Secrets of Comparable Sales

Secrets of Comparable Sales

Update: 2025-05-02
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Learn the secrets of comparable sales to determine property value in Jersey City.



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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Secrets of Comparable Sales

Secrets of Comparable Sales

James Orr