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Selling Your Home on Your Own?If you have Tampa Bay Florida real estate, Pinellas County real estate or Clearwater property and are looking to put your home up for sale, you have a thousand questions that you need to ask yourself. The first question you need to ask is do you need to use a real estate agent, or can you sell your home on your own? Unless you have experience in selling homes, or have sold your own home before and know what you are getting yourself into, you should hire a professional real estate agent. The business of selling homes is quite intricate, there is a lot of legal paperwork to fill out, a lot of questions and answers that if you answer them incorrectly can cost you thousands of dollars, which is far more money than you would have 'spent' on a real estate agent. Your Clearwater Property is worth something to you, it's not just a home, it's an investment. No matter how long you have owned your Tampa Bay real estate, Pinellas County real estate or your Clearwater property, it has increased in value and has become an investment that you want to protect. By attempting to sell your property yourself, you could be losing out on your investment and cost yourself more money than you will make on the sale. Real estate agents are licensed professionals who know how to sell property. They are skilled and knowledgeable about the ins and outs of all the intricacies that revolve around selling property, from the initial advertising to the close of the deal. Imagine this: You decide to sell your home yourself and you put a listing in the paper. 'Interested people' start calling you at all hours of the day and night telling you they would like to come and view your home. You wait all day and finally someone, who looks a little shady, comes to your door and you lead them ceremoniously through your home, pointing out all the great features so they will want to purchase your home. In the mean time, this shady character is looking at where you keep all your valuables and finding the points of entry into your home that will be easiest for him when you are not home. That sounds like fun, doesn't it? If you already have your home listed as a 'For Sale by Owner', take a look at your track record so far. Have you had anyone come to look at your home, or anyone that was interested in your home? Real estate agents are trained professionals, they know how to gather prospective buyers that allow you to sell your home, especially your Tampa Bay real estate, Pinellas County real estate or your Clearwater property. I know what you're thinking -- how hard is it to sell my own home? You are thinking that no one knows your home better than you do. After all, you are the one that has lived there for however many years, and know just where all the good things are, and where all the 'bad things' are. A real estate agent that has spent years selling and buying homes can probably help you sell yours, faster and cheaper than what you can on your own. Real estate agents have access to listings that you can not access. A professional real estate agent can list your Tampa Bay real estate, Pinellas County real estate or your Clearwater property across the country with one or two faxes or clicks of a computer button. They are the guys in 'the know' on where to best market your home so it will sell quickly and at a fair price. Your real estate agent will work for you, to get you the best price for your property. The minor commission fees that they charge will be small in comparison to the charges you will incur trying to sell your home on your own. Let's not forget that time is money. It is better to sell your property in a week or two using a real estate agent than in five months on your own, right? Absolutely! Call or email now and find a real estate agent that can take the 'for sale by owner' nightmare off your hands and turn the sale of your property into the dream you deserve. Other articles by this author »
About Bob Lipply
Bob Lipply is a licensed broker associate with Remax Realtec in Palm Harbor, Florida. He has many years of experience in selling Tampa Bay Florida Real Estate and has helped many families relocate to Florida and find their dream homes. Visit his website at http://www.lipplyrealestate.com or contact him direct at 1-888-423-5775. e-mail address is info@lipplyrealestate.com Related
And here is another random article you might be interested in... CFOs Need To Know the Fallacies Behind "Business as Usual" for Accounts ReceivableIntroduction The title, "CFOs Need To Know the Fallacies Behind 'Business as Usual'" is an installment of a series of white papers focusing on Business Process Improvement. This installment highlights: •The vital role Accounts Receivable plays within a business environment •Enormous hidden costs associated with generating Accounts Receivable documents •Accounts Receivable vs. Receivables Management •Proven real world solutions to eliminate these skyrocketing costs The goal of this white paper is to enlighten CFOs that "Business as usual" is not always efficient business. Defining Statement "US businesses are paying over 200% too much per invoice transaction" - IDC Business As Usual Over the past decade, business has primarily focused on improving core business processes: Manufacturing, Distribution and Enterprise Resource Planning. In these areas, companies are rapidly automating processes, cutting costs and boosting productivity. At the heart of every business flows its lifeblood â€" CASH! It can be argued that revenue generation is the most critical function of any company. Management of these receivable assets is a demanding task. Converting these receivables into cash though requires a substantial level of involvement. The staff and processes that manage receivables assets: •Manage 100% of a company's revenue •Act as a service touch point for virtually all customers. (Only Sales and Customer Service speak more with customers.) •Incur thousand of dollars of hard and soft costs in processing receivables •Injure or enhance customer service and satisfaction, leading to an increase or decrease in revenue Management of the receivables assets is a complex task. It addresses the ramifications of practices outside the control of the responsible manager. It requires balancing opposing priorities. It is affected by the state of the domestic and global economy, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, banking regulations and practices, business laws, and other factors. Excellence in receivables management is a combination of art as well as science; it involves business processes, technology tools, staff skills, motivation, corporate culture, change of behavior in customers and coworkers, organization structure and metrics, incentives, and flexibility to deal with changing external influences. Management Expectation Even though the process to manage receivables is very involved the management's expectations for success are extremely high. If answered truthfully, most companies expect a Days Outstanding of 30 days or less and only tolerate a bad debt of less than one tenth of one percent. All of this is to be accomplished for a cost equal to about two or three tenths of a percent of revenue. Are these desires real? Yes, but are they realistic? To find this out, we must analyze the environment that has been established for the management of our receivables. Kevin Craine, Author of Designing a Document Strategy said it best, "The way we manage documents says a lot about how we manage business." The question to ask is, "Does this traditional accounts receivable environment promote success or failure of the above desires?" As necessary as receivable processes are to a business, the associated costs are not. Manual Steps for Invoicing •Paper orders come into the company via mail or
facsimile Efficient Business Today's business leaders are more compelled than ever to streamline their business processes in order to cut costs and improve efficiency. If an organization's core business is to produce product "X", its second line of business is to manage the documents that control the flow of that product. Unfortunately, market research firm eMarketer Inc. estimates that "84 to 98 percent of all business-to-business receivable processes still involve a large volume of paper costs." This means that organizations have achieved only a fraction of the opportunity to cut costs. These costs include: • Printer wear and tear Companies have the ability to make great economic strides by implementing a document management solution. By transforming paper based invoicing processes into electronic creation, distribution, and storage processes. Gartner Inc. believes that companies should expect to lower the typical cost of producing a paper invoice from $5 to $1.65. This would be achieved by reducing labor, postage, paper, office space and equipment costs. Electronic Steps for Invoicing • Order is received electronically at desktop and never
printed 10 Benefits of Receivables Management • Improved cash flow What Are You Waiting For? As you can see, fallacies behind the phrase "business as usual" are not immediately apparent. When companies take the time to look for ways to improve business, these problems are discovered, especially when it comes to Accounts Receivable. Managing documents will make your business run more efficiently. Moving from a manual process to an electronic process leads to a better managed, more profitable business. What are you waiting for? Let us help you uncover your hidden document costs. What Next? Cornerstone Communications has helped over 800 CFOs streamline their document processes. We do not know your specific situation or if we can help you. Contact us today to explore how document management might affect your company's Accounts Receivable process. Call: 1.888.427.5663 Other articles by this author »
About Kevin Calhoun
Kevin Calhoun Cornerstone Communications specializes in document management and cost reduction strategies. We help our clients reduce the costs of creating, distributing, and storing business documents. We can typically reduce document related costs 60%-96%. As a result, our clients are more profitable and more efficient. Contact: Cornerstone Communications Related
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