the following Link |
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| Here are the qualification of our Broker Farrell Thurston |
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Farrell Thurston is a Magna Cum Laude Graduate in Marketing 1991.
Has been selling Real Estate since 1993.
Passed the Real Estate Brokers Test 1st time with a 93% score.
Opened his own Real Estate Company in 1998.
Personally oversees and is an advisor for all salespeople in his office.
Las Cruces Home Builder Association Associate Member of the Year in 1996
Member of the Board of Directors for the Las Cruces Association of Realtors 2001 – 2004
Vice President of the Las Cruces Multiple Listing Service MLS 2001
President of the Las Cruces Multiple Listing Service MLS 2002 and 2003
Full Time Real Estate Broker and Home Builder |
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| Title Insurance |
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| What is and Why do you need Title Insurance? |
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| What is a Title Search? |
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| What every Buyer and Seller Should know. |
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| If you have questions about Title Insurance or Title Issues please call Title Agent Carl Hunter at Southwestern Abstract and Title. Carl has been in the title research and closing business for over 15 years and works to ensure that you have a good clean title to your property. His direct line is (505) 528-6972. |
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| Improvement Survey commonly referred to as SURVEY |
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| An improvement survey plat is simply a land survey plat with additional information. It shows the location of all structures (improvements) situated on the subject parcel, easements, visible encroachments, and any fences, hedges, or walls on or within five feet of both sides of all boundaries of the subject parcel. In addition, the improvement survey plat must show the location on the subject parcel of all visible utilities and underground utilities for which there is visible surface evidence. It may also show the location of easements, underground utilities for which record evidence (such as a legal description) is available from the county clerk and recorder, or for which information is available from the appropriate utility company. |
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| Home Inspections |
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An inspection is completely different from an appraisal or a survey. Here is some advise from the Federal Government on why you should get an inspection.
HUD-Get Inspection.pdf |
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| You can visit the American Society of Home Inspectors at http://www.ashi.org/ |
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| or the National Association of Home Inspectors at http://www.nahi.org/ |
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| Appraisals |
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| Please click the link to get a full description of what an appraisal is and what an appraiser does. |
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If you need additional information about appraisals please contact Ken Kroegger at 505-522-2989 or visit the appraisal institute website: |
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Buying your home – Settlement Costs and Helpful Information
This link takes you to a booklet produced by HUD Housing and Urban Development a division of the United States Government. It has helpful information about your rights as a buyer and the resources available to you as a buyer and seller. |
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| Already Own a Home? |
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| Click on this following link if you already own a home and would like some information on fixing up your home, escrow accounts, how to avoid foreclosure, refinancing, mortgage scams etc. |
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