5 Credit Myths Debunked. A lender friend of mine once told me that credit is one of the most commonly misunderstood elements of our financial fitness. We all know it’s important yet we don’t take the time to comprehend its significant impact on our day-to-day lives. For instance, did you know that auto insurance rates,… Read More
Video: How to Shop for a Home with Instagram Instagram is far more entertaining than most social media sites. It caters to the quirky and the unexpected. Instagram welcomes the photos that you may feel don’t belong in other places. If I have artsy shots of homes for sale, a beam of sunshine through a… Read More
Is Voice Control of Smart Home Applications the Next Big Thing? I’m not at all sure that voice control of household appliances is a good thing. What happens when your systems are voice controlled and you say something unintentionally? I can just picture myself standing in front of the refrigerator with my little Tervis glass… Read More
Paradise Comes with High Closing Costs. Closing costs can change right up until the day that you close escrow. If your closing date changes, closing costs can change right along with it. Closing costs can, and do, differ in different places. Home buyers and sellers should always take estimated closing costs with a grain of… Read More
Infographic: How Many Hours Do You Have to Work to Afford Your Mortgage? True, owning a home is an expensive proposition. Yes you are paying a mortgage. If you’re renting a home you are still paying a mortgage, just someone else’s. True, you have utilities and upkeep. But you’ll be paying utilities either way and… Read More
Video: How to Prepare for a Home Inspection I don’t often recommend that home sellers employ a home inspector before putting their house on the market, unless it’s obvious that the home has not been well maintained. On the other hand, if you’re not handy at all or generally unable to perform any kind of… Read More
Home Values 77 Percent Higher in Zip Codes with Good Schools. In my opinion, all schools should be good. Having said that, there are always going to be favorite school districts among home buyers, and home sellers who view their district as desirable. Whether we like it or not, school districts play an enormous roll… Read More
55+ Housing Market Remains in Positive Territory. Active Adult communities are getting lots of notice and with the baby-boomer generation aging, the popularity of these communities is likely to just keep flourishing for quite some time. After a period of static growth, new Active Adult neighborhoods are popping up in nearly every district. Mega-communities all… Read More
Sun Lakes Fast 15 – An Active Adult Paradise at just the right time of year. It’s Monday, September 26, 2016, and less than 5 days away from Sun Lakes’ busiest ‘moving in’ day. We joke here in Arizona that Fall is the time of year that our license plates change color. Most Active Adult… Read More
Set the Selling Scene with Pop-Up Staging. There are a couple of recent trends in home staging. one is virtual staging, where photos are edited to include nearly realistic furniture when the home has none. The other recent movement is toward pop-up staging, explained in more detail below. As you can see in the photos,… Read More
