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Selling Your Home >Your Selling Strategy

Have your housing needs expanded along with your income? Are you are thinking about selling your property and looking for a new home? The transition can be accomplished smoothly by using a systematic approach.

As part of your selling strategy, it is advantageous to have your present house under contract before you begin a serious search for a new home. This will make you attractive to sellers in two ways. You won't have to include a contingency in your offer to cover the sale of your present home. You will strengthen your negotiating position by improving your financial circumstance with an accepted offer. In a situation where there are multiple offers on the new home, the chances of your offer being accepted are better if it isn't dependent on selling another house before you can make a move.

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Real Estate Trivia

Q 
What bizarre post-midnight pageant celebrated the great transformation in Manhattan architecture during the 1920s?

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Beaux-Arts Architects' Ball (January 23, 1931) at the Hotel Astor commemorated the end of the first skyscraper age.
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Carol Gilles has been in real estate in the South Bay area since 1979. She has been awarded Top Producing Agent during the last seven years, and is a multi-million dollar producer. She guides all her clients through all of their real estate need with exceptional experience and professionalism. Carol Gilles is America's NUMBER1EXPERT™ in real estate for the Torrance, Beach Cities, Long Beach and North Orange County areas. So contact her today! DRE# 00803846

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