Scraping up that hefty down payment can be challenging enough, but after tacking on the closing costs, the total cash you’ll have to come up with means it can even longer to save the amount…
Simple Ways to Increase the Value of Your Home Before a Sale
When selling a home, you want to get the best price for it. Even if factors like location and the popularity of the area you reside in are out of your control, there are some…
5 Steps to Make the Most of Your Home Office
Keeping a dedicated home office area does not have to mean closing off part of your house to do your job. The area in which you conduct work tasks can be easily adapted to serve…
How to Avoid Becoming a Mortgage Prisoner
A mortgage prisoner is one who is trapped in an expensive old mortgage and can’t get a cheaper one because of some regulations. It is a frustrating position to be in and the number of…
12 Tips to help sell your house faster
It always seems that when you decide to sell your house, everyone else is selling theirs too and you can’t find buyers to save your life. This is not the end of the world. With…
8 reasons these days it’s better to rent than to own
This is a hotly contested area. Many people will swear it’s much better to buy, and others will swear it’s better to rent. What it really comes down to is what you are planning and…
6 tricks to stage your home for the best sale
When you are selling your house, you have to realize it’s a product. If you were to go into a store, and the clothes hanging there that you want to buy are dirty, and the…
VR tech for buying and selling real estate
Technology never slows down and gets more amazing every year. VR, or Virtual Reality, is no exception. While it is only a few years old, it is becoming a force to be reckoned with, and…
Should you pay for your own full appraisal before you buy a house?
We know the bank and the real estate company will do an appraisal so why should you? Well, we believe you should, as this is one of the biggest purchases of your life. You do…
Selling your home? Consider the ROI on improvements.
This is a well know subject to people that flip houses. You can make improvements to your home, but, will the improvement make you a profit. If you put in n new kitchen and it…