It’s Elemental: New Homeowner’s Basic Maintenance Guide
Buying a home is an exciting experience. You save up your downpayment, wade through thousands of listings, find and hire a buyer’s agent, search for the perfect home,… Read more ⇢
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Want to Become a Real Estate Investor? Think about Buying a “Live In” –Plex
As a first foray into investment property, buying a duplex, triplex or quad and living in one unit might be the way to go. In the current market,… Read more ⇢
Back-to-School Organization
With school starting, it’s time to do a little reorganizing to make early mornings and after-school activities run smoothly. When starting school after moving to a new home, consider… Read more ⇢
Decorate and Economize at the Same Time
Once you get into your new place, you want to paint, upgrade fixtures and add window coverings. While at it, consider extras that improve your bottom line. Some… Read more ⇢
Sell Your Home in Any Season
As we slip into autumn, many homeowners take their homes off the market, believing that their home will not sell in the fall or winter. While it is… Read more ⇢
Creating an Idea Book for Your New Home
Contemplating buying a new home or remodeling the one you have? Before you call your real estate agent, hire a designer or head to your local Do-It-Yourself superstore refine… Read more ⇢
Why Downsizing is the New Upsizing
Most people think of downsizing as something you do in retirement. The kids are grown, the nest is empty and you have all this space just gathering dust… Read more ⇢
New FHA Leeway for Approvals
Having a low FICO score usually means there is no way for you to quality for a FHA mortgage, but changes to the underwriting process August 2015 means that… Read more ⇢
School for Homebuyers?
Now that the kids have gone back to school, vacations are over and the weather is starting to turn, it’s time to get serious about hunting for a house. Read more ⇢
There’s an App for That
You don’t know what you don’t know, so how many homebuyers or home-sellers know they can use their smart phones to get smarter about the process? It… Read more ⇢
Can I Buy a Home with an FHA Loan If I have a Student Loan?
This year the Federal Housing Administration made adjustments to its underwriting handbook that significantly affect potential buyers that have outstanding student loans. Changes became effective September 14, 1015. Read more ⇢
Fall Filter Fixes
Okay, some home maintenance items just don’t make the urgent list. Changing your furnace filter doesn’t often make the cut. As we head into autumn, take a… Read more ⇢
Lighten Up Dark Spaces Naturally
You saved up your money and survived the rigors of mortgage underwriting, packed up your apartment, loaded the truck and moved into your new home. After several urgent days… Read more ⇢
Should You Wait Until Spring to Put Your Home on the Market?
Typically the end of the Holiday season and New Years signal the advent of Spring, so putting your home on the market around the time of the Spring Equinox might be… Read more ⇢
Quick Kitchen Upgrade: Open Shelving
One of the first places homebuyers want to make changes is to an outdated kitchen. Visions of granite countertops, new cabinetry and shiny appliances grace the pages of… Read more ⇢
