5 Things Homebuyers and Sellers Should Know About Credits

After months of searching for the perfect home, writing multiple offers, and dealing with sellers who won’t budge on price, you’ve finally got a contract on the perfect home. It took you and the…

3 Things You Should Know About Preliminary Title Reports

After the buyer and seller have reached agreement, but before the close of escrow, the preliminary title report needs review. It’s not going to be one of the most riveting documents you’ll…

How Outdoor Space Can Help Sell Your Home

Humorist Fran Lebowitz once wrote, "The outdoors is what you have to go through to get from the apartment into the taxi." But she’s an exception. When considering a new property, nearly…

Five Tips for Buying and Selling a Home at the Same Time

Is it possible to buy a home and sell your home at the same time anymore? And what should you tackle first? Should you get an offer on your home before you…

5 Tips for the Final Walk-Through

You’ve found the home you love, made the offer, and the seller has accepted. You’ve gotten your inspections done, your loan is being finalized and an escrow closing date has been set.…
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The Anatomy of a Real Estate Purchase

The steps, process and details of buying real estate can be intimidating and overwhelming to the first-time (and even the veteran) buyer. If you’ve never done this before, you likely have no…

Buying a Foreclosure? Watch Out for These 5 Landmines

These are trying times for many homeowners. Walk away from a mortgage? Something that was unthinkable and morally offensive 10 years ago is now an option many people are choosing. Home foreclosed?…

How to Win a Real Estate Bidding War

As the real estate market starts to pick up in many parts of the country, real estate agents from small towns to the big cities are blogging, tweeting, ranting and raving about multiple-offer…

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…

Five Strategies for Pricing a Home to Sell

Is a $499 iPad a bargain compared to one that costs $500? Not exactly. But retailers have long priced products just below a round number because, psychologically, $499 feels more like a…