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Counter Offer Strategy

Posted on August 20th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers.

Now days, when an offer is made on a property, it feels like there are larger differences of opinion on price and terms between buyers and sellers at the start of negotiations, than what’s been typical. That doesn’t mean it’s that way for most properties, but I’ve seen and heard of some crazy-low offers being made on properties these days, even if the property is priced correctly. I guess I don’t blame people for

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Accepted Offer…Buyers Agent

Posted on July 28th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, Real Estate Perspective.

It’s best to be very patient when searching for a home, waiting for just the right one that matches your vision, encountering properties online, in print, and on foot, waiting until just the right home appears in your sights. And then it’s best to  pull the trigger quickly on submitting a written offer to purchase so it doesn’t get away to someone else. Usually after some brief negotiations, the offer is accepted by both Buyer and Seller. Upon

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Second Showing

Posted on July 10th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers.

When an agent wants to set an appointment to show my listing, they contact my scheduling service and shortly afterwards I get an email notification from the service with information about the appointment time and the agent who is showing it. The service can tell if the agent has shown this property before, and if so, asks them if it’s a second showing. If it is, the email I receive will say “2nd Showing” someplace on it. That’s semi-interesting to know as

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Diminishing the American Dream

Posted on May 18th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: Financing, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers.

I stay away from politics normally, but this is an needed exception. There is a Bill being considered in the US Congress now that everyone needs to be aware of who owns a home or who may buy one in the future. It proposes changes to regulations involved with Qualified Residential Mortgages, drastically changing the rules of who would be able to obtain a mortgage loan. Sellers and Buyers would both be impacted by

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Horizontal Living

Posted on April 3rd, 2011 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers.

Easily the most efficient design for a home is the traditional two-story. A one-level home with the same square footage costs a lot more to build, as the foundation and roof could be twice the size of it’s two-story version. The electric wiring, water lines and furnace runs needed for a one-level home are longer and therefore add more to building costs too. After being built, a two-story home usually is more efficient to heat and cool as well.