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Today you’ll find that there are many great opportunities out there to make money working from home. However, along with some great opportunities, you’ll find that there are many scams out there as well. While the opportunity to make money online is indeed a great one, you will find that it’s important to be very careful so you don’t get caught up in a scam yourself, which can be very costly. So, if you want to make sure that you can avoid a scam, here are a few excellent tips that can help you to make sure you don’t fall prey to a scam.

Ask Plenty of Questions

First of all, before you even get involved in a work at home opportunity, it’s very important that you ask plenty of questions. You want to know everything that you can about the opportunity before you get involved in it. Ask about how much it’s going to cost, how it all works, and what you are going to have to do in order to be successful. This is extremely important if you are going to avoid a scam. If your questions are not answered, then you may want to just avoid the opportunity altogether to avoid getting caught up in a nasty scam that ends up costing you.

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Tip #17 in our series of 70 ways to save money when buying a house is to never tell your agent the top price you will pay for a house.

In our last tip, I explained to you the importance of having your own real estate agent on your side. And if you are going to but property you should have an agent on your side, especially if it does not cost you anything.

But, your agent is human, and there is no way to tell if he/she has your best interest in mind. The higher the price of the house you buy, and the more you pay, the larger the commission for your agent. So if the agent was selfish, she would try to get you to pay as much as possible. She wants you to buy the most expensive house you looked at because if you buy it, it will be the largest commission for her.

By pushing you just a little bit towards the more expensive house, she will make a few hundred dollars more. Not bad for a few seconds of work.

Or say you are negotiating with the sellers, and your agent knows you can pay more than you are offering. Will she be able to go in to the sellers and really sell them on the offer? Probably not.

That is why I suggest you never tell your agent or any real estate agent how much you can pay for a property.  Read more...

Tip #23 in our series of 70 ways to save money when buying a house is to buy a home warranty.

Despite the love buyers show for their newfound properties, there could be things beneath the surface not foreseen or witnessed. From a cursory glance, homes may appear spotless with no maintenance required whatsoever, even on resale homes. The word of the seller may cloud enough judgment to avoid covering insurance costs on the home. There have been countless cases where a buyer moved into a home only to find pre-existing wear and tear on the home and leaks a couple of months later. For this reason, a home warranty should be considered.

In essence, a home warranty is a service agreement that protects your home’s major operations including its roof, water systems, structure, and appliances. They serve a dual purpose in the real estate game: for sellers to use them as a valuable marketing tool during their selling period and for buyers to rest easy knowing their potential home is secure. These plans can be geared towards any home from the spanking new to the 50 year old duplex. As long as your items are in decent working order and conditions arise after the issuance of the home warranty, you should be covered.  Read more...

Tip #20 in our series of 70 ways to save money when buying a house is to buy a new home from a builders inventory.

An inventory home is a brand new home built by the builder but without an owner. Either the person who wanted the house built backed out of the contract or the builder built it as a way to keep his staff working, or a model, or a way to add built homes to the neighborhood.

Whatever the reason of the inventory home, it can be a bargain for you. Builders hate having empty houses sitting around. They try to build as fast as possible and move to the next area. If a home is already built and sitting empty it is called an inventory home.

Builders often have specials on these homes. They offer great deals to get the home sold. But most do not offer the deals to people without Realtors representing them. So check to see if a Builder you like has any inventory homes and get your realtor to negotiate for you.

Builders get loans to build houses. The longer a home is sitting there empty, the more payments and interest the builder has to pay on that house. So the builder wants to unload it, quickly. And to do this, the builder will reduce it several thousand dollars. It will cost much less than having the builder build you the same model from scratch.  Read more...

When you buy a piece of property in the hope of fixing it up and later selling it, there are certain tips you should take into account. Buying a fixer upper can be extremely profitable if you know what you are doing and are able to do so the right way.

Certainly the notion of picking up quick, under-priced home deals and selling them at incredible profits has high appeal and is driven by TV spots that promote similar investments. But for most beginners who are not necessarily adept at spotting good opportunities and then marketing their renovated versions, attention to the finer points of the process are imperative.

When someone is looking at your home for the first time as a potential buyer, the sale can be won or lost within the first fifteen minutes. You want to give the buyer something that really stands out and can make a statement among the other homes in the neighborhood.

Buyers usually know right away if they are going to love or hate it, so do your best to sway them in your direction. This means thinking long and hard about what you are going to say in your “sales pitch.” Make sure you describe all the important information about the home that would concern them. This includes any extra information involving the neighborhood and surrounding areas.  Read more...