10/12/2009 10:42:00 AM
One reason to let someone else do it.
Last July the better half and I purchased a home near ours that we are presently rehabbing. See http://vincenthoehn.point2agent.com/blogs/vince_hoehn/archive/2009/07/22/don-t-just-do-as-i-say-do-as-i-do.aspx I consider myself fairly skilled at many construction ...
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10/12/2009 9:50:00 AM
Revisons to town's UDC ordinace
Last Tuesday the Manitowish Waters Town Board Of Supervisors held a public hearing on a proposal to extend Uniform Dwelling Code inspection requirements that presently apply to one and two family dwellings to accessory buildings and detached garages over 200 ...
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10/10/2009 8:23:00 AM
No! Not snow!
I have been quite busy the last several months - plus suffering from a bit of writer's block - so haven't been doing much in the way of writing, for this blog or otherwise. But I couldn't let the first snowfall pass without some kind of comment. ...
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8/3/2009 1:34:00 PM
The home inspection contingency as a hot topic - who would have thought?
The blog post on home inspections and the home inspection contingency that I posted on May 29th has been receiving a surprising number of views (for one of my blog posts, anyway). Apparently this is a real estate topic which generates a large number of online ...
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7/22/2009 11:55:00 AM
Don't just do as I say, do as I do.
Subtitled: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth is. For some time now I have been saying that this is a great time to buy real estate. Buy when everyone else is selling, sell when everyone else is buying -- you have heard a variation of it many times. I've ...
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6/27/2009 3:37:00 PM
Jumbo loans and you
Nationally, as well as in our local market, most residential real estate activity is centered on lower end of the real estate market. There are a number of reasons why this is true, not the least of which, at least on the national level, is the sales activity ...
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6/13/2009 10:11:00 AM
The cause of low water levels in northern Wisconsin lakes.
You may have noticed that over the last 10 years or so that it appears that the water levels have been dropping in our northern Wisconsin lakes. It has become particularly noticeable in a number of seepage lakes (lakes that have no input or output of water ...
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6/10/2009 12:04:00 PM
Clients, Customers, and Buyer Agency
In our market many of our buyers (and sellers) are not residents of Wisconsin. These customers and clients, familiar with real estate practices in their home states, often are not aware that Wisconsin-licensed agents must by law follow rules that may differ ...
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5/29/2009 2:22:00 PM
Let's talk about home inspections and the inspection contingency.
As a real estate agent, I would never advise a buyer not to write a home inspection contingency in an offer to purchase contract. What I would do is advise the buyer that every house has defects. Some are readily observable; others are hidden. Some are trivial; ...
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5/22/2009 3:00:00 PM
It is still possible to buy low and sell high – the proof.
The sale of a lake home in one of our local communities which closed last Friday provides proof that success in real estate investing hinges on buying right. The home in question was listed at $399,000 and the sale price was $374,050, or 94.7% of list, which ...
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