Understanding Fixtures in Real Estate: What Every Homeowner Should Know Introduction: When it comes to buying or selling real estate, understanding the concept of fixtures is crucial. Fixtures can play a significant role in determining what is included in a property...
Overview One of the first questions to come up when home shopping is How Much Money Will I Need to Buy My House? Followed quickly by When will I have to have each amount? Earnest Money - At the time of an accepted contract Earnest Money is the cash you put down up...
Air Quality is a moving target and when you have allergies, you want the best you can get. I recently interviewed Dale Ortman with Certified Inspectors of America, LLC. Here is what he had to say. How long does testing take? Testing can be scheduled within a few days....
1. Why Picking the Right Lender is so Crucial Having a bad lender experience is so unnecessary and yet, it happens fairly often to those who don't know what to look for. A great lender can tip the scales in your favor in a multiple offer situation; they can advocate...
Figure taken from page 25 in Your First Home Questions for your agent Why did you become a real estate agent? Part of it stems from my frustration with our own first home buying experience. It would have gone so much better with an experienced professional on our...
Be Careful! In the example here, the most recent listing on FMLS (and the one that shows the property as SOLD) indicated that this property sold in 12 days at 95% of list price. So what’s the problem? The problem is… the property originally listed for $3,550,000 and...
It might seem like splitting hairs, but the WHEN matters a lot when you are selling your home. Seasonality and price niche patterns can cause sudden lulls in Buyer purchasing activity. We can help you anticipate those times and resist the temptation to over-react.
https://youtu.be/HdUXVCNn9Z0 I traveled to Austin, TX for the first time in August 2002. The event was called Mega Camp and it was one of KW’s two annual gatherings for it’s agents. I was a Dreamer – not a Superstar. Not heavily recruited and thought I was happy where...
Schools are a consideration when buying a home in Metro Atlanta. Here are lists to do your research for public and private schools kindergarten through high school.
How the home inspection process works Congrats!!! You are under contract! The first step is to get those inspections scheduled as soon as possible. The best inspectors are going to be busy. During busy times, it may take up to a week to get people on site to do the...