Category: Articles of Interest

If you’ve got kids and are planning to move, you’ve got your hands full! Before you start looking at homes and packing up boxes of toys, you want to be sure that your new home offers the amenities you are seeking for your school-aged children. Sounds simple enough, but there’s really a lot to consider.…

Have you ever been mountain climbing? If you plan to sell your home without representation, that kind of experience could come in handy. Extensive preparation is needed if you expect to reach your goal. You might feel like you’ve reached the peak when you get an offer, but you’ve only made half the journey. To…

If you are willing to purchase a reasonably priced home in need of updates or renovation, you should also be willing to seriously consider exactly how much time and money those renovations will require.  Save yourself emotional and financial distress by following some simple words of advice.  First, no matter how much you budget for…

Title insurance is among the costs of successfully closing a real estate transaction, but many people don’t understand what this is for, or why they must pay for it.  First of all, realize that title insurance works differently from traditional insurance policies in a very important way.  Other types of policies may protect you from…

When you’re ready to sell your home, your agent will inform you how to successfully price, present and market your property; but some “family members” may be left out of the loop, completely unaware of the process and feeling the attendant anxiety.  No, it’s not your kids, but your pets.  Unfortunately, there is no way…

Forget about tree-hugging – the high cost of energy is making environmentalists out of everyone!  Homebuilders and homeowners are no exception, and it’s anticipated that by 2010, about ten percent of all new homes will be “green.”  The biggest challenge to green building has been the misconception that it costs more to construct such a…