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• Get a binding estimate in advance specifying the cost of your move.
• Check to make sure the mover you pick is a member of the American Moving and Storage Association's ProMover program.
• In your contract, require the mover to pay a penalty if he doesn't deliver your belongings on or before a specific date.
• Buy replacement value insurance on your possessions, in case something breaks during the move.
• Before you choose a moving company, get a clear understanding from that mover what happens if something is broken that you've packed yourself.
• When the mover drops off your furniture at your new residence, do not sign the release form until you've examined your furniture piece by piece.
• The best way to protect crystal, china, and any other extremely valuable and delicate possessions is to move them yourself in your own car.
• If you want to risk your back and move yourself, be careful about what packing materials you buy for the move. You'll generally do better renting the truck from the rental company and buying your boxes and other materials somewhere else.
• To save money on truck rentals, move during mid-month or during the week.
• Consider a range of options to sell your home, including selling it yourself, using a discount-commission broker or a full-commission broker.
• Interview a number of real estate agents before you hire one. It's good to deal with someone who sells a lot of houses in your neighborhood.
• When you interview an agent, ask for a detailed, written sales plan of how the agent would market your home. Limit the listing time with that agent to three months or negotiate a fee you can pay to get out of the listing after three months.
• Listen to every offer for your house and always make a counteroffer.
• Prepare your house for sale. It should be clean, bright, uncluttered, and uncrowded.
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Foreclosures being rented by bogus landlords
Con artists have been taking advantage of the housing meltdown by acting as bogus landlords and renting foreclosures. Here's how this typically plays out: A criminal will scout out a neighborhood and find the foreclosures. Then they call a locksmith out to the property and say they locked themselves out. ...
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Renters: Time for you to buy that house?
Rents are rising across the country, and there's no end in sight. Is this the right time to take the leap and buy a house? Clark explains.
Home warranties not worth paper they're written on
Home warranties aren't worth the paper they're written on, but that hasn't stopped homeowners from buying them by the millions. Nor does it negate their effectiveness as a tool you can use to sweeten the pot if you have to sell your home in a tough market. The Chicago Tribune ...
Moving soon? Get Clark's advice.
After 15 years in the same residence, Clark and his wife recently moved to a new home. One thing that's absolutely horrified him in the process is the amount of "stuff" they've accumulated. Over and over, as they go through the boxes at the new home, they wonder "why do ...
National Association of Realtors report not as gloomy as it seems
CLARKONOMICS: A new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has added another layer of gloom to the housing market. But I don't think you should take it as doom and gloom. The NAR says home sales dropped by almost 10% this past February versus the same period a ...
More signs that a slow, sluggish real estate recovery is under way
CLARKONOMICS: I have some promising signs to share today that indicate the bleed is over and a sluggish recovery in real estate is already happening -- even in one of the hardest-hit markets in the nation. The Orlando Sentinel has compiled new numbers on the Central Florida market and finds ...
First-time homebuyer tips
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