Would you like to learn some of the best mortgage tips for first-time homebuyers? Understanding the steps to buying a house is crucial. Buying a home involves many lingoes the average consumer may not know or understand. Considering that most people will finance a home’s purchase for a relatively significant amount, it makes sense to […]
Different Types of Property Liens Explained
Did you find out there are liens on your house? Selling a home with a lien can be problematic. Can a lien against your property stop the sale? It sure can – dead in its tracks! If you plan on selling your home, it is in your best interest to learn about property liens—what they […]
How to Avoid Selling Your House For Less Than You Should
The phrase “leaving money on the table” is an idiom that means not getting enough money as you could have. If you are like most sellers, you hope to sell your home at the best possible price. After all, no one wants to sell for less than they should. Most people would rather worry about […]
How to Find Liens on a Property and Methods to Remove Them
Are you wondering what a lien on property is and how it works? Perhaps you want to do a property lien search? Are you interested in how to find out if there is a lien on a home? Knowing how to check for liens on a property is essential. If you find liens, you’ll also […]
8 Options When Your Home Isn’t Selling
Things You Can Do When Your Home Isn’t Selling Is your house not selling? I know it can be maddening. Few situations are more frustrating than struggling to sell your home after you put it on the market. You tried to do everything right. You have spent considerable time and effort, and possibly money, trying […]
Challenges in Real Estate For Home Sellers
13 Frustrating Things You Can Expect To Deal With When Selling Your Home Few things are more exciting than finally selling your home. If you are lucky, you will make quite a bit of money—money you can use to buy a new home, invest, or have fun. Who doesn’t enjoy that? But the path to […]
Tips For Removing Wallpaper Before a Home Sale and Why
Are you wondering if you should remove the wallpaper in your home? Let’s cut to the chase – you should! Specific tasks are always worth doing when you are selling a home. Mowing the lawn, for instance, makes sense. It is too easy and makes the house look so much better that it is foolish […]
Don’t Do These Things When Selling Your House
Bad Home Selling Advice to Avoid Knowing what not to do when selling a house is critical. There is a lot of advice out there about selling your home—and a lot of that advice you would do best to ignore. You want to sell your home for the best possible price in a reasonable amount […]
Fallacies About Open Houses Some Real Estate Agents Don’t Want You to Know
Myths About Open Houses You Need to Know When you think of selling a home, an open house seems part of the deal. Everyone has an open house, don’t they? It is the best way to show off the home to numerous potential buyers – isn’t it? Well, not really. An open house has a […]
How Frequently Do Low Real Estate Appraisals Happen and Why
It can be unnerving to find out that an appraiser thinks the home you want to buy is not worth what you thought it was. Many buyers and sellers have asked me how often an appraisal is low. Fortunately, they are not extremely frequent, but enough that the issue should be on anyone’s radar who […]