It is the fourth quarter of 2020 and we are in an “Up” real estate market. Selling a larger home and buying a smaller lower priced home that better meets your needs can be an advantage for you. Your advantage is that you can maximize your selling price and not be forced to reinvest all […]
Cutting prices or offering sales prices will generally bring people buying anything out of the woodwork that may have not been serious buyers before. In today’s market, renters can easily lower their monthly housing costs by half or more by buying a home with all the financial benefits that it brings. A renter’s mortgage payment […]
The bank’s or lender’s purpose for making loans is gaining clients who will repay them as a disadvantage they are not worried about tax deductions. This makes good business for the bank or lender, but how are you supposed to know? Most of us who own a home or those who are wanting to buy […]
Sellers should have their homes pre-approved before agents start showing their home just like you would pre-approve a buyer before they can start shopping. The reasons being to make sure the home appeals to the “right” buyers, to discover issues with the home before it goes on the market, improve its marketability, to increase the […]
The smart-home device market is rapidly growing. It may begin with a video doorbell, maybe lights and it often progresses to other devices like Alexa®. More and more homeowners are employing smart home technology in their homes. Forbes research expects it to grow from $55 billion in 2016 to $174 billion in 2025. When selling […]
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that investors have rarely been this flush with cash. According to Refinitv Lipper, the economic uncertainty due to the pandemic and the volatility of the stock market has caused assets in money-market funds to increase to approximately $4.6 trillion, the highest level on record. If you are one of […]
Most homes in most neighborhoods have sprinkler systems for their yards. And with a sprinkler system comes a somewhat manual sprinkler controller that lets you turn it on, turn it off and punch tines next to numbers for when you want it to auto sprinkle. This controller offers just a basic functionality and is sometimes […]
Buyers, sellers and real estate agents often use square footage as their common demoninator in determining the value of a home. There is no quick method or automated value method that will give you the correct amount. It may seem like a straight forward process, but there are several variances that can lead to inaccurate […]
For one reason or another, there are hundreds of thousands of people who believe that they cannot afford to buy a home right now. For whatever reason, some of these people may not be ready to buy. It would be very surprising to know that of the people who can buy now, how many got […]
June, July and August have more people grilling in them than any other month during the year. Because of this, there are more injuries and fires due to grilling accidents in those months. Even though Labor Day happens in September, we still need to be vigilant about safety. Due to injuries involving grills, about 20,000 […]
