David James's (davidsellshouses) Blog

Did you know this house is only $114,900?Click on picture to see more!! 3 BR 2 1/2 Bath 1700 square foot home on a spacious cul-de-sac lot.  Freshly painted, new carpet and vinyl last year, condenser and air handler 2004. Formal dining room and living room with fireplace. Lexington District II sc...

When you have an out of town seller, how do you handle the closing?  If they are a thousand miles away there's no question- you have to do it by email, fax and Fed-X.  But how about if they are just a coupple of housrs away? In South Carolina a seller at a closing needs to sign only about three d...

What a great week!  Home sales here in Columbia (South Carolina) have slowed down a little bit, so I borrowed two billion dollars from Bank of America...  Oh wait!  That wasn't me that was Countrywide Home Loans!  Wish I could do that.  Anyway things are slowing down here kind of like it did last...

As mentioned in my previous blog, I'm not a big fan of foreclosure.  Today's Parade Magazine has a brief article on six steps to avoid it.  Two of the steps involve staying in touch with the lender.  So many people I run into who are in foreclsure try to ignore it until it's too late.  Comunicati...

The Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) are coming home to roost.  My client's house payment went through the roof.  She couldn't make the payment and couldn't sell it for enough to pay off the loan.  We got a contract on it today and we are selling it short.  She breaks even, keeps her credit from ...

We hit record triple digit temperatures this past week here in Columbia.  Of my ten listings I had one showing over the weekend!  Then, thinking it was going to be a rough month we have seven showings Monday and Tuesday.  This business is so hard to predict.  I wonder how the heat has effected ac...