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  • The real estate agent working environment

    Understanding the real estate agent working environment Your success with your real estate experience is in direct proportion to what you know about real estate. This short primer will help you better understand the agent and their playing field. Here are some facts to help shape your perspective. The more you know, the better your…

  • Tax Considerations When You Buy Or Sell A Home

    Another Benefit Of Homeownership One of the most appealing advantages of being a homeowner is the tax incentives offered. Even though some tax considerations are basic and fairly well known, the topic remains complex and extremely detailed.  It is not our intent to answer all of your tax questions on this web page, but rather…

  • How To Choose A Home Builder

    Before You Begin Your Builder Search Just as with buying or selling an existing home, building a new home can be a complicated process. Fortunately, there are steps one can take to avoid costly problems and unsatisfactory results. At the same time you can provide more input to achieve the outcome you want. First, as…

  • What Is A Real Estate Transferee?

    A Family Moving For An Employer A transferee is an individual whose employer has asked them to relocate.  Companies relocate employees for a wide variety of business reasons. In many cases, these new assignments are long term and require that the entire family’s participation in the relocation. Typically, the employee sells their home in the…

  • So, you’ve been transferred

    When you have been transferred, seek out the person that administers your relocation benefit immediately on notification of the new assignment. Do not depend on the water cooler talk with other employees as it may result in misunderstandings or miscommunications. The water cooler is not aware of a variety of internal and external communications that…

  • For Real Estate Relocation Counselors

    Help Us Make Your Job Easier When the relocation counselors do their job the move goes smoothly for the relocating employee and their family. Help your transferees by reading through the web site articles. It is a small investment in your time. You discover powerful information and insight that will allow you to improve the…

  • Satisfying contract contingencies

    Satisfying contract contingencies Home buying contingencies are contractual requirements stating specific conditions upon which the closing of the purchase is dependent. Because a home is an expensive and complex structure, it is often difficult or costly to address all issues prior to agreeing to the terms of a purchase or sale. The practice of real…

  • Mortgage loan pre-approval

    A mortgage loan pre-approval from a lender has gained more importance in real estate transactions than ever before. Mortgage lending has been affected the past several years with a heightened level of regulation in an attempt to prevent the types of abuses they believe created the real estate meltdown that began around 2008. Appraisal restrictions,…

  • The accepted offer

    So, you have the accepted offer, or you have accepted the counter-offer, now what? This information is not being presented to frighten or create doubt. If you chose a good agent and followed the receiving an offer advice you have reduced the risk of complications going forward. The idea here is that being fully informed…

  • The best method to receive an offer on your home

    The saying “Luck is when preparedness and opportunity meet” is a very appropriate thought for this occasion. For most of us, to receive an offer on our home rarely happens during our lifetime. Most often, your agent will not suggest a method of how to handle this meeting, but we want you to have all…

  • Negotiating for home sellers

    Negotiating for home sellers is an important key So many times ego, misinformation or just downright stubbornness costs a sale unnecessarily. In most cases, one or both of the parties were not willing to consider the concern or objection of the other party. Many critical concerns will be  discussed and decided upon during the real…

  • 8 tips to find the right home mortgage

    Find the money first Shopping at a price point over your maximum loan qualification is just one reason the importance of mortgage pre-approval is not taken for granted. Critical first step Even before you start looking for a home, have a mortgage loan officer pre-approve you. It is a critical first step. Here are the…

  • Determining a home’s value

    “A Pig in a Poke” We’ve all heard this phrase. It means to buy something that is worth less than you thought it was. Determining a home’s value is one of the biggest struggles for buyers of real estate. For sellers, the reverse, being underpaid, is true. Both buyer and seller wonder how they can protect…

  • Finding the right real estate agent

    Which Agent Will It Be? Finding the right real estate agent can make the difference in the quality of the experience.  Because searching for a home, or selling a home, may be the largest single financial decision you make, interviewing three agents is a wise exercise for you to undertake. If you had been attending…

  • The listing agreement

    An employment agreement In the simplest terms, the listing agreement is an employment contract between the home seller and the broker. The agreement describes the relationship between the two parties. It is driven by state and federal law to ensure compliance with existing law and outlines each party’s responsibilities in the process. When both sides…