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Is a Lease-option Right For You?

May 18, 2019

| Buying a Home, Local Experts, Mortgage Info, Real Estate, Selling a Home

Lease Options, Land Contracts & “Timed-Purchase” with Early Occupancy… Options to purchase a home outside of getting financing today exist for about the same reasons. The home seeker does not have the resources to buy a home at this time. It could be a credit problem from bankruptcy or foreclosure, divorce, job loss, medical hardship, […]

4 Tips For Making A Competitive Offer

May 15, 2019

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So, you’ve been searching for that perfect house to call ‘home,’ and you’ve finally found it! The price is right, and in such a competitive market, you want to make sure you make a good offer so that you can guarantee that your dream of making this house yours comes true! Below are 4 steps provided by Freddie […]

Harvard Housing Study

March 29, 2019

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JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING STUDIES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY – 2019 Harvard released its comprehensive study on housing trends and the current state of housing. The report begins with the Executive Summary: With new construction still slow to recover from historic lows, almost 80 percent of the nation’s 137 million homes are now at least 20 […]

Remods, Updates & Upgrades…

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Top 15 Home Features That Will Sell Your Home Fast—and for More Cash Lance Lambert | Mar 19, 2019 | Realtor.com It’s one of the (many) high-stakes gambles of homeownership: that awesome new feature or design improvement you’ve been wishin’ and hopin’ (and of course savin’) for might ultimately hurt, not help, your place’s resale […]

Garage Organization on a Budget!

March 19, 2019

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14 Garage Organization Ideas Under $50 HouseLogic | by: Jan Soults Walker Easy-to-afford solutions for your tools, sporting and seasonal gear (so you’ll have room for your car, too). If you’ve got a garage, most likely you’ve got waaayyyy more than cars in there. It’s the catch-all place to keep stuff (mostly) out of sight and […]

Buying & Selling At The Same Time?

March 14, 2019

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8 Mistakes to Avoid When Buying and Selling at the Same Time By Jamie Wiebe | Jan 24, 2019 Plenty of people find themselves buying and selling a home simultaneously, but knowing that others have gone through the same stress does not make it one bit easier. After all, the stakes are so high: If […]

8 Seller Etiquitte Rules

March 9, 2019

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8 Unwritten Etiquette Rules Every Home Seller Should Know If you’re trying to sell your home, you’ve probably scrutinized it, staged it, and scrubbed it down from floorboards to rooftop as if the folks from Architectural Digest were stopping by for a cover shoot. OK, so it’s in immaculate shape—but your home isn’t the only […]

5 Big Reasons to Sell Your Home This Year

March 1, 2019

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5 Big Reasons to Sell Your Home This Year (Because It Could Get Tougher) Rachel Stults | Feb 20, 2019 | Realtor.com It’s no secret that life’s been pretty good to sellers for the past several years. Even if you had no need—or desire—to move, the housing landscape might have seriously tempted you to put […]

7 Buyer Etiquette Rules

February 27, 2019

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7 Unwritten Etiquette Rules Every Home Buyer Should Know You like being under a microscope? Whatever your answer to that question may be, you’d better get used to being scrutinized when you’re trying to buy a home. Your behavior can sway sellers to bestow their precious home on you—or pass you up for someone nicer […]

Sell Your Home in 2019

February 24, 2019

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5 Big Reasons to Sell Your Home This Year (Because It Could Get Tougher) Rachel Stults | Feb 20, 2019 | Realtor.com It’s no secret that life’s been pretty good to sellers for the past several years. Even if you had no need—or desire—to move, the housing landscape might have seriously tempted you to put […]