By Captain Wayne - Rowlett Real Estate School, Rowlett Real Estate School / Owner and Instructor
(Rowlett Real Estate School)
Captain Wayne has assembled various marketing tools and educational products for the real estate professional. From this website you will find links to several of our websites involving real estate training, our bookstores, inexpense agent websites, a domain name and web tools store, a listing board (coming soon) and various marketing tools for real estate professionals. Please feel free and safe in navigating around this site or our links. You will find that our sites and our links are of no-nonsense with no pop-ups or gimmicks of any kind. I think this site will be of great future value to you and please bookmark us to your favorites list as I'm always working to improve the services and tools available to you. Thanks' and welcome aboard. ~Captain Wayne~ H...
Don't just buy into that refinancing is a good deal for you! It may lower your monthly payment but...... Think about this: If they say you are going to save $50 a month, ask what the cost is to do the refinance. They will tell you we can do it with no out of pocket expense for you. We will just finance your cost into your mortgage. It will cost on average $3200 to refinance. Now you are paying on $3200 for 30 years. Lets say you had paid your mortgage for 3 years, so you are down to 27 years left now your back to 30 years. You added 3 years and at least $3200 onto your mortgage. What have you gained? If you go to sell in a few years that additional $3200 will hurt you. You would have to stay in that home for several years to save the difference on what it cost you to refinance. Banks...
If you are in an area that you know the current market value of your home is less then it was a year ago, consider appealing your property taxes. You shouldn't continue to pay property taxes based on a higher value. Higher taxes may also make a property less appealing and affordable to buyers. How do most counties figure what to charge a homeowner? Residential property values are based on the amount a willing buyer would pay a willing seller without duress. Key word is "without duress" this means, if you have a lot of foreclosures in your area, the county does not have to lower your value based on those sales. Assessments are generally not reviewed on an annual basis, so a property's assessment will never be 100 of market value. In Butler and Sedgwick County, the comparables are a y...
By Larry Lane, Homes for Sale in Wichita KS | Lane Team, Wichita Homes for Sale
(Your Agents in Wichita | Wichita Homes)
Andover Homes for Sale Real Estate for Sale in Andover KS If you're thinking about moving to the Wichita area, consider Andover, an ideal bedroom community suburb of Wichita. You will find Andover homes to be some of the most affordable and best quality in the country. That is not the only surprising thing about Andover. It is a community that is small enough that most people know their neighbors and usually take the time to say hello, even to strangers. Andover and neighboring Wichita feature some of the highest rated schools in the nation, great family centered atmosphere and are also big enough to have plenty of local and nearby cultural and recreational venues as well as all of the conveniences most people look for. More on Andover Homes and community. Your success begins here...