Buyer Resources

Tampa Real Estate Move Tips: 13 Steps For Moving Your Nest

Posted by on January 18, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Moving to Tampa? Uprooting your life is not fun let’s face it. It’s an exhausting process that takes time during the day to coordinate and leaves you disenchanted when you get home to all the boxes and transition happening around you. We all go through it now and again. I’m personally experiencing a move right now. Here are my suggestions for making your Tampa Bay real estate move easy, organized, and stressless.

Home Buyer Guide Step 20) Closing Day!

Posted by on July 13, 2011 at 8:13 am

  Closing Day. This is the day you have been waiting for! The stress, the elation, the movers… A week before you will want to get your utilities set-up effective as early as today. The day of closing belongs to YOU. You should already know where the closing is going to be held and at what [...]

Home Buyer Guide Step 19) Final Walkthrough

Posted by on June 6, 2011 at 8:06 am

Scheduling a final walk-through. You will want to schedule a final walk-through of the property either the day before or just before closing to make sure everything is as the contract states it would be (ie. washer and dryer are still there). In Florida, the Seller is required to leave the home broom swept. This [...]

Home Buyer Guide Step 18) Settlement Statement

Posted by on May 30, 2011 at 7:55 am

Reviewing the HUD Settlement Statement. Once the title company has received your final loan documents they will prepare a 2-page document called the HUD-1 settlement statement which is a concise breakdown of credits and debits to both the buyer and seller. Everything will be disclosed on this government form. This will also have the final [...]

Home Buyer Guide Step 17) Survey and Insurance

Posted by on May 16, 2011 at 8:23 am

Survey & Insurance. Survey- In the Tampa Bay area it is common that the Seller select the title company who will process and close the file. If a survey of the property is not available then the title company will order one. A survey is used by the title company to issue title insurance to be made aware [...]

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