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Moving Day

Posted on October 26th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Real Estate Perspective.

The sale of a home I had listed closed a few days ago, and the Sellers packed and just finished moving to their new home. So this is on my mind right now. Over the years, I’ve see this over and over again, and I know a few tricks about moving. So one of the things I do is to counsel others about the moving process, and hopefully make it easier for them. It’s funny

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Open House Philosophy

Posted on August 8th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Real Estate Perspective.

To me it feels something like the opening line for the long-running show Meet The Press on NBC, but adapted to my own reality. “If it’s Sunday, it’s an Open House”. More times than not, you’ll find me for a few hours on Sunday afternoon hosting an Open House somewhere, and today is no exception. Usually I decide about a week in advance if and where I’d like to have an

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Opening Doors

Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Real Estate Perspective.

Later today, a customer will be closing on the sale of their home. So this is on my mind right now. They call it a final closing because all facets of the transaction come together and the transfer of title and sale is completed. But if you see the faces of the Buyer and Seller, and get a sense of what is really going on, the true impact of this event is anything

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Indianapolis Home Values

Posted on March 20th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Real Estate Perspective.

I saw a presentation locally earlier this year by a well-meaning and experienced real estate professional, who was summing up the residential market for last year to a large audience of people. Among other things, they presented facts about the number of homes that sold and explained how the average price of a home that sold in Indianapolis declined somewhat. Since I follow these numbers myself, it wasn’t a surprise. But what did surprised

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Garage Evolution

Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Architecture & Design, Real Estate Perspective.

A garage is something that most of us probably take for granted. But if our cars had to stay outside during weather extremes, we’d appreciate them more. A customer of mine has been looking for a home in an area where most of the homes have garages, but maybe a fifth of the homes do not. Of the ones that do, most of them are detached garages that stand alone from