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How to Be a Savvy Open House Visitor

Despite how much real estate information is available online, open houses have been will continue to be important. If you’re a buyer, here’s how to be a savvy open house visitor. 1.…

How to Buy Real Estate in 2014 (and Later)

Last year, you probably saw lots of up-and-down news reports and trend stories about the housing market. All this information can make it hard to know how to buy real estate, or…
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Why Use a Real Estate Agent When Listings are Online?

Why use a real estate agent when everything you might want to know about a home is available online? Here are three reasons why Realtors are just as important as they were years…

Don’t Buy on Emotion or Risk Overpaying For Personal Features

When I sit down with sellers to discuss their home’s price, the discussion usually turns to its features. A spectacular view, a cool garage workspace, and a one-of-a-kind garden are the sort…
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The Top 5 Things Today’s Homebuyers Want

The top 5 things today's homebuyers want varies differently from just ten years ago. Homebuyers today are younger and extremely tech savvy. They grew up with smartphones, apps, and Google searches. They want…
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How to Avoid Homebuyers Remorse in Real Estate

Unlike store merchandise or a car, you can’t ‘try before you buy’ a home, which makes your decision to buy or not buy even more stressful. So, in this hotly competitive market,…
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Open Houses – Five Ways to Approach Them

Open Houses have long been a tradition in real estate. Each weekend across the country, hordes of agents put up their A-frame signs and point buyers in the direction of open houses. Meanwhile, buyers with all kinds of…

Is Pricing Low the Way to Go

It may seem logical that if you price your home low, it will sell quickly. Some real estate agents believe everyone should price low. The truth is, there are a lot of things to consider when…

San Francisco Board of Education makes radical change that could boost your home’s value

How’s this for good news?   Without you having to do anything, your San Francisco home’s value may have increased. And if so, you’ve got an unlikely organization to thank: the SF…
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Times Square bombing suspect seemed to be a regular family man, had a house in foreclosure

Some interesting details, from a real estate perspective, have emerged regarding Faisal Shahzad, the accused Times Square bomber. For one thing, Shahzad appeared to have been a fairly typical family man to…
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