Tips on home improvement and maintenance from two New Braunfels housing professionals

Neighborhood Effects Newspaper spoke to a community serious estate agent and roofing professional on what to appear out for in the current housing market. The next conversations have been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Request a real estate agent:

Sarah McDaniel, owner and operator of Greenbelt Realty, shared some of her tips for potential buyers and sellers in the existing New Braunfels housing current market.

What are some of your best suggestions for homebuyers proper now?

“Have superior rely on in the [real estate agent] that you are doing work with. Two, I believe a thing which is simple is really don’t essentially shy away from some of these lending plans like homeward.com. … This time previous 12 months 65% of every single offer that most mortgage brokers did was refinances. And naturally with fascination charges likely up which is not the circumstance. So creditors are hurting, way too. … Now’s not the time to mess all over with part-time agents, and never shy absent from nontraditional methods for financing.”

What are your top suggestions for property sellers appropriate now?

“Because stock continues to climb for the duration of this time of year, 1 massive offer is often making your property the ideal it can quite possibly appear. … Our approach is normally record it within just sight of wherever the residence could fairly appraise … it presents your agent a greater shot at negotiating superior appraisal language. … Even however the marketplace is so sizzling, however record your residence in a reasonable volume that it could in fact appraise for, like, really don’t go insane.”

Sarah McDaniel, Proprietor and broker, Greenbelt Realty

147 S. Academy Ave., New Braunfels • 979-308-1385 • www.sarah.greenbeltrealty.com

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Inquire a roofer:

Ami Feller, owner of Roofer Chicks, shared some suggestions to maintain in mind about the affliction of a roof when getting a dwelling.

What are your top tips to homebuyers, both new builds and more mature houses, to search for?

“I generally notify people it would behoove them to have a roofing contractor essentially search at the roof a great deal of property inspectors, they’re not specialists they are generalists. So a large amount of occasions when they’re searching at the roof, they never definitely know what they are on the lookout at. Actually, 50% of them don’t even get on the roof. They just variety of possibly acquire photographs from the ground or set their ladder up and just take pictures from a ladder. So I would get a roofing contractor [to] come out and choose a appear at the roof like we demand $185 for a genuine estate inspection, and it’s well value it for the peace of brain. The big issue is to make guaranteed that it doesn’t have hail destruction, because if it has hail injury it requirements to be changed, and the seller’s insurance coverage would more than very likely deal with most of the charges of alternative. So that’s a genuine excellent matter to determine out right before you buy the residence.”

If anyone was on the lookout into new roofing or obtaining a freshly created home, what are some tips you may possibly have?

“For most builders the roof is one position where by they help save funds. We never do new design for the reason that the charges are so small. The excellent of the roof is very easily rather minimal. Even on million-greenback houses. They go out and they glimpse for crews, and the crews are not automatically roofers. They know how to nail shingles but they are not true excellent at all the aspects. And so once more, I would persuade folks to have the roof inspected at minimum before you sign off and settle for that.”

Ami Feller, proprietor, Roofer Chicks

808 W. County Line Highway, New Braunfels • 830-783-1328 • www.rooferchicks.com

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