Buying & Selling Homes with The Collura Team

                                                                                352-279-0899                                                      A pre-approval before you shop for a home will arm you with the information you need to find the perfect home to fit within your budget. It will also help the seller to know you are a serious and pre-approved buyer. Items Needed Include: 1. Loan application 2. Driver’s license and social security card and/or green card 3. Pay stubs for the last 30 days 4. Social Security and/or Pension Awards Letter 5. W-2’s or 1099’s for the last two years 6. Tax returns for the last two years (all pages) 7. If self employed, two years business tax returns and YTD profit/loss statement 8. Bank statements for the most recent two months (all accounts/all pages) 9. Mortgage statements for any properties currently owned/retained This Check List Provided By Brian P. Forrester  With VanDyk Mortgage  813 361 6350

Call Now 352-279-0899 Why buy a home? The reasons have changed IRVINE, Calif. – April 27, 2015 – The first quarterly Homeowner Sentiment Survey finds that people's perception of home value in the post-crash era runs deeper than standard measures of price and location. Today's owners and prospective buyers define value in broader terms – personal confidence in their housing investment and how a property will meet their family's needs now and in the future. The study was conducted by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, part of the HSF Affiliates LLC family of real estate brokerage franchise networks. "Homeowners today seem to have a longer-term perspective for their properties," says HSF Affiliates CEO Gino Blefari. "Owners are telling us a home is more than its price tag, and they're placing more value in a home's intrinsic qualities of wealth building, safety, satisfaction and a place to raise a family." A large majority of

                                                                             352-279-0899 Real Estate – Benefit From These Buying Tips! When beginning with real estate buying, you most likely have a lot of questions floating around in your mind. You probably feel lost when looking at the documents associated with making a purchase, too. Take a look at these tips below to eliminate your confusion and to start buying smart. Make sure that the offer you make on your desired real estate is attractive to the seller. Confer with your realtor and lawyer so you have a realistic approach in the offer you make. If your offer is targeted to the sellers wishes, they will not hesitate to move forward with your deal. To make sure you buy a safe house, pay close attention to the walls on the inside and the outside. Look for any cracks or signs of dampness. This could indicate that the house is built on foundations that cannot support it or on a wet ground. If this is the