$8000 Tax Credit For First Time Homebuyer

November 30th of 2009 is the deadline to close. After that and this credit disappears. Many people are trying to get the money right away but need to understand that it is a tax credit. The only way to get it is through your tax return. If you file an ammendment for 2008 you can get it sooner or wait until 2009 taxes in a few months to get it.

It is always wise to check with a tax professional for advice but the bottom line is that $8,000 is a lot of money so whether it's now or later, you will get it. Let's just concentrate on getting you a home and close it before the deadline.

Go to our website at www.aaarealtyllc.com There you can look at homes and sign up to receive regular updates as well as let us help you with financing. Do not determine for your self whether you can get financing for a home or not. Many of our clients have been in a position to buy with no money down and didn't even realize it.

Call us at 239-368-8520 to get more information.

Vision

More than 70% of homeowners are finding their properties to purchase on-line. Finding the easiest way of accomplishing this task is very important to a homebuyer. We have made this the most exciting informative and fun way of looking for properties. Our site is at www.propertiesinleecounty.com . It is also available from www.aaarealtyllc.com When searching you will be able to put in the criteria that interests you and that you are looking for, rather than what an agent thinks is right for you. It also gives your agent a good idea of what you are looking for.

You may also search for the neighborhoods and areas checking out the schools and crime rates as well as job potential in the area.

Again, having a realtor agent working for you is important and after all, it is no cost to you whatsoever, so as you enter this process, give us the opportunity to earn your business. We create the sense of urgency needed to make a transaction go from offer to closing as smooth as possible.

Call us at 239-368-8520 or visit us on the web at www.aaarealtyllc.com

Lehigh Acres loses 40 Firemen

What a tragedy! Our public service workers got a big hit the beginning of this week when the county followed throught with firing of 40 fire fighters here just in Lehigh Acres.

Just a few weeks ago, at my office, my staff had to call 911 for me due to some chest pains I was having. Just a few minutes later, the Lehigh Acres paremedics showed up and started immediately checking me, treating me and getting transported to a local hospital. When I spoke to the girl that was caring for me about the possible cut backs, she informed me that she was in fact one of the ones that was on the chopping block.

I sat there and listened to her story on how sad this possible cut back would effect her life and how much she loved her job and my heart really broke for her. Well I was just thinking this morning that she is out of a job now. I hope for her sake she is able to find a job elsewhere and or that she has another career to follow up on.

I would love to get a hold of her and offer her a change of careers at my company. If anyone out there would like an opportunity to become a realtor, I will pay for the eduacation and licensing. Give us a call at AAA Realty LLC at 239-368-8520 or check us out of the web at www.aaarealtyllc.com.

Coach Your Way To Homeownership

Our next free seminar on Coaching Your Way to Homeownership is September 3rd at 6:00pm. At this event you will be able to see the process it takes to own a home. You will learn where you are in the process and then leave with a to do list that you can do on your own to work towards the goal of homeownership or you can continue in our group coaching that will take place bi-weekly in a relaxing setting at which time you will actually be working towards your goal of homeownership with our help and most importantly the accountability of keeping you motivated and moving forward in your goals.

There is limited space available so call us today at 239-368-8520. You can also check out more information on the web at www.aaarealtyllc.com

Lehigh Acres is getting a bad rap

Tell me- where can you go in the US that doesn't have crime?  Doesn't have the same issues that is happening here in our community?

Here is the difference in my opinion.  You have an area that it's major growth happened during the housing boom a few years ago.  Anyone who had a pulse could buy.  100% financing with no money down.  What they were not told was that that meant in a couple of years they would go from a 900 dollar reasonable mortgage payment to 2200 dollar payment and climbing.  That along with losing jobs etc. etc. etc. 

So leaving these poor people with no option other than giving up their homes, we now sit as the highest or one of top 10 foreclosures.  Then let's top that off and give us the reputation of being very crime ridden.  Well guys a bunch of desperate people and even move vacant homes equals dramatic increase in burgluries.  It's just gonna happen.

The fix is to get the homes sold and homeowners living in them again.  This will take away most of the problems.  Once the homes are lived in again, most of everything else will take care of itself.  The local economy will thrive with people spending money and making more jobs for those that buy and want to live and work here.

Let's not stand for the media giving us a bad name for one more minute!  Lehigh Acres is a great place to live and work.  I have lived and worked here for more than 10 years and I look forward to another 10!

Check us out on the web at www.aaarealtyllc.com 

Chinese Dry Wall Problems

Wow we didn't see this one comming. If the market itself wasn't a reason to rethink what business to be in and the market crashing still being so fresh, now we got Chinese Dry Wall to contend with. Where did that come from? Look at housing prices now! Falling falling falling.



It is reported that during the housing boom 500 million pounds of this nasty stuff was imported into the US  a few years ago. That equates about 100,000 homes built this drywall in the United States alone.

Wall Street Journal reports that the danger is to electric, fire and health. This leaves many homeowners with a big decision to make. The EPA revealed that the drywall contained elevated levels of strontium sulfide, as well as several organic compounds associated with the production of acrylic paint which were not present in samples of U.S.-made drywall. What that exactly means, we don't know yet but it does not look good.

The cost to rehab these homes is over $20,000 as all the drywall, insulation and some of the plumbing as well as the air conditioning air handler needs to be replaced. So what does this leave for homeowners? Many are just plain walking away. Some are trying to deal with the issues. Many are becoming available for sale as great deals and the investors buying them are rehabing and fliping them.

For those buying homes right now, make sure you get a home inspection that includes the inspection for the Chinese Dry Wall.

For more information on buying homes contact us at AAA Realty LLC 239-368-8520