Protesting Your Taxes on Residential Real Estate

This educational real estate video is about protesting your tax value on your home. Usually your tax authority will send you an assessment sometime around the beginning of the year telling you the amount of money they are assessing your homes value at. This will determine the amount that they will tax it at for the year. If you think that they assessed your taxes on a higher value you would want to have a trusted Realtor run an advanced market assessment of your homes values compared to recently sold similar homes so that you can have data that supports your decision. This can result in a major savings for you on your taxes.

Todd Tramonte

Broker / Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.dallashomerealty.com/

June 19, 2012
Categories: Home As Investment, Real Estate Expert . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: Leave a Comment

Real Estate Video on High Cost High Reward Home Improvements

This residential real estate video is about high cost home improvements to improve the value of your home. Improving the kitchen will have a great return. Under mount sinks when upgrading the countertops is a good choice. Automatic stop close cabinets offer a good return. Lighting and a high quality backsplash will offer you a good return on your value. Master bathrooms are another area that can offer a great return for your investment. A good countertop carried over into the shower will really stand out. A high quality roof, tankless water heater and a three car garage are a few other places that can really return the value on your investment.

Todd Tramonte

Broker / Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.dallashomerealty.com/

February 27, 2012
Categories: Buying, Home As Investment . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: Leave a Comment

Real Estate Video on Ambitious Home Improvement Projects

This educational residential real estate video is about the topic of ambitious home improvement projects. With the help of a great contractor you can start to tear walls down which will have an immense impact by creating an open floor plan. Raising ceilings is another great option which can make the rooms feel much larger. Energy efficient windows can make a huge visual impact as well as help reduce the cost of heating and cooling the home.

Todd Tramonte

Broker/Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.dallashomerealty.com/

February 27, 2012
Categories: Buying, Home As Investment . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: 2 Comments

An Overview of Home Staging

This real estate video is about the process of staging a home for sale. Staging is about positioning the home in the most favorable light in the prospective buyers eyes so that they assign the highest level of value to the property. A certified professional stager can help you stage your home so that prospective buyers find the home attractive and desirable. In most markets, a professional staging has been shown to raise the average sale price by 5-7% and sell the home 20% faster than a non-staged home.

Todd Tramonte

Broker/Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.DallasHomeRealty.com

December 28, 2011
Categories: Buying, DallasHomeRealty.com, Selling, The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team, Todd Tramonte . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: Leave a Comment

Landscaping for Residential Real Estate

This real estate video discusses the topic of landscaping. This will be important if you are selling your home or are thinking about selling it. There are a few quick and inexpensive landscaping things that you can do to really make your house pop. Use colorful flowers near the front door to draw the home buyers eyes towards the front door. A yard full of green lush grass is inviting to a prospective buyer driving by the home. You’ll want to keep trees trimmed below the first floor of the house. If you show the house in the evenings, landscape lighting can have a tremendous impact on a prospective buyers view of the home. These are just a few ways that you can use landscaping to make a dramatic impact on the look of your home.

Todd Tramonte

Broker/Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.DallasHomeRealty.com

December 28, 2011
Categories: American Dream, Buying, Home Buying Process, Selling, The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team, Todd Tramonte . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: Leave a Comment

Overview of Buying New Construction Homes

This real estate video will discuss buying new construction homes. You will want to make sure that you are working with a real estate professional throughout the process. New construction builders are in the business of marketing their own properties for sale which is why you need someone who is loyal to you and has a fiduciary responsibility to you. This is where a professional real estate agent will come in handy because they are ethically required to look out for your best interest. A professional real estate agent will help you throughout the process of purchasing this home because new construction home contracts can be a little different than an average house because they sometimes factor in builder upgrades and construction timelines. Also, keep in mind that when you purchase a home, regardless of if it’s new contraction or not, the seller will pay your real estate agents commission.

Todd Tramonte

Broker/Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.DallasHomeRealty.com

December 20, 2011
Categories: Buying, DallasHomeRealty.com, Home Buying Process, Real Estate Expert, The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team, Todd Tramonte, Uncategorized . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: Leave a Comment

House Payments

This real estate video discusses mortgage payments. This is crucial to the home buying equation if you will be borrowing money through a lender to finance the purchase. Be careful when using online mortgage calculators because often times they only include the principle and interest in the calculations, which isn’t the whole story. When thinking about your mortgage you’ll want to consider the PITI payment, which includes the principle, interest, taxes and insurance. You can use a mortgage calculator that calculates the PITI to determine your budget after including in what will be used in the down payment. If you’ve been renting you can think of mortgage payments as similar to rent payments with the exception being that your payments are now creating equity in your home for you.

Todd Tramonte

Broker/Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.DallasHomeRealty.com

December 16, 2011
Categories: Buying, Mortgage, The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team, Todd Tramonte . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: Leave a Comment

Pre-Inspections

This real estate video is about pre-inspections, which are a little different than standard home inspections because they are done by the home seller instead of the home buyer. A home seller would hire a professional home inspector to come out and fully evaluate the home in order to determine what things should be corrected before putting the home on the market. The main benefit a seller receives from a pre-inspection is that they get a chance to remedy any problems before a buyer sees them and begins to worry that the problem could be much worse than it actually is. Pre-inspections end up saving the seller money in negotiations.

Todd Tramonte

Broker/Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.DallasHomeRealty.com

November 30, 2011
Categories: American Dream, Buying, DallasHomeRealty.com, Home As Investment, Real Estate Expert, Selling, The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team, Todd Tramonte . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: Leave a Comment

Home Buying Overview

This real estate video gives an overview of the home buying process. The process would start with meeting with a real estate expert that you find comfortable to work with and whom you think will do an outstanding job for you. Next you’ll want to speak with a reputable lender in order to get your budget in place and know the amount you’ll be able to afford if you’re financing. Then you can begin the fun part of actually going out to check out homes. Once you find a home you’re happy with you’ll want to have your agent submit an offer on it. Once the offer is accepted you’ll want to begin to plan for your move and begin to get things in order. Once the home is closed and funded it’s yours and you’ll be able to move in and begin enjoying it. Don’t forget to keep in touch with the professionals who helped you throughout the process. Congrats on your new home!

Todd Tramonte

Broker/Owner of Market Experts Realty & The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team

Real Estate Author of Live Free: The Art Of The 2-Year House Flip

http://www.DallasHomeRealty.com

November 17, 2011
Categories: American Dream, Buying, DallasHomeRealty.com, Home As Investment, Home Buying Process, Real Estate Expert, The Todd Tramonte Home Selling Team, Todd Tramonte . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: realestatevideovault . Comments: Leave a Comment

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