I'VE GOT NEEDS TOO!!!

MY TOP 11 BUYER NEEDS


In no particular order:
1)Areas
Hurricane, WV Barboursville,WV Milton,WV Culloden,WV
Land with house or other potential house seats for double wide or modular. Key words: “Land for horses” Minimum 3 acres. My buyer is looking at a lot of different scenarios.
2) Areas
Dunbar,WV St.Albans,WV South Charleston,WV
My price range for this buyer looking for homes for sell in Charleston is 60-95k. 3+ bedrooms or with the REALISTIC potential for a 4th. Min of least 1200 Sq.ft . They are pre-approved first time home buyers so it can’t be a “fixer upper”
3) Areas
At least 20 minutes from Huntingon,WV
This buyer needs at least 1 acre of land with room for their dogs to run. Price range is up to $375,000. They do not want a house with more than 5 bedrooms nor larger than 4000 sq.ft
4) Areas
No more than 20 min from Charleston
Price range for this buyer is 115-155k. Not very picky about style of home.
5) Areas
Huntington (Southside, South East Hills, Highlawn)
Price 70-90k
Prefers 3 bedrooms with at least 1400 sq.ft. They are fond of the traditional, Southside style ,brick home but can’t buy a fixer upper due to FHA Loan.
6) Areas:
South Charleston, South Hills and Kanawha City
Price 50-90K
Price range is broad but this first-time home buyer has options open and the credit score to get a FHA 203k Streamline Rehab Loan should the house need to be fixed up. Neighborhood is crucial to this buyer
7) Areas:
Huntington (South Side, SE Hills, West Pea Ridge, Highlawn)
Price 60-80k
This first-time home buyer needs at least 3 bedrooms. Neighborhood is crucial.
8) Areas:
South Charleston, South Hills and Kanawha City, Cross Lanes, Dunbar
0-100k
This is an investor looking in the Charleston Area for something to either flip or use as rental property. Foreclosures preferred and is paying with cash.

9) Areas:
20 Minutes from Hurricane but towards the Huntington Area of 1-64
Price 90-120k
At least 3 bedrooms and a garage for these first-time buyers. They would prefer no work and move in ready. So far their favorite area was Island Estates but the house they liked went under contract and the for sale by owners in the area would not call me back????
10) Areas:
Charleston (West Side) Cross Lanes, Dunbar, St.Albans, South Charleston
Price 0-50k
This is an investor looking for more rental property. Would prefer foreclosures
11) Area
Has to be in the Buffalo Elementary School District
Price 150-215K
Needs to be at least 2300 sq.ft and 4 bedrooms or room for a REALISTIC 4th

**For now, those are the most pressing buyer needs that I have been having problems finding “that right home” for. I have a pretty long list of other buyers out there looking everywhere from Ceredo, WV to Belle,WV and as we move closer off the “Buyers Fence” I will have a list up. Time is ticking on that $8,000 tax credit so should you know someone that might be considering selling, call me! I’VE GOT NEEDS!!!

Land for sale in Hurricane,WV

Have a view of my lastest land video blog on Hurricane,WV. This property is 3 acres located about 2 miles from the new Rt.35. Priced as $49,900 and in a great subdivision. Have a look and see for yourself!

The best compliment of all

In the Real Estate business, interactions amongst the different players involved in a particular transaction (i.e. Realtors in Charleston, WV, Realtors in Huntington, WV or a buyer you might represent), can sometimes be a dog-eat-dog world and if not handled right, a little blow to one’s patience of people. (Perhaps this could be a new real estate term used to describe Charleston, WV Real Estate or Huntington, WV Real Estate? The acronym, Patience of People= POP) From Realtor to Realtor interaction, to the “No Call, No Show” people (who you were supposed to show a house to and they just never showed), this business could certainly eat someone alive if they allowed it to. I must admit, sometimes it’s hard for me to see past these few “exceptions” that happen and I do let it bother me. It certainly is frustrating to spend or invest time into someone (sometimes even a friend), for them simply to disappear or find a house without your services. Guess what? That’s the name of the game in any business! With that in mind, my nature is to be positive and not let such trifling aspects of this business bring me down (Bret brushes shoulders off).
For every one bad encounter as described above, I have 10 more pleasant encounters with Realtors, clients and future friends. A few weeks ago, I was in one of those stages of getting “burned” and just when I was just getting beyond the “slightly irritated” level, I was reminded why to just “let it go.” (Enter one of the best words to hear on your behalf in real estate: REFERRALS!) I got a call (interestingly enough it was actually a text message) the other day to list a new house to sell in Huntington, WV. Considering I market all over the place, it is standard practice for me to ask where I was found. I was given the best answer a realtor could have…”So and so from such and such church was adamant about using you as our realtor” (Please note that these aren’t the exact words and obviously my former client isn’t named “so and so”. I feel anonymity is important in this story due to how the events played out and also to keep the story short and to the point). It turns out that not only was I referred to by my client, but I had beat out another member of the congregation that was also a realtor. It seems that her word and faith in me was that strong- what a feeling! It was rather comical because when I was at the house going through my listing presentation, the seller basically stated “you already have the job, we’ve done our homework on you” (or something to that effect).
As my time in the business of real estate in Charleston, WV and Huntington, WV ripens, the frequency of such “feel good” stories occur more often and always seems to occur right after I go through the undesirable cycle of “time wasters.” In business, as it is in life, I feel that in order to truly appreciate the good, you must acknowledge the bad and either accept it for what it is and move on or sit and sulk and let it consume you. I choose to “keep on moving.” Thanks for the referrals!
“When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others.” - Zig Ziglar