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Will First-Time Homebuyers Use the $8,000 Tax Credit? Or Wait for …

Posted by: Carleton Sheets in Tax Credits, Incentive, Credit, Buyer on Jun 03, 2009.

First, there was last year's $7,500 credit to first-time homebuyers ... the problem was that it really wasn't a credit at all. It was considered a loan and had to be paid back.

This year's "up to $8,000 tax credit" to first-time homebuyers seemed to be an improvement on last year's credit because it didn't have to be paid back. The catch was that some potential homebuyers were excluded

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Whatever It’s Called … Reverse Offers/Buyer’s Incentives Help Sell Properties

Posted by: Carleton Sheets in Seller, Sale on Real Estate, Reverse offer, Real Estate Market, Real Estate, Property, Motivated Seller, Market Value, Housing Market, Creative Financing Techniques, Buyer, Builder on May 22, 2009.

Once again, I have to thank my staff who brought a selling technique to my attention that I haven't heard about in years.

A technique that was commonly referred to as a "reverse offer" is in the news again. This is an aggressive technique used when sellers present buyers  with an offer to purchase the sellers' property---instead of vice versa. And although it's more common for builders to

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