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How Much Over or Below List Price Should You Offer On a Home?

by Mark and Monte Jones

With a real estate market as hot as Salt Lake's right now it seems every buyer is asking one of these two questions:

How much under or over list price should I offer?

or

How much per square foot is are homes worth?

The answer is simple!   The true value of anything is what a willing buyer and a willing seller will agree upon.   The list price and the price per square foot have no bearing on the properties true value!

At Jones and Associates Realty we never tell you what to offer or what to list for but we do provide you all the data on homes similar to what you are looking at so you can determine how much the home is worth to you!   That is all that matters!  We can give you the latest data so you don't over pay or under sell.  Call text or email us today we are ready to help you!

 

Why Inventory Items in your Home?

by Mark and Monte Jones

Last week my home was broken into burglarized and ransacked.  Ironically even though I mail letters to past clients explaining the importance of inventorying personal belongings I hadn’t done it.   Regrettably, because I didn’t have serial numbers, photos, receipts or other proof of the items stolen I most likely will not get them back or replaced by my insurance.  Even scarier my family is still discovering missing items since we didn’t have an inventory list.  It’s amazing how you forget about the diamond ring you gave your wife 25 years ago for Christmas not to mention things like car keys and iPods you don’t notice missing until you go to use them and they are gone!

To the looser that broke into my house I hope it was worth it!    SERIOUS street value on the items you took is maybe three or four hundred dollars nothing compared to the damage you did to my carpets, wife’s car and making it so my son is afraid to sleep in his own room!   I am a true believer in karma and you will get yours my friend.  This is the letter we at the Jones Team mail to past clients please read it and more importantly do it.   I never thought it would happen to me is no excuse!

Just writing to say "Hi" and to remind you of the importance of making an inventory of your belongings in case you ever need to make an insurance claim.

The reason I mention it is that I recently heard about a family whose home was broken into.

Unfortunately they never got full replacement value for their losses because they couldn't supply the insurance company with reasonable proof of what they owned. In order to avoid such claim problems, insurance companies suggest that you make a complete inventory of your belongings and also video or photograph them for visual proof.

No one ever likes to think about having their home broken into, but in the event that it happens, it pays to be prepared. If I can be of any service to you in this regard, please call or email me.

Thanks,

Living along the Wasatch Front

by Mark and Monte Jones

I was showing homes two weeks ago to an out of state buyer.  Because the buyer was unfamiliar with the different areas he decided to see as many homes and areas as possible in the 6 hours we had scheduled together.   With his price range, layout and features requested the buyer decided the East side of the Salt Lake valley or the South West quadrant would suit his needs the best.  He also wanted to see what the North side of Utah County had to offer.

 
Starting in Downtown Salt Lake we drove East all along the bench then up Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood Canyon.  Over to Draper up to Suncrest down to Lehi and South to Saratoga then we worked our way back to his hotel through Herriman, Riverton, SJ, and back on the freeway to Salt Lake. 

It didn’t really hit me as unusual because I have lived her my entire life.  But in that six hour tour  we saw snow boarders and skiers all over the canyons, hikers and rock climbers at the mouths of the canyons, golfers on the golf courses, one crazy water skier in Utah Lake, bikers and did I mention the Salt Lake Marathon was going on?  Where else can you experience so many different things in one day?  

We are pretty lucky to be able to live and play along the Wasatch Front!  

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Mark and Monte Jones
Jones And Associates Realty LLC
7069 Highland Dr. Suite 250
Cottonwood Heights UT 84121
801-635-4663
801-209-6906
Fax: 866-729-0308