Relocation is a difficult and at times frustrating exercise in coordination. We get local Lagrange home sellers calling us or submitting their house info on this website every week saying “I’m relocating and need to sell my house in Lagrange“. The great thing is that we’re able to help a good number of those sellers sell their house quickly (because we’re actively buying houses in Lagrange Georgia right now!).
There are just so many details to keep together, plus the stress of whatever is making you move in the first place – often it’s a new job or a sick relative, but the true need to move always comes with a significant change. How do we line up the sale of our current house with the purchase of our new house? We need to pay a real estate agent to sell our house (not necessarily, learn more below)? Hold on, you’re saying we need to replace the flooring & repaint the whole house before we sell (again not necessarily 🙂 ) Selling your home comes with a lot of unknowns and difficult decisions. It is not an easy process.
So how do you make the most out of a difficult situation?
Don’t Agonize – Organize.
You don’t want to be in a situation where you end up paying to own and maintain a vacant house for 2 years (or 10 as some people I have spoken with have done). That gets expensive and becomes a hassle & it doesn’t have to be that way. It’s also often unsafe to keep a vacant home depending on where it’s at. You can deal with vandalism or houses tend to fall into disrepair pretty quickly when no one is living in them.
Although the market is relatively stable right now in Lagrange, things can change in the blink of an eye. Interest rates have sky rocketed, folks are hesitant to move, and inventory is low. We’ve heard some serious scary stories over the past couple of years. Unless you’re filthy rich, you probably can’t afford to wait it out.
So how do you make the right choices when you’re relocating and need to sell your Lagrange Georgia house fast?
Relocating And Need To Sell My House Fast In Lagrange… Your Options And Steps
First…
- Find out what your house is worth: To do this you can contact a reputable real estate agent or connect with us and we can give you a no cost no obligation valuation on your property. A lot of the value of your home depends on the current condition of your home. If the house is in tip top shape, you should get a tip top price. If it needs a little love, you’ll need to account for that. Once you know what the house may be able to sell for in the current market… that sets the basis for how long you may or may not be able / willing to sell the house.
- Decide how fast you need to sell your house after you relocate: This is a biggie. I’ve seen professionals who moved out of state for a job who had their house on the market for over a year before selling it for a much much lower price than they hoped. Decide how fast you need to sell your house… and how long you’re willing to keep making 2 mortgage payments, insurance payments, etc. Make sure you’re able to make 2 mortgage payments at all. You may need to sell first then buy. Or sell & then move into a rental for a year until you get your ducks in a row. All of these are options, but you need to know what you have to do ahead of time.
- Find a solid real estate agent BEFORE you start packing boxes: Get the ball rolling early so you don’t waste any time. Don’t just use your friend from church or your cousin that just got their license last month to be nice! This is likely your biggest investment! Use someone who has a lot of experience selling houses. Every month that you wait or every month that it takes to sell the house… costs you money. Or if you don’t want to use a real estate agent to sell… we are a reputable local house buyer and we’d love to make you a fast-fair all cash offer. Just fill out the form through this link to get started >>
- Calculate the value of selling your house fast vs. “waiting it out” for a dream price: We all want to sell our houses for as much as possible. But one thing many people forget to do is come up with the $ amount of how much it costs you to hold onto this house. The costs involved include the mortgage (which if you’re still within the first 10 years of the mortgage, the majority of your payment interest and not hardly going to principal at all), insurance, taxes, maintenance, etc.Lets say you want to sell your house for $200,000… and your mortgage payment is $1,200/mo, taxes $200/mo, $100/mo for insurance, and $100/mo for maintenance (lawn maintenance, repairs while you’re gone, etc.).Those expenses add up to $1,600/mo in “non equity building” expenses.If it takes you 7 months to sell that house through a real estate agent for that $200,000… it cost you $11,200 in DIRECT “holding costs” + you had to pay $12,000 in real estate agent fees (assuming 3% for the buyers agent and 3% for the sellers agent).Totaling $23,200 in LOST money. That doesn’t even account for the value of your time, your stress in thinking about that property sitting on the market, the opportunity cost of what you could have been doing with that extra money during those 7 months, etc. So the real cost to you was likely closer to $30,000.But, what if you were to sell your house next week and avoid all of that?Even if you sold for a discount below the retail price (lets say… $175,000)… you’re still ahead of the game by selling the house NOW at a discount to a home buyer like our company vs. 7 months later at full price (and paying holding costs and real estate agent fees).Make sense? Take all of these factors into account before making your decision.
- Take action!: Whatever you decide… decide and take action. If you want to go the real estate agent route, great! Find a reputable local Lagrange Georgia agent. If you’d rather not have to wait and not have to pay real estate agent commissions… then a viable option may be to sell your house to us 🙂 . We will do our absolute best to make your experience as smooth and seamless as humanly possible.
If you’ve got a lot of time on your side and a really great property, you might want to test the market by offering it out at a high price. There’s a small chance someone might just fall in love and be willing to overpay – people do crazy things for love. But more than likely, that won’t work for you.
Most properties are pretty average, in reality. They tend to be like the other houses around them, in the same way that people who live near each other tend to have a lot in common too. So unless your property is truly exceptional, as in magazine-quality extra-special, you won’t capture the most money in the market by pricing at the highest point.
You can also win by marketing your property for rent and sale at the same time, just to see what happens first. You have to maintain control of the process, which can confuse even seasoned real estate brokers. But do you really want to be a landlord? Make that decision before even considering the rental option. It’s not as passive as it often sounds.
In other cases, we may help renegotiate a loan, help make monthly payments or conduct a short sale with a bank.
We love helping people solve complicated problems.
Creative solutions can bridge the gap to get you where you need to be.
Who Is Flagship REI And How Can We Help You If You’re Relocating And Need To Sell In Lagrange?
We’re investors. We support our families and beautify neighborhoods by buying houses from Lagrange home owners who need to sell fast for one reason or another. We love to provide safe, functional, and affordable housing in Albany & Leesburg, GA.
The types of sellers who tend to work with us include people who…
- Need to sell fast (we can close in as little as 7 days if you need us to)
- Don’t want to hassle with listing a property with an agent (we want to make this easy for you)
- Don’t want to pay real estate agent fees
- Can’t sell their house for one reason or another (we buy houses in as-is condition)
- … or a variety of other reasons
But we’re passionate people, and we believe in the Lagrange community.
We’re honest and straightforward.
We’ll quote you a fair price, and we can close fast and with little hassle.
If you’re prepared to wait and can hire professionals to help, you can manage the sale of your property from a distance. In certain circumstances that risk can pay off.
We’re happy to help you find answers to your toughest questions about your Lagrange real estate, so please feel free to call us at 706-918-9133 and chat with us anytime.