8/11/2009 11:44:00 AM
How to get past the Appraisal
Bank Appraisals are something that don't get much discussion time and with this new market environment, I figured it is time to do just that. What is a bank appraisal first of all. It is a requirement by the lending institution that is FINANCING the loan ...
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7/26/2009 6:32:00 AM
What exactly is a short sale? Great info for buyers.
I recently listed a short sale property and quickly learned from viewer comments that many consumers still do not know what a short sale is. This despite all of the talk about it in the news and at the water cooler. It is easy to forget that as a real estate ...
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7/24/2009 4:51:00 AM
Are you willing to pay $400.00 for Bozo the Clown to do a Home Inspection?
There, I said it. I have been wanting to get that off my chest for a while now. One of the biggest inequities in RI Real Estate lies in the Home Inspector.Your Real Estate Agent, your mortgage broker are licensed every which way to Sunday, but your home inspector? ...
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6/23/2009 7:04:00 AM
Making sure that you get your Tax Credit by closing on time!
Free money is something no one wants to turn down. And with this perfect combination of low prices, lower interest rates, and now the tax credit, buyers are out in droves. Perhaps you have bid against them for the same property. There is something very important ...
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3/19/2009 12:34:00 PM
Staging your Home To Sell
Frustration is the buzz word amongst home seller these days. It takes a lot longer to sell a home and sometimes it does not sell at all. If it does sell, many sellers made concessions on price just to get it sold. What too many sellers don't know is that ...
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2/21/2009 9:44:00 AM
Foreclosures, How to buy them and how to finance them.
About 75% of the propeties being sold in Northern RI are foreclosures. Why? It is the perfect opportunity for buyers giving them the affordabilty that has been lacking in this market. Sometimes they are in great condition and sometimes they are not. But there ...
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1/15/2009 4:10:00 PM
Purchasing a foreclosure property
So often I am asked by buyers about foreclosure properties and how to buy them at Auction. My answer to this is you never want to buy a home at an auction if you don't have to. I will come back to this point in a minute. There was a time when the only ...
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8/12/2007 9:48:00 AM
Now is the Time to Buy
Unfortunately, there are some great deal out there. I say unfortunately because if you are getting a fabulous deal it is because you may be benefiting from one's misfortunes. These are hard times not only for those with less than decent home loan programs, ...
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11/16/2006 1:45:00 PM
Home Staging
Does Staging really work? How does it work? Really, Staging done right is actually subliminal.I remember a house that a client I was working with at the time fell in love with. It was a 2 family and one of the tenants had her unit set up so well that she had ...
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