It has taken a couple of months, but you are now walking up the stairs and into your new home. It’s actually a little bigger than you thought and you can’t wait to paint the kitchen, replace the carpet, get the FiOS set up, and turn in the keys at the old place. Maybe even take a dip in the pool! Nice story, but this is the type of mental image Continue Reading
Back from the road… and lots of questions.
As I pulled into my driveway in Vienna, so ended a long trip through New England ranging from fun in Acadia National Park to the sunny shores of Narragansett, Rhode Island. Being a real estate agent can spark a conversation almost anywhere, and I wound up answering questions from friends who are considering buying a property in Colorado. The Continue Reading
Agents, it is a job not your life
An escalation clause?
People are now realizing that some prices are just too low, and they want to do whatever it takes to get the property. I don't think it is the right strategy to win the prize... if it really is a prize at all. Continue Reading
Considering buying a foreclosure?
You may not think about it when you see the sweet price on this Fairfax foreclosure. But the people have been living there probably mad as heck and taking it out on the house. So what is the potential problem if they flushed a little extra goop like cement into the sewer lateral? Trouble! And the paperwork the bank is going to send will strip Continue Reading
