When a rental of a Maine home or apartment comes up for grabs, and the seller says help me fill it, I ask a few questions.

 Need to know a few things from the renter to be. The best question is tell me about your last landlord. If the answer is "the guy is a jerk", I ask for more details. 

And if I get "he always wants his rent on time, is all over me, chasing me when I am just a couple weeks behind" I start to see some of the renter's past payment habits history.

More when an attitude comes out about how sometimes going to the fair, getting a tattoo is where the rent money goes and that's just the way it is. Not going to change.

I try to point out that the rent comes first, right up there with groceries for the kids. Because if the priorities are not met, the renter is going to be moving again.

Out on the streets. Looking for a place to stay rent free. Because it is not going to be this unit I am charged with renting out. Or the home for sale in Maine that needs a tenant to help subsidize the overhead, payments. While the owner is out of state and renting a place waiting for this one to sell.

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The anxious, really pumped up ready to buy or sell Maine real estate feeling is a strong one.

Because listing, selling property is an emotional one where the stakes are high. But the feeling, compulsion to move forward with a purchase or sale of a property can dim, fade, go out.

Why does seller, buyer remorse in a real estate sale happen? 

Some of it is the ability for some to make quick decisions and feel the same way about them days later. To move forward with the real estate sale.

But other times, a not so sure feeling sneaks into the Maine real estate camp.

Usually late at night it festers. To leave doubts, cause fears and panic attacks. Sometimes though, the situation to have to buy or sell cools. No longer is the purchase or sale in the best interest with a change of the landscape of a person's life.

Buying or selling real estate in Maine, anywhere is a big decision. Not one to be rushed into, or taken lightly. Because a mistake is more costly with the large size of the property price tag. Not like a pair of loafers, slacks, jacket you thought was peachy keen when ordered online. Or plucked off the sales rack and trotted up front to settle up, check out. Suddenly pulled over, stopped like blue lights came on in the rear view mirror enters the picture.

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Explaining, laying out the Maine real estate buying process how does it work?

Because out of state buyers are used to different procedures.

Often layers and layers of red tape, permits, regulations that all add to the confusion.  

And they assume same tradition applies in Maine. 

So for starters, financing the Maine real estate listing purchase.

If you need it to purchase any type of Maine property, how you plan to do it is the first focus.

To figure out if you need a Maine bank on this end. If you get a home equity loan on your location out of state.

Same applies if you are a local renter and realize homes are not usually owner financed in Maine. Because the pay off, mortgage drags out too long for most sellers, property owners to wait for all those installments.

And if there is already a mortgage on the listing, the existing bank, lender holding the paper needs to be paid off. The lien on the property listing removed at the local registry of deeds on the property.

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The buyer for Maine real estate, only need one right?

Well, yes and no. Today's all out, full throttle marketing of property listings means we don't just deal with one buyer at a time. No no.

Multiple buyers, many segments, more than one delivery system too.

Because the audience is as big as the World, the blue and green revolving marble. Not just local anymore.

Life happens, interferes too the longer a Maine real estate sale lingers, stalls, stays parked.

Because death, disease, divorce, lay offs and other events can cause derailment.

So buyers for Maine real estate, we don't just deal with one person at a time but many. Because timing has trumped the location, location, location that used to be the most important aspect of Maine real estate.

Today if the timing is off or the clear to close green light suddenly goes red, the seller, owner of the Maine real estate may say find another buyer. Someone ready to sail through the red tape, paperwork and to get everyone a chair at the real estate closing.

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