Secrets of Comparable Sales
Description
Learn the secrets of comparable sales to determine property value in Rockford.
This class is Module 33 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
- How do you know if you’re paying a good price for a property you’re buying (not too high)?
 - How do you know if you’re getting for a good price for a property you’re selling (not too low)?
 - Why use comparable sales to determine a property’s value
 - What makes a property comparable?
 - What are the most important factors for finding true comparable properties?
 - How do you find comparable sales to use?
 - How to use sold comparable sales and how to use active for sale properties when doing comps
 - What range of square footage should use for comparable sales?
 - How do you deal with outliers?
 - What should you use for proximity when determining comps?
 - How do you compare properties of different types or styles?
 - How do you deal with the age of a property for comps?
 - Narrowing the net to come up with a handful of really good comps
 - Addressing your current competition in actively listed, comparable properties
 - Reconciling asking price versus sold price
 - Why and when you might want to get access to the MLS
 - A warning when you can’t find many comps
 - What are the value of upgrades when comparing properties?
 - What is so important about market-based adjustments?
 - Stable markets versus changing markets: how far back should you go for sold comps?
 - Comping income properties versus owner-occupant properties
 - List of websites to get free comps from
 - How accurate are automated valuations (like Zillow, Redfin, etc)?
 - Determining value and comparable sales
 - Walking through a property’s value on the free comp websites as an example
 - A tool for plotting square footage versus price to determine your property value
 - The importance of buyer’s eyes as the final step when determining price
 - Plus much more...
 
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