As the real estate market begins to calm down Wholesale Jerseys Online , many worry about making a profit on their homes. Here''s an example of the ?follow the builder? profit strategy.
Follow That Builder
In many areas of the country, there are builders who build hundreds of houses each year within a fifty mile radius of each other. They build entire communities, or are one of three to five builders who build entire communities around big employment centers. This is important. Hang with me and you''ll find out why.
Serendipity
The first couple I met who worked the pattern I''m talking about did it the first time almost by accident. They bought one of the first houses built in a neighborhood that took about two years to build out. Toward the end of the two year period, they were out for a walk and, on impulse, went into a house under construction that represented a bit of a ''move up? from their home. The same builder who had built their home was building it.
The couple went to the sales office of the builder and found out that the house they''d walked through was already under contract. They were shocked to find out the price was $150 Wholesale Jerseys From China ,000 more than they''d paid for their home! The house was a little larger, but not enough to account for the difference. In fact, they found out their home had increased $100,000 in value.
A Repeatable Pattern
Builders usually have bright, attractive, cheerful Wholesale Jerseys China , enthusiastic people on their sales forces. These people often have a wealth of knowledge. They know (or can usually find out) which communities the builder has built in, is building in, and maybe even where they''re going from there. They know a lot about the pattern of price increases for various models. They have some idea of the speed of build out.
It''s also possible to take walks in a builder''s neighborhoods and ask people how that builder is to work with, if construction and ?punch list? completion are done reasonably and well, and if they''d choose that same builder again under similar circumstances.
If all the information you develop is favorable, you can start to ?follow that builder.? Builders usually sell the first few houses in a neighborhood for less money than any of the homes subsequently built. They''re contracted for before the streets and amenities are complete Wholesale Jerseys , and it takes a lot more imagination to see a charming, pleasant neighborhood where now there''s only mud and bulldozers.
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