Lifestyle

Buy with confidence!
You’ve found the perfect home. You’re excited and ready to make a written offer to purchase, but how can you be sure there are no structur...

Why advertising might not work
As you prepare to sell your home, you’ll probably consider the best way to advertise it. Surprisingly, advertising may not work. But marketing d...

Financing 101
If you’re not a homeowner, you might be confused by all the financing lingo. Learn more by understanding the basic terms used to describe a mort...

Opportunity in any market
Whether the market is up or down (and particularly if it’s down), buying a “fixer-upper” and updating it can prove to be a profitabl...

Don’t go it alone
Consider the sale of your home “by owner?” That may seem logical when there is strong sales activity in the real estate market, but wait a...

Saved by the net
You’re ready to list, but are you ready to sell? Let’s say that on the first day your home is for sale, your real estate agent shows it to...

How will you know?
Advertise your home for sale and buyers will come … or will they? How can you tell a buyer from a prospect or a prospect from a “tire-kick...

Beware of competition
Price is always an important consideration to property owners planning to sell. One misconception, however, is that sales prices may be based on what ...

It takes two to harmonize
Whether you are buying a home or selling one, it is likely that once an Offer To Purchase is on the table, you’ll enter a phase of the transacti...

Buy now, retire later
Have you been hearing that it’s a wonderful real estate market? Take a look at local home prices. Have you been told that there’s no time ...