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9 Experts Every Home Buyer Should Have On Their Team – Part II
Real Estate wasn’t the first industry to require a 9-person team. On Wednesday I covered the first five experts that most buyers will need to have lined up before they start looking for a home. They...
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Happy November everyone! Hope you all had a great Halloween. Operation Porchlight was a great success and I’ll have a report on it for you very soon. I’m still assembling all the results and feedback,...
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10 Things that Renters and Home Buyers Forget to Check
“Do you have any questions?” I always ask this at the end of a showing. It’s really an unfortunate question, don’t you think? Unless you’ve prepared well and assembled a list, it’s easy to forget a few...
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Could Your Property Pass a Section 8 Inspection?
If you’re involved in the rental business it won’t be long before you hear about Section 8. Chances are good that you’ve heard of it even if you aren’t involved with renting. It’s bandied about by...
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Assessing the Association
I was recently talking with a first time buyer about the assorted contingencies that she’ll have to fall back on if she puts in an offer on a property. For those of you not accustomed to real estate...
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Anatomy of a Showing: Is Same-Day OK?
The matter of booking showings with very short notice has come up several times with my clients lately, so I thought I should address it for everyone. With the recent holidays the time required for...
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Three Little Pigs Get a Windfall (Or, Mortgage Discount Points FTW)
Once upon a time there were three little pigs. (I’m surprised I haven’t done this in the past year.) The pigs have a grand adventure in store for them involving building supplies and poached wolf, but...
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What’s Your Sign? (How to Tell if YOUR Housing Market Has Recovered)
If you’ve been following the housing market at all, you’ve probably seen articles about how the housing market is recovering, mortgage rates are slated to rise, and prices are climbing again. However,...
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Quality Control Week #1: What Affects Building Quality?
You probably know that there are different grades of quality when it comes to food. The USDA has three different grades for poultry, eight for red meat, and hundreds for fruits and vegetables....
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Quality Control Week #2: Recognizing Low Quality
Hey all! Sorry about the silence last week. Between business and the recent floods in my neighborhood it was absolutely frantic. As always, my clients come first. So when we left off we were talking...
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What’s Your Sign? (How to Tell if YOUR Housing Market Has Recovered)
If you’ve been following the housing market at all, you’ve probably seen articles about how the housing market is recovering, mortgage rates are slated to rise, and prices are climbing again. However,...
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Quality Control Week #1: What Affects Building Quality?
You probably know that there are different grades of quality when it comes to food. The USDA has three different grades for poultry, eight for red meat, and hundreds for fruits and vegetables....
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Quality Control Week #2: Recognizing Low Quality
Hey all! Sorry about the silence last week. Between business and the recent floods in my neighborhood it was absolutely frantic. As always, my clients come first. So when we left off we were talking...
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