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Maintain the equity in your home
It happens often, people don’t give enough thought to maintaining and increasing the equity in their homes, until they call us to help them sell it!
From the moment home ownership is taken, the impact of improvements and revisions should always be in the forefront of the decision making process, with attention given to ...
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What is a smart home? Many people have been talking about “Smart Home Technology”. Although it’s an industry that started long ago, it is rapidly expanding and the products that are available and continue to be developed is growing with increasing speed and diversity. The term “Smart Home” has become a common phrase but until recently there was no working definition. CNET and Coldwell Banker have worked together to create a definition that has offered consistency that ...
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This is a question we are asked frequently. We have addressed the question in a post before and decided to bring it back with a new post, since it is continuously a popular subject. Remodeling magazine has updated their data for ...
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As a future home seller, you may not have considered the appraisal a bank will have, if the potential buyer for your home, is financing their purchase with a mortgage.
The buyer will notify their bank once they have an agreement on your home. The bank will arrange for an appraiser to come out to your ...
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If you are out driving or walking through a neighborhood and you would like immediate information about a home that you see, this app will give you the information. If it is a home that is currently on the market or has recently sold you will get photos and details straight from ...
We rarely get asked “What about the pets?”! Many people don’t consider the importance of planning the critical detail of how to manage their pets while their home is for sale.
Pets often behave differently than expected when confronted with an altered routine. A dog that is ...
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Renter Beware!
A person has been looking everywhere for an apartment or house to rent. There aren’t any available in the area they’d like to live. When they do find something that suits them, it costs more than they want or are able to pay. Finally, they find ...
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What do we do about the holes in the walls when we take our pictures and decorations down?
Aren’t the sellers going to repair the walls when they take their pictures and decorations down?
These are two questions we are frequently asked, but often very late in the process. Sometimes it happens the week before the closing, ...
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Have you tried out our mobile real estate search?
When you are out with your mobile phone pull up our website. Scroll to the bottom and click where it says “Mobile Real Estate Search” and the nearby houses that are on the market will come up on a map. You can then pull up the information for each one that you are interested in, and get the data and photos that are available.
It works on ...
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The process of buying a home seems simple enough. You decide to buy, you find a home, you get a mortgage and you move in! It’s not that simple and those steps are only a small piece of the entire process. The following list outlines common mistakes to avoid during the early part of the home buying process.