NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY!!!

Now more first time home buyers can qualify for the $8,000 tax credit AND there is a new tax credit for existing homeowners buying a new home! Under the new tax credit, buyers must have a contract on their new home by May 1, 2010.

The first home buyer tax credit remains to be $8,000 or 10% of the cost of the home (whichever is less). The new existing homeowner tax credit is $6,500 or 10% of the cost of the home. Find out more at www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com.

NRES believes the current real estate situation calls for innovative ways to sell or purchase a home. Trying to buy a home and worried about the down payment? National Real Estate Services has a solution for you…BEAT THE BANK! You can use your tax credit as a down payment!

Contact us today with your challenge!

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The New Reality of Real Estate

A growing segment of our population is going to rent a home for many years instead of buying. Those that do buy will increasingly need special terms. This is due to the increased mobility of our society in search of jobs and careers, more single and childless families, and the lack of credit or funds to finance purchasing a home. These factors will force a change in the way a home is marketed and sold, or not. A seller will need a company that can provide vast marketing expertise using the internet media over traditional methods to reach the new mobile, WEB savvy customer. Homes will need to be promoted to sale, lease, lease/option or owner financed. Sellers will need Realtors that know each of these methods in order to move the home in as short a time as possible and at the highest value. Future Realtors will need to be educators, consultants and innovators as well as sales representatives. Successful Real Estate Agencies will need to be able to tap into every possible customer segment. In the past, traditional realtors have avoided leasing and special financing sales like someone with the swine flu. To serve the new residential sales world all marketing avenues will need to be promoted in order to meet the needs of both seller and tenant-buyer. Agents will need to explain the positives and negatives of each type residential transaction, both transactional and financial, to the seller or tenant-buyer. Each customer will need this information, and a competent advisor, in order for them to make the best decision on the different opportunities and offers they receive. Locating and teaming with this new type of Real Estate Company will be very beneficial to all parties.

Mike Cockrell, President National Real Estate Services
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Invest in Your Future Today!

As I’m sure you’ve heard, it’s a buyer’s market out there. And right now is the PERFECT time to buy if you are a first time home owner. Not only are first time home buyers eligible for the federal tax credit, many states also offer an additional first time home buyer program. You must be careful, though. Don’t just purchase a house because the ‘price is right’. You need to make sure you are making a proper investment that will not only be the right home for you now, but a home that you can resell in 3-5 years once you decide to move on to the next phase of your life.

The problem is, first time homebuyers have never bought a home and often don’t know what the RIGHT property is. This makes it extremely important that first time homebuyers have proper representation. Any agent can show and sell a house, but a valuable agent knows the neighborhoods you are looking in, can tell you the best school districts, understands investments and ultimately has YOUR future goals in mind.

National Real Estate Services prides itself in being a group of real estate PLANNERS. We have your future in mind and will guide you to making an investment in your future.

You'll want an agent ready and able to make a full-time commitment to you. We can and will do that. Let's get together and talk about your needs. Call our office (864-335-9250) or send us an e-mail (info@nationalrealestateservices.com).

To find out more about the federal housing credit, visit www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com.