Real Estate Tips & Advice

26
Aug
2026

What You Should Know About Easements and Rights-of-Way

In certain types of real estate transactions, it’s not not until the middle of the deal that home buyers realize the land they’re purchasing with their home is not 100 percent theirs.…
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26
Aug
2026

Three Reasons to Rent Before Buying in a New City

It’s a standard scenario. I’m at an open house, meeting potential buyers and homeowners. In walks a couple just off an airplane from across the country. They’ve taken a great new job…
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26
Aug
2026

Insider’s Guide to Success with Short Sales

Many real estate agents steer their clients away from a short sale because they think they take too long, that their commissions will be lowered, or simply because they don’t know a…
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26
Aug
2026

3 Ways to Use the Internet to Research a Property

Most home searches start online these days. Sorting through listings, photos, floor plans and descriptions are a great way to feel out the market and engage yourself as you think about making…
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26
Aug
2026

Buying a Home in the Next Year? Time to Get to Work!

Even with interest rates and home prices at all-time lows, many potential home buyers, especially first-timers, are on the sidelines. They’re concerned about the economy, their job, their savings, or their ability…
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26
Aug
2026

How Do I Find Out if Someone Died in My House?

I came across an online forum recently in which someone asked, “How do I find out if someone died in my house?” One forum member wanted to know if anyone had died…
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26
Aug
2026

How Your Neighbor Can Help You Sell Your Home

Are you on good terms with your neighbors? If you aren’t, you might want to mend those fences before listing your home for sale. A client of mine didn’t get along with…
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26
Aug
2026

What You Should Know About Pocket Listings

Over the past year or so, “pocket listings” have become a more mainstream option for quietly marketing a home. If you haven’t heard this real estate term before, you probably will. Here…
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26
Aug
2026

Why Your First Offer is Always Your Best Offer

Real estate agents around the world generally go by the same mantra when discussing the first offer that a seller receives on their home: “The first offer is always your best offer.”…
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26
Aug
2026

Advice for Buyers Bidding on a Home With Multiple Offers

In case you missed the news, markets are starting to pick up, which means more home buyers are likely to get off the sidelines. But, given the lack of good inventory in…
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