Buy First, Sell Later: A Smarter Way to Use Your Home Equity
Buying a new home sounds exciting. Selling your current home first? Not always as fun. For many homeowners, the problem is not whether they can buy another home eventually. The problem is timing. Their equity is locked in their current home, but they need that money to buy the next one. That is where a […]
A Cost-Effective Listing Strategy: Buy First, Sell Later
Which home do you think sells better? A vacant home that has been cleaned up, painted, touched up, staged, and can be shown anytime? Or a lived-in home with kids, pets, laundry, old carpet, and hard showing windows? Exactly. That is one reason Buy First, Sell Later can be more than just a convenience option. […]
Buy Before You Sell Bridge Loan: How One Client Bought First and Sold Later
A Buy Before You Sell Bridge Loan can be a powerful solution for homeowners who have plenty of equity but not enough liquid cash to buy their next home before selling their current one. We recently helped a client in this exact situation. They owned a $1.7 million home free and clear. Their kids had […]
Buy Before You Sell: A Better Way to Move Into Your Next Home
For a long time, homeowners who wanted to move felt like they only had one real option. Sell their current home first. Then try to buy the next one. On paper, that sounds simple enough. In real life, it can be a little more chaotic. Selling first can mean temporary housing, rushed decisions, moving twice, […]