Real Estate References

Cheonse / Jeonse is a means of leasing out apartments unique to South Korea. A tenant makes a lump-sum deposit on the rental space, valued at anywhere from 50-100% of the actual market value of the space.

The tenant then pays no rent for the duration of the contract, usually two or three years. At the end of the contract, the landlord returns the entire deposit to the tenant.

Cheonse is most often used during times of high interest rates. The landlord is free to use the deposit, as long as the same amount is returned to the tenant.

This term simply refers to a property that’s being offered for sale at a lower price than what it should normally get, because the property needs a number of repairs to be restored to its best condition.

A house with a large floor area and significant improvements may still be called a fixer-upper if, for example, the house has been neglected or abandoned for several years, needing to be remodeled to be fit to live in again.

This allows the seller of a property to accept a buyer’s offer for that property, which the seller continues to sell. If the seller gets another offer, he or she can also accept that offer, and then activate the clause by notifying the original buyer of the second offer.

The original buyer now has a specific period of time – which can be more or less than the stated 72 hours – to complete the requirements to buy the property. Failure to do so will mean the original buyer loses the property, and the second buyer can purchase it.

by Andrea Mella

When you are selecting your would-be clients for a lease-to-own property offering, it is prudent to look at all circumstances separately and then come about with a best  conclusion if you believe and feel that the person will be prepared and clever to make the acquisition when the time comes. If you know someone who in a short time went through a break up and yet has a committed job and excellent past history with wealth, they might be a budding customer. On the contrary, if you are looking at someone who has revealed ghastly credit history and is wobbly in the job market, you may feel like to eliminate them as a likely buyer of your asset. 

by Andrea Mella

The solution to a first-class lease-to-own deal is selecting your clients in a good way. The majority of people who are looking at least-to-own property are doing so for the reason that they have a concern with getting a credit loan from a traditional lender, and who are even looking to buy a property within the next few years. Often times, these prospective buyers have a current bankruptcy on their credit, or a new divorce, or some other foremost life event that cause them a high risk for a traditional loan, and as well makes them short of first installment money.

While we all want to buy the first property we find out that is available for sale, it would be wise to survey and outsource in the process for other choices that we can make. With a wide open market today, we are sure to find more than one property that will catch out eye.

Secondly, it is best to check out the place and see if it is indeed worth the price that is being asked for. We cannot discount the issue of overpricing these properties since people have a certain amount in mind which may not coincide with the property itself.

If you want manageable properties to invest in, chances are you will find them in underdeveloped areas which offer initial public offerings at fairly competitive prices. The value of the properties have not yet been established perhaps due to the fact that the entire area where the property located is still being developed.

A lot of these originate from the rural areas. Bare land areas have yet to be assessed the actual land value. But if you are an investor, you would consider investing in them after prior studies. You may just find yourself investing well and even selling them as a profit in the future if you so choose.

As far as living in new homes is concerned, it would be best to seek the reaction of the whole family. For sure there will be varying remarks from all of them but more or less the final decision will be left up to you.

Remember, your own judgment prior to consulting them will matter. It is better than plainly making a move on your own without their inputs. Your family’s reaction may not necessarily be the best one but at least you gave them that courtesy before making payment to the property and then moving in unscheduled.

Hailed as one of the most damaging recession periods in recent history, and even worst than the “Great Depression” that is why this time people are finding it harder. The sheer length of time it is taking the global economy to recover is having a great impact on the financial stores that people would have otherwise been well off with, now greatly insufficient due to their being used for more urgent financial needs. People need jobs and plentiful jobs means the market is recovering. Jobs and the other markets are very good indicators of the economic status due to the ability of common folk to engage in economic activities. Without jobs, they lose their economic ability to buy things, homes and other products that fuels the economy that has been the case with this recession for the past year. An end is still way off, with full recovery predicted to come by 2012, a few more years of pain and heartache as people continue to live in fear of losing everything they have worked hard to acquire, victims of the financial turmoil that is this recession.

Mortgages are being refinanced like hotcakes but the problem with the market is that the stability that everybody has been seeking is yet to come. And without an end in sight for the recession, many of these refinanced mortgages are again falling into default, due to more people losing jobs who have no means of continuing them, again facing foreclosure. This is a common occurrence in the up and down world of the real estate market where many are being left without options even as they got assistance form the government in the form of tax incentives and discounts that failed to stem foreclosure.