Are Open Houses Worth It?
Historically, open houses have been a marketing staple for listing agents. Open houses can be an effective tool in a buyer's real estate market. However, we are in a sizzling hot seller's market right now.
April 05, 2022
April 01, 2022
Agent Safety and Technology
The world is a different place than it used to be, with crime rates increasing more and more every day. Unfortunately, this does not exclude the real estate industry. Real estate agents face risks and dangers more than ever before.
March 29, 2022
Leaving Your House to Family
A lifetime of hard work, careful saving and sound investments can often leave you in pretty good financial shape upon retirement. True, none of it is an exact science but these together represent a fairly reliable rule of thumb for wealth creation.
March 25, 2022
How Will War, Inflation and Rising Interest Rates Affect the Real Estate Market
The reality that good news never makes the news does not take the edge off of the dreadful reports coming from media outlets in 2022.
March 18, 2022
Home Search Strategies for 2022
It is no secret that many home buyers are having a hard time finding a home to purchase. The inventory of homes available for sale was on the low side even before the Covid 19 pandemic. Currently, there is a historic and dire shortage of houses for sale.
March 15, 2022
Various Shades of Buyer Representation
When interviewing for a real estate agent to help you purchase a home, be sure to ask them what type of buyer representation they are going to provide to you. There are multiple types of buyer representation with differences in what they entail.
March 11, 2022
Spring Staging Ideas
Spring is a time of new life and new beginnings. Springtime is when the real estate market comes to life as buyers look to begin their new lives in new homes.
March 08, 2022
To Solar or Not to Solar
Clean and renewable energy is all the rage these days. It excites the imagination that we will be able to manufacture products; heat homes and buildings; drive trucks and automobiles; and even shoot rockets into space with power that is ample, abundant and in no way toxic to the atmosphere.
March 04, 2022
Has COVID Impacted Where We're Moving From/To?
Since mid-winter of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has served as an omni-present reality. There is literally no place to run. Yet people continue to move and relocate for work, for family and for quality of life.