Sell First or Buy First in Bakersfield? How to Decide
If you need the money from your current home to buy the next one, sell first or offer with a sale contingency. If you qualify for both payments and have the down payment without the sale, you can buy first. Buying first means carrying two house payments until the old one sells, and a lender has to a
What It Costs to Sell a House in Bakersfield
Selling a house in Bakersfield costs you three things: what you negotiate, what you already owe, and what the county charges. The county's piece is the smallest by far. On a $390,000 sale, Kern County's documentary transfer tax is $429. Agent compensation, which is fully negotiable and not set by la
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