Beating Cash Offers for Your North Las Vegas Dream Home

Conventional wisdom dictates that home sellers prefer cash offers. So what is a typical would-be buyer in North Las Vegas to do when the competition comes forward with an all-cash offer? Cash offers may come from any of a variety of deep-pocketed parties: institutional investors, foreign investors, wealthy families or individual investors.

Beyond doing basic due diligence — gathering as much information as you can about the property and the seller’s needs — if you’ve found the perfect home and are convinced it is the best property for your family, consider one or more of these tactics:

Bidding over asking — even by as little as 2% or 3% — can sometimes win the day, according to Noah Rosenblatt, founder of Urban Digs, a real estate analytics company. Cash buyers typically factor in opportunity costs, making it less likely that they will go beyond a certain price threshold. No one wants to pay more for a property than necessary, but going “over asking” may be the only way to secure an ideal property when cash offers are competing.

Removing any contingencies from your offer will help strengthen your position and may well convince a North Las Vegas seller that you are the party most likely to close successfully. The downside is that you will be assuming whatever risk had been the subject of the contingency in the first place. For example, if you were to submit an offer less any inspection contingencies, you might have to pay more than budgeted down the road if undiscovered repairs crop up.

The seller’s goal is maximize net return, so any term you add that puts more money in the seller’s pocket can sway the decision in your favor. Creative thinking pays. You might offer to pay the seller’s closing costs, cover your own Home Warranty policy, or any other add-on that has the desired effect.

While cash may be king in most cases, there are ways to compete with cash offers in North Las Vegas. If you are looking for an agent with constructive solutions to help you find and secure the right property, why not call me today to take advantage of this fall’s inventory?

Andrea Gonzalez-REALTOR, M.B.A/VIP REALTY GROUP

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Selling Your North Las Vegas Home This Winter Can Yield Advantages

When you step outside and feel a crisp chill in the air, you know it: winter is on the way. If events have so ordered themselves that you find yourself selling your home in North Las Vegas during the winter months, you’re probably aware that it is not the preferred real estate season. Prospects are less likely to be out and about touring properties when the weather can interfere; the holidays take huge chunks out of everybody’s schedule (not to mention the havoc wreaked on family budgets) — plus, the aura of optimism that arrives at springtime won’t arrive until far in the future…

Nonetheless, selling your North Las Vegas home during the winter months is eminently doable! In fact, because fewer offerings will be competing for the quite determined corps of would-be homebuyers, selling your home during the winter months can actually yield an outstanding result. Veteran sellers know how to maximize that prospect:

1. Advertise with spring or summer photos

Showing what your house looks like when the weather’s prettiest will be warmly received. Don’t rely on prospective home buyers’ imaginations to do it as well.

2. Make your home cozy 

Selling your home in North Las Vegas during the cooler months is actually an opportunity to show it at its “homiest.” Light the fireplace; turn on all the lamps; bake those chocolate chip cookies (or light scented candles — cinnamon is a holiday favorite).

3. Fine-tune the thermostat

People are turned off when a home feels chilly — just as they appreciate stepping into a warm and cozy listing (especially if they were just touring a vacant home).

4. Set a reasonable asking price

If you are going to be selling your home in North Las Vegas during the approaching holiday season, it’s not the best time to “test the market.” Selling in a timely manner requires pricing the property accurately. You want to motivate the serious buyers to take a break from holiday obligations to turn out to view your house. 

If you’ve been contemplating the idea of selling your home in NorthLas Vegas, know that there will be winter buyers out there. Call me today — let’s find them!

Andrea Gonzalez-REALTOR WITH VIP REALTY

Luxury Home Specialist, North Las Vegas Expert and First-Time Home Buyers Specialist.

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Well Water Quality and Safety

Municipal water supplies are the norm, water quality is consistent from one home to another in urban and suburban areas. On the other hand, water supplies in rural areas must be carefully assessed to make sure standards are met and abundance year-around.    Two sources that are known as the best source are springs and wells.  However, test should be performed  before one can commit to buying a homes with an independent water supply. 

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About Me

My Mission:

While holding myself to the highest professional and ethical standards, I will strive to help my clients make successful real estate decisions and in the process prove worth of their trust and friendship, so that I may become a long term friend and adviser.

My mission is to provide superior quality service based on my knowledge and experience, while achieving a balanced life and the ultimate goal of Closing with Success!

Andrea's 15 year experience in Higher Education and customer service has made her a natural for the world of Real Estate. She uses her background and experience to help new clients fine tune their Real Estate needs, then takes the initiative and exploits all available resources to satisfy those requirements.

Andrea understands that in today’s highly competitive climate of real estate that in order to succeed, an agent must be several things. One can no longer sell a home by simply placing a for sale sign on the lawn and entering the property into MLS. Today’s market demands an educated business person with extensive market knowledge and a proven marketing plan.

When Andrea is not working with buyers and sellers to find their next dream home, you can find her with her family, doing outdoor activities or teaching Zumba!

No question you have will go unanswered. She is ready and willing to help you with all of your needs and look forward to working hand in hand with you through a successful and happy experience.

Residential Single Family – My residential single family services connect buyers with sellers every day, and I do it with professionalism and a total dedication to my clients. This property type is the majority of my market transactions, but by far not the only one in which I have expertise.

Condominiums – While condominiums are residential, they’re a very different market focus, and I am an expert in evaluating condos and helping buyers and sellers to cope with the special financing and homeowner concerns for this property type.

Multi–family – Investors are great clients for me. Multi–family properties are a very unique market. The detailed return on investment and valuation calculations investors need to evaluate properties for rental are second nature to me.

Commercial – Whether it’s a shopping mall, a small office building or a restaurant space, I'm your commercial property specialist. Contact me for your commercial property needs in the Las Vegas real estate markets.

Vacant Land – Land is a very special property class. It’s relatively easy to show a gourmet cook a wonderful commercial kitchen in a home and see their eyes light up. It’s more of a challenge to help a buyer or seller to realize the potential in a piece of land. I'm the best at it in the Las Vegas real estate markets.

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