Pinellas County Real Estate Podcast with Sean McManamon

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If you are looking to buy or sell a home, get all the information and the latest updates, tips, and tricks from Sean McManamon- your professional Pinellas Real Estate Agent.

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A Reason to Close Before December 31

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale Around this time of year, people are always asking me questions about buying towards the end of the year. A lot of people have been asking lately if there is a taxable benefit to closing on a home by the end of the year. The answer is yes, and it’s called a homestead exemption. With a homestead exemption, you can get up to a $50,000 reduction on your home’s taxable value if that home is your primary residenc...

Nov 17, 2015

Is Your Pinellas County Home’s Valuation Accurate?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale Today I want to talk a little about online home evaluations. There are a lot of different sites out there you can use to find the value of your home, but are they really accurate? These sites give you an automatic value of what your home is worth, but are they reliable? In reality, they are not very reliable or accurate. They are all based on an algorithm that doesn’t take into account things like square foo...

Oct 28, 2015

How Much Do You Need to Disclose About Your Property?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale Today I want to talk about property disclosures because they've been in the news a lot recently. So, what should you disclose about a property? My best advice would be that if you're questioning whether you should disclose something, you should just go ahead and tell the potential buyer. No matter how big or how normal, you should disclose the history of the property to the best of your ability. There are so...

Oct 14, 2015

How Can You Make the Most of a Home Search?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale The first question most buyers ask before hiring an agent is how much they are going to lose when they purchase a home. In other words, the buyer wants to know how much commission they have to pay to utilize our services. This might surprise you, but the answer is zero percent! In 99% of cases, you pay $0 in commission. The commission is usually paid for by the seller, who pays the listing agent's commission...

Aug 28, 2015

Do You Know the Ins and Outs of the Short Sale Process?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale Today's topic is how to sell your home as a short sale. A short sale is what happens when the mortgage on your home exceeds its value. When you owe more than your home is worth, the only way to make money on the sale is through a short sale. This must be approved by your lender first. To find out whether you're eligible, the first step is to find out what the value of your home is. You might be surprised by ...

Jul 20, 2015

Do You Need an Inspection for Your Tampa Home?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale When buying a home, one of the first things that you will want to do is to get a home inspection. You will almost always have to pay for it as a buyer, but you absolutely need to do this. A home inspector ensures that everything is in good condition. This applies more to the foundational structures in the home such as the roof, plumbing, electrical wiring, appliances, and more. You need to be sure that you'r...

Jul 14, 2015

Renting vs Buying in Pinellas County

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale People always ask me whether it's a good time to purchase a home, and my answer is always the same. It is always a good time to buy a home, rather than renting one. It doesn't matter what the market looks like, to me, it always makes more sense to rent than to own. Interest rates are at all-time lows , which is going to save you thousands of dollars over the life of your loan. These low rates won't last fore...

Jul 14, 2015

How Do You Find the True Value of Your Home?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale Before we begin talking about this topic, there are a few different definitions to be aware of. Assessed value: This is the value that the county assessor places on your home. They cannot come inside your home and do not account for upgrades. Taxable value: This is your assessed value minus any exemptions that you may have, like homestead exemptions. Both of these values are usually lower than what your true...

May 14, 2015

How Should I Approach the Home Buying Process?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale As the spring market heats up in Pinellas County, I have been receiving a lot of questions from buyers about whether or not it is a good time to buy a home, and what their first step should be in the home buying process. To answer the first part of that question: it's an absolutely incredible time to purchase a home. Affordability is extremely high with historically low interest rates below 4% and loosened c...

May 12, 2015

Should You Buy a Foreclosure Property?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale A lot of my clients have been asking me about foreclosed homes. They seem to believe that buying a foreclosure can get them a great deal on a home. Today I just wanted to clear up some misconceptions about foreclosures and why you may want to think twice about buying them. You need to know that a foreclosure is a bank-owned home, and that the bank has taken the title from the owner. The bank will then put th...

Feb 25, 2015

Should You Try to Purchase a Short Sale?

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale Some of my clients have been asking me about short sales lately, so I wanted to take a moment and describe them to you. They were very common a few years ago when the market crashed, but we have not seen as many of them lately. A short sale is when the total amount of mortgages and liens exceed the true value of the home, so the home is upside down in value. One misconception I hear from buyers is that they ...

Feb 24, 2015

Why Now Is a Good Time to Sell in Tampa Bay

Selling your home? Get a free Home Value Report Buying a home? Search all Homes for Sale A lot of people have been asking me whether now is a good time to sell in Tampa Bay. The short and simple answer to this question is: yes, it's absolutely a good time to sell in Tampa Bay. Inventory levels are very low, and that puts us in a seller's market . When you put your home on the market, you will have less home sellers to compete with, and more buyers will be looking at your home. Another factor is ...

Feb 23, 2015

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