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Featured Listing of the Week – 24 Country Cove Court

This weeks Buff Team’s featured listing is 24 Country Cove Court in Leicester, NC 28748.

24 Country Cove Court is a must see listing on the Buff Team, it’s currently listed for $359,900 – For most up to date pricing, call (828) 771-2310 or check out the listing on the website.

 

24 Country Cove Court has four bedrooms! That means there is plenty of room for your family. The master bedroom is located on the main level along with the master bathroom. The additional three bedrooms are located on the second level of the house.  

 

In addition to the master suite on the main level of the house on 24 Country Cove Court, there is a living room with a beautiful gas logs fireplace, lovely kitchen with quartz countertops and stainless appliances, eat in area plus a separate dining area.

 

24 Country Cove Court also has a ton of space in the basement.  The basement includes a finished room and bathroom that is not counted in the finished sqft or bathroom count. There is also tons of space that could be easily finished for extra space.

 

Along with two driveways to park your cars in the this home has a 2 car attached garage. There is a large deck on the back perfect for entertaining or enjoying the quiet country evenings with your loved ones.

 

Give us a call at (828) 771-2310 or email us to setup a private tour of this four bedroom 2.5 bath home on 1.55 acre lot in Leicester!

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New Listing! 215 Cedar Lane, Arden, NC 28704

We have a new listing on the Jim Buff Team, 215 Cedar Lane.

215 Cedar Lane is located in Arden, North Carolina and is currently listed for $220,000. This charming home is in a convenient Arden location. Just minutes away from restaurants, shopping, schools & health care.

The home at 215 Cedar Lane sits on a nice level .32 lot with a fenced backyard perfect for a small garden, your dog to exercise or just to enjoy the lovely weather in North Carolina. Along with the lovely fenced in backyard there is a tremendous side patio perfect for entertaining or enjoying your morning coffee. Lastly to top it off this home has a covered rocking chair front porch.

As far as the inside the home at 215 Cedar Lane has a unique floor plan that includes a sizable living room. The living room has a beautiful rock fireplace perfect to keep you warm and cozy on chilly mountain evenings. There is a dining area with beautiful built-ins. An updated kitchen with a breakfast bar and JENN-AIR cooktop.  

There are two lovely bedrooms in in 215 Cedar Lane both nicely sized and each have an attached bathroom. One bathroom has a walk-in shower, the other with tub/shower mix. There is a large outbuilding that would be great for storage or a studio. This property also comes with a AHS Home Warranty.

If you would like to visit this home, please give us a call at (828) 771-2310 to schedule an appointment.

 

The Jim Buff Team

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Misconceptions about Selling Real Estate!

Many Sellers think that they are the best person to sell their home, and they know exactly what needs to be done to get their home sold. That, is not always a true statement. As a real estate agent we have to be able to show the seller why they need us to represent them then of course we have to perform our duties and get the property sold.  We’re going to talk about a few myths of selling your home.

All you need to sell your house is the internet. If a homeowner takes some pretty pictures and listing their home as a For Sale By Owner it’s going to sell in days. This is not always true. Yes, many buyers who are actively looking for homes are looking on the internet, but a large majority of the buyers are being represented by a Real Estate Agent. The first place the real estate agent is going to look for properties for their buyers is the MLS and usually it’s not until all possibilities in the MLS have been exhausted that they start looking for For Sale By Owner properties.

 

Property Value. Many times as a seller you may see that a similar house in the neighborhood sold for a certain price and your house may be newer, or better because it’s yours, so obviously you can get more. This could be true but it’s not necessarily what’s going to happen.  The price of the home depends on the market, the conditions of the home, improvements that have been made in the home and the actual location within the neighborhood.

 

Pricing…Overpricing. Yes, we know that you want to get the highest possible price for your home, so you plan to price it  high so you have plenty of room to negotiate and then the buyer will feel like they are getting a good deal. The truth is, if your price is too high it’s not going to get the buyers in the house because they are not going to be looking at homes that are out of their price range. Also it may make you look unrealistic to others and they won’t want to submit an offer.

 

Paint and Decor. Your favorite color is orange and you like your entire house to be that color. You also love round windows so you replaced all the square windows with round windows. You think everyone will love orange paint and round windows. Probably not so much, many home buyers prefer to stick to more a neutral colors and more conventional shapes and sizes. When they are looking at your orange, round windowed house they may be counting the dollars it takes to fix them, and it could either reduce the amount of their offer or scare them off completely.

 

Clutter, deferred maintenance and staging. You love elephants and you have a large dusty collection that’s in every room, the toilet in the guest bathroom runs if  you don’t jiggle the handle and the light switch in the family room doesn’t work, but you’re used to it. People know that you live in your house it’s fine. Well cutting the clutter, fixing the bathroom and doing all the maintenance will save you money and possibly gain you money in the sale of your house.  Sometimes when selling a house, less gets you more.

 

Get your return in investment. You paid a certain amount for your home and invested “X” amount over the time you’ve lived in and you are moving and you’re going to get everything you put in the house back, plus maybe a little more, right? Wrong? Unfortunately just because you paid a certain amount for a house doesn’t always mean that’s what it’s going to be what it is worth in today’s market. When you sell your home you will get the Market Value of your home. Sometimes that will bring you more money, sometimes you won’t make your money back.

 

My house doesn’t always have to be available to be shown. If they want to see it the house that bad they are going to come on my schedule. Well, if you’re in a popular area and your house is priced right, yes this could be true, but many times if it’s not available or only has limited times for showing many agents aren’t going to show it. Getting people in the door, gets the house sold.

 

Once we have an offer it’s a done deal. Once we’ve accepted the offer, we’re as good as closed right? No, there are a lot of hurdles to cross before a house officially closes. The buyer has to be approved for their loan, the inspection has to go well and you don’t have a foundation problem that you knew nothing about, the roof doesn’t need to be replaced and oh yeah it appraised for value. Last but not least the buyer didn’t change their mind. Once it’s under contract it doesn’t mean it’s over, it’s not over until the documents are signed and the checks have cleared.

Real Estate Agents get paid so much for just looking at homes or just putting a house on the MLS. Yes, that’s all agents do. No, sometimes agents might actually lose money on a sale. Advertising costs money and to get your house sold we have to advertise, you get an hourly wage or set salary for doing your job. We don’t we don’t get paid until the end, so when we are sending emails and talking to you all through the day, that’s just the beginning of the work we as agents do.  Before a house is even listed in MLS or we take it to you we’re doing research, looking at comparable properties. Yes, we get paid one lump sum but if you have a good agent they are probably worth every penny and more.

So if you’re looking to buy or sell a home, call us at (828) 771-2310. If you’d like to look at some of our current listings click here! 

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2373 Riceville Rd, Asheville NC, 28805 – New Jim Buff Team Listing

The newest listing, that the Jim Buff Team has listed is 2373 Riceville Rd, in Asheville NC 28805 it is currently listed for $369,000!

2373 Riceville Rd is located on the East side of Asheville. It’s convenient to Asheville, Swannanoa and Black Mountain. It’s located close to grocery stores & restaurants and the VA Hospital.

 

The home is situated on a beautiful .84 acre lot. This level lot has mature trees and lovely landscaping. There is a fenced in area next to the house perfect for your dog to relax in or get it’s daily exercise without out fear of them running away.  

When you walk in this lovely 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home you will automatically feel like you’re at home. The lovely eat-in kitchen has plenty of cabinet space for your kitchen gadgets, dual ovens for holiday baking or just everyday use, The kitchen is bright and airy because of the skylight. Plus it comes with a dishwasher, microwave and refrigerator.

There is plenty of space in this home, not including the three bedrooms, you have a Living Room, a Formal Dining Room plus a Den with a gas log fireplace to keep warm on those chilly winter days. Not to mention the heated sunporch in the rear to enjoy the backyard.

There is a two car attached garage long with plenty of parking in the blacktop driveway. 2373 Riceville Rd sits on a full unfinished basement with tons of room for storage or other activities.

The washer and dryer are on the main level in what we are pretty sure is the biggest utility room in Riceville or even East Asheville.

This home comes with an AHS Home Warranty. If you’d like to schedule an appointment to see this or any other home in the area, that’s for sale, please call (828) 771-2310!

 

Have a great day,

Jim Buff & The Jim Buff Team

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New Listing!! 34 Edgewood Drive, Arden NC 28704

Another day, another listing on the Buff Team. We’ve recently listed 34 Edgewood Drive in Arden NC 28704 and it’s currently listed for $310,000!

 

This listing although it’s a residential listing is just not all about the lovely older home that is on the property, it’s about the land too.  All 1.38 acres of land. This two bedroom, one bath cozy home is located on the front corner of the property, so there is a possibility that additional homes could be built on the property.

38 Edgewood Drive has a front deck and a lovely covered back porch perfect for enjoying the privacy of the level 1.38 acres. There is a tall crawl space for storage along with a sizeable outbuilding. You can park your car under the 1-car carport.

The backyard is currently fenced and has mature trees and offers privacy even in this convenient location. Located near Mission Pardee Hospital & Ingles it’s convenient to restaurants and other shopping as well.  If you’d like to see this home or find out more information about it or any other home call (828) 771-2310 and we can set you up with one of our fabulous agents.

The Jim Buff Team

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What’s a Home Warranty, why do I need it?

I don’t need a home warranty on my home, everything works fine.

We don’t need a home warranty on this home, it’s only a couple years old.

I just purchased the dishwasher 3 months ago it has a year warranty.

Is it like insurance, because we already have homeowners.

 

Bottom Line. Yes, you want and need a Home Warranty. The Jim Buff Team uses American Home Shield for  our providers for Home Warranties.

 

What is a Home Warranty or Home Protection Plan, you’re asking? It’s simply a protection plan for your home. For a home seller it protects you for the entire time you have your home listed with The Jim Buff Team. For the buyer its a one year service contract, that at the end of the year you are given the option to renew. The contract covers the repair and/or replacement of many major home system components and appliances that typically break down over time.

 

Imagine moving into a home, maybe in the fall. The previous homeowners haven’t used the heat since March or April, it’s starting to get chilly in the house and you go to turn on the heat, it works but in a day or two it starts to give out. Are you going to want to spend the money to have it looked and repaired? With the American Home Shield Home Warranty you will only have to contact them and they will schedule a repair person to come out and look at and remedy the situation. The cost, $75. Yes, you read that correctly, something that could potentially cost you thousands of dollars, you’re going to pay $75.

 

Therefore, next time you’re buying or selling. Don’t forget the Home Warranty.

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Agent Safety

Why does my Real Estate Agent asking for my ID and contact information, I just want to see this property:

 

When people think of Real Estate agents they have this starry-eyed vision that we’re all rich making millions of dollars a year. When, actually, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the average agent makes $53,210 per year. Many people don’t think about the dangers of the profession. Meeting strangers at properties miles away from towns with no neighbors or cell reception. Hosting Open Houses with many different people coming into the home you may not know, and have probably never have spoken to, in your life. Getting into vehicles with strangers and driving around with them. All things as children we were told NOT to do.

 

In lieu of recent events, with the kidnapping and murder of  Beverly Carter a Real Estate agent from Arkansas is shining light on the safety and well being of Real Estate agents everywhere.

So next time you want to look at the home and the agent asks you to meet at the office; meet them at the office, let them make a copy of your identification and get contact information.  Be nice, they are being cautious and many times it’s company policy to obtain that information, because in the long term it’s just a couple of extra minutes but it could save a life.

sources:

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes419022.htm