Should I Go With a Moving Company or Use Moving Containers? One of the questions homeowners often ponder is whether they should go with a moving truck rental company or use storage containers. There are pros and cons to many of your moving options. When you start planning your move, you will discover that you […]

Real Estate Agents Shouldn’t Make These Mistakes Are you aware that most real estate agents will never be successful? Year-after-year, statistics indicate that 93% of the deals are done by only 7% of the agents? Let’s re-word it to make sure it sinks in: 93% of the agents out there are literally fighting over the […]

What a Realtor Needs from a Home Inspector In an ideal world, real estate agents and home inspectors would work together, hand in hand, to help home buyers make knowledgeable decisions about what properties to buy. After all, that is what a home inspection is for. Quite often, this is exactly what happens. Unfortunately, sometimes […]

Getting the Timing Right – Your Options for Buying and Selling The timing of selling a home and buying another one is delicate and requires solid planning before you act. You want to make the sales and buying process, and the transfer between the two, as painless as possible. But unless you are a financially […]

FSBO – A Recipe for Summertime Blues Summer is a popular time for selling a home. It’s also a very good time for DIY projects, so it is not surprising that some sellers consider tackling their own sale. For Sale By Owner (FSBO) is tempting for an apparent reason – you don’t have to pay […]

How to Be a Great Real Estate Agent Let’s face it – being a real estate agent isn’t for pushovers! Agents deal with varying demands of clients, and at the same time, face the ongoing necessity of increasing their customer base. Oh, and they need to make they close enough deals to make a living […]

Effective Home Selling Tips Some homes get listed and sold within hours or days! But then there are also many home sellers whose homes stay listed for weeks or months on end without anything more than a couple of inquiries! This can be frustrating! At length, they are forced to lower the asking price. Sometimes […]

Unlocking The Equity in Your Home One of the questions homeowners often ask is how do I get the equity out of my house? Lots of people are finding themselves house-rich but cash poor. It has become increasingly common for people reaching retirement age to have less money than they need – certainly not enough […]

Is January A Good Time to List My Home For Sale One of the questions I often get from perspective home sellers is should I list my home in January or wait until spring? There really is no right or wrong answer. Much of the decision making process should center around the personal circumstances of the […]

Without a doubt one of the worst things about the real estate industry is the ease in which you can become a Realtor. What this does is create an environment in which those you would not describe as professionals joining the ranks. This can create great frustrations for those in the trade who strive to […]