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Eileen Haskins KELLER WILLIAMS REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL Originally from New York and the Jersey Shore, I was first introduced to the world of real estate when I bought my first condominium as a young woman. I relished the pride and contentment of homeownership so much that I made it a goal to learn as much as possible about realty, and eventually become a REALTOR®. My background in education and national success in sales coaching prepared me for this dream job! I love learning about each of my clients and guiding them through the purchase and sale of Asheville-area homes. I have made it a goal to help you define and realize real estate goals, and provide focused strategies for your niche needs. 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Even well-qualified buyers who have solid mortgage guarantees will get beat by all cash bids time after time. If only they had a bucket of cash sitting around so they could pay cash, too! Well, maybe they do, and just don't know it yet. That's because necessity is the mother of invention, and a new crop of investment companies are springing in to help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/9d9f0ff2-46ca-477f-bbd5-db7ef73fdc1e/9f41fcfa-e7a3-4477-777f-6d8daeeb8726.jpg Newsletter - February, 2022 - Should you rent or buy in 2022? Prices are surging in both cases, which makes it complicated Even with rising home prices, low interest rates have made it marginally more profitable to own than rent. (Since all real estate is hyper-local, that will be more or less true in your exact location.) However, as interest rates begin to rise, the gap will shrink even further, and it may be a financial toss-up whether you buy or rent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/2adf8097-c8df-45b8-9efc-af589c69cfd6/598b9458-6064-9496-9560-6b54376134c3.jpg Newsletter - February, 2022 - What Is the Metaverse and Why Do People Buy “Property” There? If you don't know exactly what the Metaverse, ETFs, cryptocurrency, and digital investment in artwork and real estate is all about, you're not alone. In a nutshell, the Metaverse is a collection of invented worlds, like multiplayer online role playing games. Real people interact as cartoon-like characters called avatars. Think of it like an immersive internet, where you can climb a mountain, attend a concert, or visit a cocktail party and chat with folks you don't know virtually (instead of suffering the same fate in person). People access these worlds through a normal computer screen now, but Metaverse builders envision a future of 3D virtual reality. https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/project-two-jywnc monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/8ba4944a-fef9-44c2-b94a-f8e545a04eb1/frontporch.jpeg.jpg Newsletter - March, 2022 - What happens to the mortgage when an owner passes away? Hopefully you won't need this information, but if you do, it's a relief to know what to do. When a person dies with a mortgage on their house, whether or not they had a will or trust, someone will have to pay that mortgage. It doesn't just 'go away.' The mortgage can be paid off entirely by selling the property, by paying it off from other assets in the estate, or your own cash or new mortgage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/42d500d3-85d6-48d6-b813-0ecfd04cfcdb/33c6b8f4-d949-e7b8-61de-9bade60a18fe.jpg Newsletter - March, 2022 - IS HGTV’S HOUSE HUNTERS REAL? The bickering...real or not? Couples melt down over paint color, or bicker about bath size. Apparently some of that's real. The show isn't scripted, but producers urge people to exaggerate dislikes and disagreements. People like hamming it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/f67b9835-cfcf-4b89-b8ba-d5c44ee51650/e7c58bbe-7401-5745-29b6-5ebf2315b2ac.png Newsletter - March, 2022 - The increased demand improves a seller's position, while increasing competition among buyers. With those two things in mind... Set up a LISTING INTERVIEW with me right away if you plan to sell, so I can present you with a price analysis and selling plan. https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/project-one-4ewh7 monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/9dd00403-1116-4307-845c-c0e6f036d6ed/c462371f-1476-c5dd-0bfa-687d537bd38e.png Newsletter - April, 2022 - Tolerating Clutter Drives Us to Distraction Here's a Tip for Dealing with It Our world is filled with distractions. Texting, emails, zoom, traffic, shopping, politics, money, etc! It's no wonder we're so stressed, cranky, and unfocused. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/561747db-ca11-48c9-ac8b-88d4626d4fdb/52bae27b-a8b4-b584-be65-fd7cccef1a53.jpg Newsletter - April, 2022 - Students visit a 'House of Horrors' to learn about home inspections Ever wonder how home inspectors know what to look for? What kind of training they get? At a basic level, home inspectors must be licensed. Licensing results from taking a short body of required courses. But they aren't required to have any construction or remodeling experience beforehand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/cb034ed9-33e8-42be-b1ba-49a480283f39/3b45b21e-12b5-3cd6-5201-fa9cd7e38cb5.jpg Newsletter - April, 2022 - Can I keep renting where I live, but buy a home somewhere else? If you do, you're not alone. With property prices so high, many first-time buyers, and even down-sizers are choosing to buy a home, but then rent it to others while they continue to pay rent where they currently live. They look for down markets, local condos, or even exurbs within "long" commuter distance to buy a property they can both rent to others and stay in themselves periodically. Meanwhile, they keep renting in their preferred location. https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/project-four-l2rdg monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/6d35bb7e-e054-4d04-84c1-0e1eec90e5f3/1478d7b4-c5a6-afe3-58b9-ecff96935f45.jpg Newsletter - January, 2022 - Why not turn this into condos? Across many large cities, street life at mid-day has changed. Gone are the pre-pandemic business workers streaming out of office buildings for a quick bite at lunch. Empty malls and commercial buildings are a common sight today in ways no one could have imagined two years ago. At the same time, housing has gotten tighter and more expensive in those cities. A person might wonder why they don't simply convert those empty office buildings into condos...solve two problems at once! It turns out, there are several reasons: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/0972390d-331a-41b4-879d-b264bb6be092/e44c7159-78ba-5d0c-5321-09c6d1bb0f81.jpg Newsletter - January, 2022 - How does inflation affect the housing market? The word of the day is inflation. Inflation is mostly happening right now because manufacturers and distributors need to pay workers more to attract and retain them, so consumers pay more to make up the difference. How does inflation affect the housing market? In several ways: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/7da1437d-bcc6-4845-8e8d-d477a8402d86/8075c7da-c2e0-495f-8d64-55a283e472e3.jpg Newsletter - January, 2022 - How much is needed for a down payment? Some fun facts: 62% of Americans believe a 20% down payment is necessary, though most mortgage loans require less than 5% down payment. First-time home buyers make a median down payment of 7%. https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/december-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/71075ac4-406a-4d61-8ea5-39d90498bdea/94e5cbdd-5cc8-fb04-3371-cc5379fac732.jpg Newsletter - December, 2021 - SHOULD YOU BUY A CONDO AS AN INVESTMENT? It's a great question, especially as single family home prices have skyrocketed. Before buying a condo (or any investment), here are three goals to consider: It's a great question, especially as single family home prices have skyrocketed. Before buying a condo (or any investment), here are three goals to consider: 1. Can the rent cover your mortgage, plus 5-10% costs, plus the HOA fee? To make it a sensible investment, you want to cover your financial bases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/a8043121-2b13-4f81-9fd7-ad93e4100a7f/bd180dd3-254c-59aa-47a5-907850df3ffb.jpg Newsletter - December, 2021 - WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE MOVE TO THE TROPICS? Now that it's cold out, we're all about to spend a lot more time in front of our TVs. If you're like a lot of people, one type of show you'll watch is the "tropical house hunter" genre. There's nothing like cold weather to make you fantasize about moving to Costa Rica or the Mediterranean. Makes you wonder why all North Americans don't just pack up and go? Turns out, there are a lot of reasons: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/2ad60147-ff21-4a19-8774-04322d903add/539ea8ad-4117-386b-432b-a52796b5a694.jpg Newsletter - December, 2021 - REAL ESTATE PREDICTIONS FOR 2022 Remember how 2020 felt like being muffled inside a cotton candy ball? By comparison, 2021 has felt like a toboggan ride down a bobsled track. Once we started getting the shot, we wanted to get back to normal as fast as possible. But it's clear that 'normal' isn't what it used to be in the real estate market. Going into 2022, what can we expect? https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/november-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/b63e3283-3db1-4557-ad6e-f6f685bd3a5a/e7adf01d-1899-a2c5-0fe3-7bc607cddf55.png Newsletter - November, 2021 - WHAT IF YOU GET AN UNSOLICITED OFFER? Everything about your home can be found in public records. How long you've lived there, how big your home is, how many bedrooms and bathrooms, whether you've added on, your current mortgage amount owed, whether you have a HELOC, when you last refinanced, and more. While that information has always been available in public records, it's only fairly recently become more easily accessible online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/bee7e136-c6f6-4b80-a232-0070465c1ec4/7912950c-5c1a-d906-6cf2-99fecebc7f1a.jpg Newsletter - November, 2021 - THE NEW EMERGENCY FUND ADVICE The standard advice on emergency savings has always been three to six month's worth of income, which is a massive hill to climb. But when COVID hit, many people discovered that even six months wasn't enough. So, what now? Clearly, telling people to save a year's worth of income won't help, even though that's what many needed. Financial planners still recommend at least three month's of savings, but they also recommend a more diversified income approach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/d009aa4c-e37b-43f3-8dc7-b3fe4939cdbb/b37910e2-8821-405b-151a-55323e8dad15.jpg Newsletter - November, 2021 - GOT FEAR OF PAYING TOO MUCH? If you're thinking about buying a home, chances are you're worried about paying too much. Who can blame you? Prices have been skyrocketing. You have to wonder if those prices are sustainable and what your home will be worth in ten years. If you're worried, here are some thoughts that might help you make a decision. https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/october-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/1051deea-fc9a-456d-a301-23036c474b53/04445aef-c8b2-1885-e172-bae44dd78a56.jpg Newsletter - October, 2021 - HOW TO USE YOUR EQUITY TO BUY A RENTAL PROPERTY If want to buy a rental property using your equity, you don't need to sell your home. You can tap the equity using one of these three approaches without selling: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/1dfabfac-4e8d-41c1-98a0-928f4fb320ea/9f977ef5-c77f-b9e6-5d63-635a9c4a56c7.jpg Newsletter - October, 2021 - HOW TO GET A HIGHER APPRAISAL Selling your home is already an ordeal. The last thing you want is to have all your hard work derailed by a low appraisal. A low appraisal means the appraiser has valued your home lower than your sales price. That can create problems, especially when the buyer wants you to drop your price to meet the appraised value. To get the highest valuation possible for your home from an appraisal, here are 4 things you can do: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/01c0d163-1954-463d-8d0f-5ad02bd8dd4e/7da2c01c-ccff-cd39-b16c-5e0cb27e288c.jpg Newsletter - October, 2021 - MAYBE IT’S NOT A BUBBLE The US housing market has been an unlikely beneficiary from the Covid-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, the median price for an existing home in the US reached over $363,000 in June 2021, a 23.4% increase from 2020. In stark numbers, that means a house selling for $300,000 a year ago would sell for $370,000 today. https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/september-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/bd42c581-2733-45fb-ae8d-d68d5aa90bf8/7112bf32-9dc4-6cd3-1718-1809a0becaf3.jpg Newsletter - September, 2021 - WORDS MATTER WHEN SELLING YOUR HOME In a research study conducted in the early 2000's, a Canadian professor found that homes where the seller was “motivated” took 15 percent longer to sell, while houses listed as “handyman specials” flew off the market in half the time. “It surprised even me,” said researcher Paul Anglin, who teaches real-estate and housing trends at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/fc25b368-d5e1-4a91-bc4e-bbf8493c09ba/f6c2f1b7-d786-efea-be0b-c6c656712b07.jpg Newsletter - September, 2021 - SOME SELLERS ARE TESTING THE WATERS If you know a homeowner who's thinking of putting their home on the market just to see what they can get for it, you may want to encourage them to think twice. With recent home prices up 100% and more, some homeowners have put their homes up for sale just to see what happens. They don't really mean to sell--unless they get outrageous offers. They're doing it "for the fun of it." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/4242dbb1-39cb-429e-baa8-f80326179903/6e650a0f-15ea-0137-c663-377cc78cf80a.jpg Newsletter - September, 2021 - SHOULD YOU SELL WHILE THE MARKET IS HOT, THEN RENT? Here's a question I've been hearing a lot this year... "I have a lot of equity in my home. I'm thinking about selling and putting that money in the bank before the market goes down again. Should I?" Of course the answer is, it depends. You still need to live somewhere, so are you planning to rent, or buy a cheaper home? It makes sense to rent if you'll be moving out of the area (because you'd be selling soon anyway). It also makes sense to rent if you can rent significantly cheaper than you can buy, and then you invest the difference. Or it makes sense to rent if you plan to share a home with someone else. https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/may-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/f452126a-6ca3-4967-8574-3f1623d535b1/835fb5d7-e398-30cb-1651-0293985e3d7b.png Newsletter - May, 2022 - Do 40 Year Mortgages Make Sense? Mortgage amortization (pay-back) periods are getting longer. Typical mortgage pay-back periods are between 15 and 30 years. But in response to higher real estate prices, lenders have been providing longer mortgages, in some cases up to 40 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/2ec6a71a-34e3-4a2f-940f-2f3e71a8b506/ab0e8ed3-21d4-b519-f540-0750d2e5b643.png Newsletter - May, 2022 - What will 7%+ interest rates do to the real estate market? Back when mortgage rates were 12%, people still bought and sold houses, which cost 70% less. If rates were 12% today, no one could buy a house! Certainly a 6-7% interest rate will put downward pressure on prices over time, but what will it do in the near term? (Keep in mind, this is all speculation.) https://www.buylistorinvest.com/newsletter/june-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/9f65e0a0-a137-4cf1-bdb7-2c5e5eea672e/asasasa.png Newsletter - June, 2022 - But Zillow said my home was worth this much... Almost everyone I know jumps onto Zillow on occasion, just to "see what's out there." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/22934fd1-851f-4d71-832a-41191914e12c/2222.png Newsletter - June, 2022 - Reverse mortgages & National Joke Day (not related) A reverse mortgage allows seniors to borrow a portion of their home equity in cash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605ba47056213c62688d08c1/b335383f-2a83-442d-aea0-3e8920d41963/4444444.png Newsletter - June, 2022 - Can you use a credit card to pay down your mortgage? Question from a client: "Should I use credit cards with 0% introductory interest to make large lump payments on my mortgage to pay down the principal faster? I have the money to pay the credit card back, so I'm wondering if that makes sense?"