Homes in Transition offers you, the property owner... a WONDERFUL COST EFFECTIVE solution for the interim care of your vacant home... while it is either on the market for sale or during that term... where the property is in transition and empty. 

Our service is good for you, it’s good for the community, and it’s good for people in transition.

Our Service provides stability and integrity of the neighborhood as a result of the care, maintenance and security our Caretaker’s provide as well as an opportunity for well qualified individuals to maintain their "standard of living" at a fraction of the cost they might otherwise be forced to incur.

Our service goes beyond providing a means by which you can maintain reasonable insurance costs or a means of enhancing the value of your treasured asset.

When you lived in your house, you made it a HOME -- now that it is Vacant, it realistically is a HOUSE, probably an UNINSURED house, making it an uninsured asset -- in other words -- your house has become -- inadvertently -- a liability.

Unfortunately, every standard home insurance policy has a clause in it -- that states in one way or another:

It is the responsibility of the party of the first part (that would be you) to inform the party of the second part (that would be them -- the insurance company) in the event that the house becomes VACANT. Most insurance companies will only cover you an additional day -- to thirty days... then the policy is NULL AND VOID. 

Let me ask you -- would you insure a vacant house?  

No, you would not... because people that empty their belongings sometimes torch the house to avoid bankruptcy... vandals enter the house and party, cause damage and ruination... thieves enter the house and rip out appliances, furnaces, hot water heaters, copper plumbing and wiring, rip out wood floors and carpeting, take ceiling fans and lighting fixtures... the list goes on and on...

So -- ALL insurance policies have the same language... if people do not actively live in the house... premium payments or not... you have BREACHED YOUR CONTRACT and have ZERO INSURANCE on possibly your largest asset.  

This is definitely NOT GOOD!

Well, here is the acid test... have your agent fax or email you confirmation of coverage that states in writing that your PRIME ASSET is actually covered as a Vacant house... that will put your mind at ease and please contact us and tell us which company is doing this for you...

We know Lloyds of London offers Vacant Property Policies but at a cost of 400% to 600% more than a normal homeowner policy... there are some domestic companies that offer the same option -- but it gets expensive month after month, after month, after month...

Yes, that is a possibility but here is your risk.  

If you play, "YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT!!" and take the insurance company to court and win -- which is possible... the insurance industry SHARES CLAIM SETTLEMENT determinations in a central data base.  

Insurance companies are very good at not getting burned twice, which could mean that you'll never be able to insure another property with "typical insurance" if at all.

OK, here are some items to consider, items that our Caretaker Program -- removes from your monthly check writing session:

As with any home, there are many tasks and general responsibilities that require attention on an ongoing basis to maintain the value and showability of the home.

• When a property is left vacant these responsibilities are often left to others who have little incentive to complete the tasks or they don’t get done at all. 
• There are the issues of regular maintenance for the yards, walks and general curb appeal as well as the cost for these services and the monthly utilities. 
• There are the issues of competing with other homes in the market that are well decorated, occupied and cared for. 
• There are the issues of maintaining insurance coverage, which is very expensive for a vacant home as well as the general security of the property.

You can see a lot of little things adding up EVERY MONTH... but the HIT Caretaker becomes responsible for all of these expenses!

Homes In Transition can solve ALL these problems for you and it won’t cost you a dime, if our services do not manage to help get your property sold in less than 91 days... we work for FREE from that point on! HIT has a great Diminishing Fee policy that you can study in greater detail but "in essence" we arrange to provide you an enormous value, working diligently to help get your property sold and cover our costs at closing -- when your property joyously sells immediately because of our Homes In Transition Advantage... for greater details -- please read the Diminishing Fee Tab.

How do we do it?

We provide a service that utilizes individual Subcontractors who we carefully screen and match to your property based on a three part application process.

These families or individuals occupy the property on an interim basis, perform the maintenance, pay the utilities, decorate the home with furnishings they own or rent, pay Homes In Transition a small monthly fee and keep the home in a show to sell condition seven days a week -- all for the opportunity to maintain their standard of living without the high cost or hassle of home ownership or a cumbersome lease.

Absolutely NOT !

HIT is truly a win-win-win situation. When your home is ready to close, we arrange to move our Caretaker Subcontractor to another one of our contracted vacant properties and deliver back to you a cleaned, ready to occupy home that will be ready to close.

Even if your property was vandalized, damaged by previous occupants or happened to be in need of some general repair, before you called us to place a Caretaker for you... our in-house or licensed general contractors can make or arrange for any level of repair and restoration and in some cases be paid at time of closing. 

That's a great question !

Our Caretakers are NOT renters, they are subcontractors and as such have no RENTER or TENANT protections.  

Besides, they love our program, we shift them to another location and they continue to live in another great house for the unheard of price of only $500/month.  They SAVE so much monthly that THEY become Homeowners because of our program, they can build up their nest eggs!

On the other hand, if you decide to become a landlord, have a renter in your house, have the expenses of maintaining your house for the renter, discover that your RENTER is not making it easy for a Realtor to show the property... you have a problem... especially if they don't keep the house in Show Ready Condition for you...

And why would a Renter encourage a SALE?

It's counter-productive for many renters... so they sabotage the showings in many subtle ways... even with the prerequisite 24hr notice, many renters will generate excuses -- "reasons" for why the house cannot be shown... maybe even until next month. The law gives them that protection -- while you continue to make mortgage payment after mortgage payment.

If you then evict your renter for that kind of behavior, you might have a REAL MESS on your hands... that could completely RUIN your closing and maybe even the entire deal. 

Another excellent question!  We have a 100% guarantee -- in writing -- that your house will be returned to you in as good or better shape as it was at the time of entering our program -- there will be no finger pointing.

We video tape every inch of the house before the Caretaker moves in and after they move to their next home, we compare the before and after video.  Homes in Transition will have any damage fixed -- period.

We know more about our Caretakers than their Mothers do... seriously...

We locate and qualify, QUALITY Caretakers for your house/asset by performing Local, State and Federal -- Civil and Criminal checks, plus Sexual Predator background checks as well as comprehensive Credit Checks. 

We interview, review and monitor our Caretakers during the entire term of placement, to insure that your home is kept in "Show Ready Condition" and we encourage feedback from Realtors to let us know if a Caretaker is doing GREAT (they get rewards) or not so great (they get financial penalties or removed from the program completely).

HIT's contract with the Caretakers allows Realtors AND our own staff to enter the premises with virtually no notice (although that is not encouraged) so Caretakers understand their role and why they get such a great deal when they live in your house -- they EARN it...

The cost for our nationally recognized service is based on what we call a “Diminishing Fee”. 

The best part of our Diminishing Fee, if you even incur one, is that it’s PAID AT CLOSING! 

No upfront costs -- means your available cash can be used for more important things.

Our fee diminishes to zero after 90 days but we provide YOU with ALL our HIT Caretaker services from DAY ONE!

That’s right, we feel confident the service we provide through our Property Caretaker’s will give the current marketing plan of your VACANT house, the punch it needs to be competitive with all the other Occupied Homes in your market. 

We will be successful in bringing you a quick sale in 90 days of occupancy or less -- or your fee diminishes to zero with no further cost to you!