What Does AWC or Active With Contract Mean on a House For Sale?

When searching for a home, your first step is to contact a real estate agent and ask them to create an MLS search for you. The MLS search created by the agent will email you updated information about new listings that meet your needs in a home.  Having this professional listing alert to use will mean you do not have to search any real estate website on your own.  Should you decide to do your own home search online the only website you should use is Realtor.com or an agent website like GufsdieTeam.info. The information from theses websites is pulled directly from the MLS more often and is more accurate than Zillow or Trulia. 

While searching online you may find a home you want to see and when you tell your real estate agent about it they may say it is "Active with Contract" and ask if you still want to go see it. Here is the deal with Active with Contract when a home in the western Pasco Florida MLS receives a signed contract (accepted offer) the real estate professional who listed the house will set the homes status as "AWC" or Active with Contract in the MLS.  This means that there are conditions of the contract that have not yet been met and the seller is keeping the home open to showings and back-up offers on the house. Back up offers are not "Kick Out" offers and if you submit a back up, you have to wait until the first contract fails to close before you can start your contract's timeline. The usual conditions of the contract that trigger an AWC status are home inspection period, buyer obtaining financing or the sale of the buyers home in order to purchase the home home in AWC status.

You can look at homes that are AWC or Active with Contract but you should know that you are looking at a home that most likely will sell to the other party. Your real estate agent will most likely explain this to you. 

AWC on online real estate websites. Trulia, Zillow and others do not recognize Active with Contract as a "Pending" status and they will show these homes as available. This is one main reason real estate professionals dislike these sites. The information is inaccurate and misleading. You will waste your valuable time messing with these websites and emailing your agent about homes that are not really available to purchase.  You should always rely on your agents MLS search emails and if you have to, use Realtor.com to search on your own or if you want to see homes outside of your "need" requirements. Lets say you don't want a home with a pool but you wouldn't mind one and your agent isn't searching pool homes. You can check these sites to see what pool homes are available in your price range. 

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Are Open Houses Useful when Selling Your Home in Pasco County Florida

Helping people sell and buy homes in Pasco

county Florida for years has given me a bit of insight into how useful an "Open House" is when selling your home in Pasco county.  A traditional Open House where your agent sets up snacks and opens up your home to the general public has proven to be the least successful way to advertise your home for sale. Why? Serious home buyers that are ready, willing and able to purchase a home rarely go to an Open House.  These serious home buyers are out with their real estate agent on the weekends looking at homes that fit their specific needs. That leaves your open house to the neighbors and look loo's to pop by and have a snack.

The "Broker Open House" is a bit more effective way to have an open house and advertise your home for sale. With a Broker Open House, your Realtor(R) will invite Brokers and real estate agents to come and see your home.  This is more effective for you since the real estate professionals that come to your Open House work with home buyers and we go to Broker Open Houses so we can preview potential homes for our buying customers.  The second advantage to a Broker Open House is the feedback. You will receive feedback about your home, how it shows, curb appeal, pricing etc...this feedback is from licensed real estate professionals in the area and from a variety of real estate brokerages. 

Let's look at your open house in another way. You

want to open your home up to strangers on the weekend for them to come in and look around. People who go to open houses are generally looking for decorating or remodeling ideas and they are not serious buyers. As we already said, serious buyers are out on the weekends with their Realtor(R). This opening up of your home also opens you up for crime. The visitors to your open house now know how many T.V's you have, which windows are for the master bedroom, if you have a dog, an alarm system, locked fences etc.... This is another reason I suggest only having a "Brokers Open House" mid week and around lunch time.

If you know someone who need a residential sales agent in New Port Richey, Trinity, Port Richey or Hudson Florida, you can contact me online anytime and I will respond within 24 hours. 

written by Michael J. Gallo

Pasco County Florida Property Taxes

The deadline for payment of your Pasco County

Florida property taxes is March 31st. Late fees will be assessed starting April 1st. The Pasco county tax collectors office allows you to make your tax payment online at the Pasco Tax Collector website.  You can also make your tax payment in person at any of the local tax collectors offices throughout the county.

Not sure what you owe in Taxes?
Sometimes the "trim notice" we receive in the fall gets misplaced and after November, you do not receive any more notices until your property taxes are past due so you may not be sure what you owe. You can visit the Pasco county tax collectors website and your total amount due will be available online as well as what your late fee will be if you pay your taxes between April 1 and April 30th.  April 1st is "April Fools Day" so don't be a fool and get your taxes in on time. 

The Pasco tax collectors website also gives you

your property tax assessed value, you can view your current property tax bill and even sign up for electronic billing for your property taxes. You may want to pay your property taxes in installments paid quarterly throughout the year and you can make application for installment payments on the website also. 

Please think of me if you or someone you know is in need of an experienced Realtor in western Pasco county. I am here to assist the residents of New Port Richey, Trinity, Port Richey and Hudson. 
written by Michael J. Gallo

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