What I am Thankful For

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Today I just wanted to make a quick video to talk about the 5 things I am most thankful for. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so what better a time to talk about what I am thankful for every day. Here is my top 5:

1. My Family
 I love my wife and my children, and wouldn't be where I am without them.

2. My Team
 I have an amazing team and without our team, we wouldn't be able to do everything that we do for our clients, which brings me to number 3.

3. Our Clients
 Our current, past, and future clients, you are what keeps us going and always wanting to improve and get better.

4. My Health
 I am extremely grateful for my health, and the health of my family.

5. My Mentors
 I am very lucky to have people in my life that are helping me learn, grow, and constantly get better. I am always thankful for people making me better so I in turn can help our clients and make their lives better.

Thanks for taking the time to check out our post. If you have any questions, or want to let us know what you are thankful for, give us a call or send us an email. 

5 Things About our Guarantee Program

There are a variety of opportunities in the Omaha real estate market for both buyers and sellers. If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

Hey guys, thanks for coming back to our blog. Today we just wanted to explain, a little more in-depth, our guarantee program. We have come up with 5 quick statements about our program that will hopefully be able to help you understand it better, because we know it is confusing at times. 

1. This is a trade-up program

To qualify for our guarantee, the client must be moving up and buying directly through a Briley Team listing. We can still offer you the guarantee if you don't, but we won't be able to offer as much. 

2. The Briley Team will buy your home for market price minus our 10% program fee

This figure is determined by both parties involved, based off comparable sales in the area. 

3. The commission then comes off of that net price

4. The Briley Team will offer the guarantee on homes up to $250,000

The average price for a home in Omaha is $200,000.

5. The client agrees to accept any offer that results in a net price equal or higher than the guarantee price.

If an offer hasn't been received within 180 days, The Briley Team will purchase the home for the guarantee price and close the sale within 45 days. 

Our guarantee program benefits both buyers and sellers. Buyers have the benefit of being able to sell their homes no matter what. Sellers benefit by knowing that our buyers will have no strings attached when it comes to purchasing a home if they are in our guarantee program. 

If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call. We would be glad to help.

A Beginner's Guide to Escrow

There are a variety of opportunities in the Omaha real estate market for both buyers and sellers. If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

The word "escrow" is thrown around a lot in real estate, but it doesn't always refer to the same thing. Today, we want to give you different examples of where this word is used so you can be better informed. 

The 1st time you hear the word escrow is probably when you are a buyer. When you write a purchase agreement, you are going to also write an earnest deposit, which shows your good faith in purchasing the home. The deposit is then put into an escrow account, a 3rd party that's going to hold the money until the day of closing. 

The 2nd time you will probably hear the word escrow is when working with your loan officer. You will have to "escrow" about 7 months of property taxes and 1 year of homeowner's insurance. This money will be held in your mortgage company's escrow account. 

The last time you will hear it is with the title company and "closing of the escrow". This is where the title company transfers ownership from the old seller to the new buyer. 

If you have any questions about escrow, or about real estate in general, give us a call. We'd love to answer them for you.