Please get the word out

[ladyapple27]

Looking for a house on the North Carolina coast? This is the best deal you'll ever find. Gorgeous 2,430 square foot home with a half acre of land in Sea Level, NC with extensive water frontage on Core Sound just across from Drum Inlet for $300,000. Open, airy floor plan with great views of the water. 3 bedrooms 2 baths on the first floor, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, and a bonus room on the 2nd floor. Large covered porch for sitting in the ocean breeze as you look out over the water. This house meets or exceeds all coastal building codes. It sits on 10 foot pilings. Built in 2004, it looks new inside and out. Appliances and some furnishings included. Private dock with boat slip. Plenty of parking-the house sits at the end of the road. You can also park cars under the deck or store boats and jet skis there. The Core Banks and Cape Lookout National Seashore are right across the Sound, so you can leave the private dock and set out to spend a day on the Outer Banks, where you can explore old shipwrecks, check out the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, and play in the sand and water. Great fishing, crabbing, clamming, hunting, and bird watching, as well as swimming, boating, bodyboarding, and more. Close to Cedar Island Ferry and even more access to the Outer Banks. Also close to the Intracoastal Waterway with sailing, canoeing, and kayaking. All of the advantages of a rural area within 30 minutes of Beaufort, NC, voted one of the top ten small towns in America. Beaufort, the old haunt of the infamous pirate Blackbeard, has a historic waterfront, great dining, lots of activities, and plenty of walking and biking trails. The town sponsors wonderful holiday events, including its famous Christmas Boat Parade. If you want to go to a bigger town, Morehead City is 45 minutes to an hour away. This would be a fantastic primary residence, vacation home, rental property, or investment. There's nothing else like it on the market, especially at this price. Contact me or call Wanda at 336-667-3343. Please share this post and help someone find their dream home. PM for contact info. Sorry for taking up so much space on your LJ-LJ cut is acting up again.

Comments

[bluehorse.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's gorgeous! Wish I had the money to take it off your hands. Also wish I knew someone who might be interested.

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

I'd love to buy it myself. If you do refer someone to me or my aunt, and they actually buy it, I'll give you a little money.

[bluehorse.livejournal.com]

That's very kind of you. Unfortunately, most of the people I know are not exactly financially flush.

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my closest friends aren't wealthy, either. I'm making some eye-catching posters to hang up where the rich people hang out.

[bluehorse.livejournal.com]

Hope this works quickly; good luck!

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

Has a real estate appraisal been done on it?
It looks good on the outside going by the pictures.
If its landscaping is properly tended to (grass regularly cut, etc) and the house is clean and neat on the inside AS WELL AS being properly priced, it should sell soon.
:^)

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

It's been appraised, and the price is much lower than the appraisal. The house and lot are immaculate.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

It should sell then.
:^)

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

It should, and I'd like to get the prize for finding a buyer.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

Well, someone's going to have to be available to show it to prospective buyers and answer their questions.
It would probably be a good idea if you and your aunt held an "open house" there one weekend so that people could come see it. (If the utilities are currently on.)
You'll want to make up a fact sheet listing the house's information. (That will contain stuff like the # square footage, # bedrooms and bathrooms, the size of the lot, and etc.)
Make up a bunch of them so that anyone who's interested can pick up one of the sheets and take with them after touring the house.
Does your aunt and uncle own the house outright or are they making payments on it?
:^}

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

I don't ask them about their finances. All I know is that they were upset about their realtor's lack of effort to sell it. Uncle Phillip needs more and more care and attention, so they really can't enjoy the beach house anymore. The money would be a good cushion in case Uncle Phillip's medical expenses spiral upward.

The power is on at the house. Family members use it on weekends and holidays, and some trustworthy renters use it from time to time.

It really is immaculate, and it even comes with a washer and dryer.

I'm working on posters, flyers, and fact sheets.

Thanks for your advice. It'll help a lot.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome.
Take a look at the fact sheets from the professional realtors so that you'll know what to put into your own fact sheet.

Your aunt is going to need the services of a good real estate lawyer since she plans on selling it herself.
Perhaps your bank in the town where the house is can recommend one. Just ask to speak to whoever is in charge of the real estate loans at the bank. That person should know who's good and who's not.

I think I have a bit of bad news for you though. Renting the house out even temporarily will have to stop and the family will have to stop staying there as well except to show the house to prospective buyers. I'm guessing that the realtor your aunt originally signed to work on selling the house didn't like it that the house was still being used. Realtors don't and often they refuse to do anything toward selling a house if renters are still in it.
I wish I could be of more help to you but I don't know what the real estate laws are like in your state.
:^}