NorthWest Indiana Real Estate Blog: Indiana: Portage

Recently, we listed a home for sale in the Sarasota Heights neighborhood in Portage, IN

(Portage Township).

Rowena Kyle Elementary school grounds borders this property's fenced backyard

(talk about "living close to school" :)

 Click on Photo of school to visit website

 There are walking/biking trails Prairie Duneland Trail nearby as well (just around the block).

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We've Blogged about Portage, Indiana zipcode 46368 in Porter County, Northwest Indiana.

With Easy access to both the Indiana Toll road or Interstate I 94, not to mention the

South Shore Train...

Portage, Indiana has affordable housing options and yet is within commuting distance to Chicago-land.

With close proximity to the Scenic Indiana Dunes & Lake Michigan Marina's...the city of Portage 

is growing fast and worth your careful consideration when looking for a place to call home

in NW Indiana.

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 If we can help you find a home in Portage, Indiana that suits your families needs and budget, give us a call @ 219-405-1232.

We can show you any property you find on the internet, regardless of which real estate company has the sign in the yard :)

This Portage, Indiana Property SOLD quickly after being listed by F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate

There was never even a For Sale Sign in the Yard!

Nowadays, the Internet is our biggest For Sale Sign :)

This Sunday  from 1pm to 3 pm

hosted by Ty Gammon of F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate

Priced to sell, this 5 Bedroom, 3 bath Home with attached 3 car garage has a home office and alot to offer!

Do-Dads added after it's construction in 2005 include:

• Privacy Fenced Backyard with extensive landscaping including several brick/stone patio's & planters (many varieties of perennials), built-in stainless gas grill station with granite counter top, PERGOLA covers outdoor dining area!

• Inground Sprinkler System

• Kinetico Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment System

• Guardian Whole House Generator

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Portage Indiana has been calleda bedroom community to Chicago, IL and many who work in the windy city commute by train or tollroad or expressway to nearby IL.

We've Blogged about living in Portage, IN 46368 before - even about some of our favorite places there :)

For more Information about this 2600+ SF Bilevel Home For Sale in Portage, IN 46368 ->

Talk To Tucker - for all your NW Indiana Real Estate Needs!

We've blogged about living in Portage, Indiana before...

The City of PORTAGE, Located in Porter County, in Northwest Indiana.

Northwest Indiana borders the State line of Illinois and offers options for commute by Toll-road, Expressway or Train to Chicagoland.

Portage is a fast growing city offering it's residents State of the Art Theatres, a wide variety of Resturants, AND a NEW HUGE MALL coming soon!

With all that said, if you are looking to relocate to an area of economic growth, and spend less money on taxes (considering recently, the sales tax in Chicago-land (Cook County) has been proposed to increase to over 10% consider a Move to Porter County!

     FYI, here in Indiana ... 

FOOD, Prescription, & NON-Prescription Drugs are all EXEMPT from Tax !

With Easy access to both the Indiana Toll road or Interstate I 94, not to mention the South Shore Train...NWI  has affordable housing options and yet is within commuting distance to Chicago-land.

Move to Portage, IN 46368 Home For Sale in Shadow Woods ->2 Story in NW Indiana-take the Tour ->

Check out this High Resolution Music Video/Virtual tour of our new listing and then give us a call to schedule a private showing of this beautiful property.

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Portage, IN 46368

Listed by F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate & SOLD

We've blogged about the convenience and affordability of living in Portage, Indiana before...

Now that our Listing has SOLD, we are looking to list and sell properties in Portage, IN 46368

So if you are in the market to sell your Home, Portage, Indiana don't give up - give us a call to show you our marketing plan works :)

With Easy access to both the Indiana Toll road or Interstate I 94, not to mention the South Shore Train...Portage, Indiana has affordable housing options and yet is within commuting distance to Chicago-land.

Some of our favorite places to shop & eat are in Portage :)

Once Jeff made a date out of taking me to Bass Pro Shop - we spent a few hours in there getting ready for fishing season on our neighborhood Lake, then had dinner in their World Famous Islamorada Fish Company restaurant :)

 When we are out early morning showing homes in Porter County, our favorite breakfast spot is

Egg on Your Face

 With close proximity to the Scenic Indiana Dunes & Lake Michigan Marina's...the city of Portage is growing fast and worth your careful consideration when looking for a place to call home in Northwest Indiana.

If we can help you find a home in Portage, Indiana that suits your families needs and budget, give us a call @ 219-405-1232.

We can show you any property you find on the internet, regardless of which real estate company has the sign in the yard :)

It's been several years now since we have taken and sold listings of homes for sale that are 

" Subject to Lenders Approval of a Short Sale" .

The process of getting these to close successfully has been, for the most part, becoming easier.

Perhaps it is from lessons learned along the way & doing the footwork and homework upfront before even agreeing to accept the listing and put a 'short sale' home on the market.

Lately, however,  articles in major publications i.e 'Fewer Short Sales Come Up Short', point out that the part of the short sale process we do not control - the loss mitigation departments of lenders - are being more cooperative and responsive about getting short sales done.

In Indiana this year, a new law...HB1359 has helped bring answers to short sale offers within a 30 day time frame.

Since we've noticed this change in NW Indiana short sales....we are even accepting short sale referrals in our market area now from other Real Estate Brokers as a result. Just last week we closed on a short sale that was a referral from another REALTOR.

The lender complied with the new state law and the home closed 29 days after the offer was accepted by the lender! (59 days total from day of written offer).

Total Market Time on this Home = From For Sale Sign Up to signing the closing documents = 81 days in all.  This is a relatively short market time for any home in NW Indiana, let alone a short sale property (where 3rd party negotiations, communications and many requirements above and beyond the usual and customary offer to purchase can lengthen the process of getting the deal closed :)

With cooperative sellers, saleable property and reasonable lenders, short sales in NW Indiana are closing easier & quicker than in years past :)

  That's what we told our Buyer clients earlier this summer when they put in a bid on a Ranch home for sale that we showed them in Porter County, IN that ended up in a multiple offer situation.

Jeff showed them the comparable solds in the neighborhood and it was clear from the numbers that bidding up in this particular market to try and out do the other buyer was not in their best interest. Disappointed at first, they agreed to wait.

Low & behold, this week, we closed on another home with these same buyers. This home had double the square footage ( a Ranch with a full finished basement ) for thousands less in price than the previous home and  in the same county ...and the best part - it was totally remodeled inside & out!

We moved quickly on this move in ready home and now they are happy homeowners!

Sometimes, Things happen for a reason :)

With Easy access to both the Indiana Toll road or Interstate I 94, not to mention the South Shore Train...Portage, Indiana has affordable housing options and yet is within commuting distance to Chicago-land.

Some of our favorite places to shop & eat are in Portage :)

Once Jeff made a date out of taking me to Bass Pro Shop - we spent a few hours in there getting ready for fishing season on our neighborhood Lake, then had dinner in their World Famous Islamorada Fish Company restaurant :)

 When we are out early morning showing homes in Porter County, our favorite breakfast spot is

Egg on Your Face

 With close proximity to the Scenic Indiana Dunes & Lake Michigan Marina's...the city of Portage is growing fast and worth your careful consideration when looking for a place to call home in Northwest Indiana.

If we can help you find a home in Portage, Indiana that suits your families needs and budget, give us a call @ 219-405-1232.

We can show you any property you find on the internet, regardless of which real estate company has the sign in the yard :)

Click Here for a Virtual TOUR of a recent new listing for sale in Portage, IN - subject to Lender Approval of Short Sale.

   This week, we Closed on another Home We Sold in Portage - Northwest Indiana.            

The REAL WORK of Selling a Home starts AFTER the Contract is signed.

Getting the Deal to Close can be the REAL challenge in this current Real Estate Market.

That's where Professional REALTORS do make a difference!

In this case there were over a dozen obstacles to overcome!

We won't go into them all, but this is the first time in our decade long career that we have had to go back to the table and re-negotiate the offer to purchase several weeks right before closing!

At the closing table (over 2 months later), Jeff said  I don't know if you believe in prayer, but this deal came together by one!

Thankfully, all parties worked collaboratively to make for a win-win situation for all.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome." Arthur Ashe

Other Posts in this series are:

DeMotte, Indiana Home - Jeff & Grace Safrin of F.C.Tucker Advantage Realty Found the Buyers!

You Can ...Put it on The Board - Another NorthWest Indiana HOME SOLD By The Safrin's

13 weeks to Complete a SHORT SALE that almost didn't Close - Lessons Learned

Our Sellers Become Our Buyers!

Safrin's Found The Buyers For This La Porte Indiana Home

Listed AND Sold By The Safrin's - Home and Farm LAND in Northwest Indiana.

Cash Buyers Are Coming Out to BUY REAL ESTATE !

Valparaiso, IN - First Time Homebuyers are out in a Market that's not supposed to be good :)

 Reverse Offers in Real Estate - A Paradigm Shift for the Northwest Indiana Market  !

Who is NEXT ? Referrals come from asking !

1st BORN, 2nd Wife, 3rd REALTOR...

Tri-Omino Effect on Closing with 3 peat Clients! Another VALPARAISO HOME SOLD by The Safrin's in a Market That's Not Supposed To Be Good !

IN A MARKET THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD, Jeff & Grace Safrin Found the Buyer For This Valparaiso, IN Greenfield Creek Home - Why Did it Sell ?

A Step on the Path To Successful Real Estate Transactions...

 Jeff & Grace Safrin REALTORS - "Spouses Selling Houses' TM

 F.C. Tucker1st Team Real Estate

Please feel free to Contact us @ 219-405-1232or, click the below to read / subscribe to our email newsletter with valuable Relocation Information.

NW INDIANA remains a Great REAL ESTATE MARKET check our past---> SOLD HOMES !

Thanks for Visiting our Blog! To read more about local NW Indiana events, sports, and more, click our blog link below. For more homes for sale view our Other Listings @ www.safrin.net and client testimonials!

    We are Your Local Expertsfor NW Indiana Real Estate.

    Call or email us for a RELOCATION Package Today

   Don't you just love that Baseball saying that

applies to hitting a Home Run in Real Estate !

     We were the 3rd REALTORS up at Bat to take a

Portage, Indiana Listing...

during the Busy Spring Training Season this year! 

      Early in the Ball Game, at the end of the Second

Inning or about 60 days on Market,

we tried to bunt....

 We Presented a Reverse Offer From our Sellers to Second Showing Buyers ...

alas we struck out :(

     But, the stands were full of LOTS of FANS with Showings Galore on this Property :) 

so we had a positive expectancy that the best was yet to come!

     Top of the 4th Inning, around 125 days on market,

 Bases Loaded => Our Marketing Plan That Sells Homes was in FULL SWING !!!

    We Hit a Home Run....

 Sellers Accepted an Awesome Offer To Purchase From Ready, Wiiling and ABLE Buyers !

     When everyone is on the same TEAM - Sellers, Buyers, Other Agents, Lenders,  Hitting a Home Run

and the process of walking the bases...

    1st base = Home Inspection, 2nd Base = Appraisal, 3rd Base = Underwriting 

goes much easier!

You Can.... Put It on the Board :)

 This is just one in a series of Posts For Localism By Jeff & Grace Safrin, F.C. Tucker Advantage Realty, Serving Northwest Indiana...on HOMES SOLD IN A MARKET THAT's NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD....  

Other Posts in this series are:

13 weeks to Complete a SHORT SALE that almost didn't Close - Lessons Learned

Our Sellers Become Our Buyers!

Safrin's Found The Buyers For This La Porte Indiana Home

Listed AND Sold By The Safrin's - Home and Farm LAND in Northwest Indiana.

Cash Buyers Are Coming Out to BUY REAL ESTATE !

Valparaiso, IN - First Time Homebuyers are out in a Market that's not supposed to be good :)

  Reverse Offers in Real Estate - A Paradigm Shift for the Northwest Indiana Market  !

Who is NEXT ? Referrals come from asking !

1st BORN, 2nd Wife, 3rd REALTOR...

Tri-Omino Effect on Closing with 3 peat Clients! Another VALPARAISO HOME SOLD by The Safrin's in a Market That's Not Supposed To Be Good !

IN A MARKET THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD, Jeff & Grace Safrin Found the Buyer For This Valparaiso, IN Greenfield Creek Home - Why Did it Sell ?

A Step on the Path To Successful Real Estate Transactions...

 Jeff & Grace Safrin REALTORS - "Spouses Selling Houses' TM

 F.C. Tucker Advantage Realty

Please feel free to Contact us @ 219-405-1232 or, click the below to read / subscribe to our email newsletter with valuable Relocation Information.

NW INDIANA remains a Great REAL ESTATE MARKET check our past---> SOLD HOMES !

Thanks for Visiting our Blog! To read more about local NW Indiana events, sports, and more, click our blog link below. For more homes for sale view our Other Listings @ www.safrin.net and client testimonials!

    We are Your Local Experts for NW Indiana Real Estate.

    Call or email us for a RELOCATION Package Today

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