Determining your home's fair market value is one of most important decisions you'll make during home-selling/buying process. Your sales associate can help you set a fair price based on local market conditions. For instance, she or he will provide sale prices and other statistics of homes similar to yours that have recently been sold. Prospective buyers will be comparing your home to others on market. Therefore, setting a comprehensive price can determine if your property will or will not sell.

For first offer made, it's rare that prospective buyer matches asking price. If offer is reasonably close to asking price, carefully consider offer before you consider turning it down. Curiously, it's first offer that can often be best offer. If first offer is unacceptable to you, it may in your best interest to have your sales associate respond with a counter offer. Whenever considering an offer, ask yourself if you would purchase property for amount being offered. Always be willing to negotiate, especially if prospective buyer is pre-qualified for a mortgage.

Once you decide what terms are acceptable, let your sales associate negotiate with prospective buyer to work out best agreement for you. You'll need to be patient while buyer arranges financing and as real estate company compiles and prepares pertinent data.

Careful planning and sound advice from a real estate professional can make selling your home a very satisfying experience.

Our third step in saving was to purchase an additional freezer. Luckily my husband received a one-time bonus at work just after we decided to make a change. We decided to buy a new freezer with this money. We owned a twenty year old freezer and wasn't sure how much longer it would last. After some time researching we bought an upright version with no bells or whistles; just a simple freezer. Some bulk buying of frozen stuff is needed to save as much as possible. How much freezer space do you have? Where can you put a freezer? Shop around and see what specials are available. Most families only need one freezer. Maybe you can share one.

Our goal was to save money, stockpile a certain amount of groceries in case of bad weather or illness, and still eat well. The vacuum sealer, freezer, and additional storage space are three wise choices that help us save money. While these steps worked best for us, adapt our suggestions to your situation. Not everyone can or should start with these ideas first.

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