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with sunny deck looking of across the ocean. Close to emalll take tor

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984-7711
929-4742

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—_— a hom the mundane to the.
exotic —. easier and quicker,
and: they'te ‘f ‘fun, to collect.

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little gadgets truly are useful,
and many. of the: ‘most: ‘useful,

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A “guaranteed pics, “or:
‘trade price’ as many. prefer
it tolbe known, is designed fo
facilitate’ people’. in othe:
market selling one house and:
buying another.

With the guarantee “in
place, the client - knows.“
exactly his financial picture
regarding. the buying and
selling and can“ Plan ace
cordingly.

The agent and his com-
pany will only use this trade
price when the client.is both.
selling his home and buying:
another through the same
firm.

It is simply a realistic
market price for the
property, for example
$200,000. The property is
then put on the market for
that price plus the amount
needed to cover com-
missions and any other
expenses.

When the trade price is
brought into. being, it is
usually on a 90 time limit
basis.

If, at the: ‘end of the: 90 -

days, the praperty has not.

sold, the realtor then buys it
for the trade; price, as an
example, the $200,000
mentioned earlier, then puts
the same house back on the
market.

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going on for years with some
' companies while ‘others are
reluctant to move. into: this
field for a number of reasons
a e ‘including, the chance that
”* they, may be caught with a
number of properties not
moving, plus possible
* problems of a fluctuating
market. .

And this raises ong of the
disedvantages of the system.

If ‘the, market, value: in-
“creases. ‘rapidly, ” ‘then’. the
,. trade. price. may end ‘up on
"_ the low ‘side. However,’ the
¢ opposite ‘is ‘also true.: If the
“value drops, the seller is still
guaranteed his original
‘trade price.’

Houses listed under the
trade price usually get the
utmost of exposure and tend
to have a fairly fast turnover.
Agents do not want to be
saddled with too many

eel propetties which are not
moving at a fairly swift pace.

_ ' The ‘trade price’ can give
The ; the feller a degree of
comfort in knowing what he

will be receiving for his

client property within a given
can plan. Pie hae to werk with his
ahead .

TOM BRECKLES
MITTEN REALTY

agent towards buying his
new . home without the
concern of waiting to sec if

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