September 06, 2007

Marietta Homes for Sale - Finding Discounted Homes

Searching for discounted Marietta homes for sale? You may be able to save tens of thousands of dollars, if know how to find a discounted home.

There are now quite a good number of foreclosure homes for sale in CobbCounty and in most parts of Metro Atlanta. This represents an excellent opportunity for the savvy home buyer to buy a home at a huge discount, if they know how to locate the good deals.
Most banks try to recover all their losses when a home goes into foreclosure, so most of the bank foreclosure homes are initially not discounted. However, savvy home buyers can buy a discounted home, if they know when the banks become motivated and decide to sell the home at a huge discount, after trying unsuccessfully to sell the home for months. Such bank foreclosures sometimes go under contract within hours, after they have been deeply discounted. So you need an Agent who knows when the banks do their price reductions.

Other great sources of finding real estate bargains are

  - People who have relocated and need to sell quickly.

 - Frustrated landlords 

  - People who are in financial difficulties and are facing foreclosure (pre-foreclosure). You can buy one of these homes at a huge discount by working with the seller's mortgage company to get their mortgage pay-off discounted. This is called a short-sale. Pick an agent who has experience with short-sales

  - Divorce and tax sales

  - Home builders who are motivated to make a deal to reduce their inventory.

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