A series of blog posts for home buyers.
The home buying process step by step Step 1 Pull your free credit reports from Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. You can’t buy a home if you have credit problems. You also can’t buy a home with a loan if you have no credit. This is common with people who were raised by their parents to…
“Oh, this house has a broom rack!” she screeched with excitement. “Please, like you need more brooms-” joked her husband before being interrupted by her seething voice. “Beelzebub! Stop smooshing your sister’s horns into their couch.” With a deep sigh, she turned to her husband. Lucifer, dear, can you light a fire under Satanay and…
“Well if you are going to complicate things…” What!!!! (yes with all those exclamation points and all) is what I really wanted to scream on the other end of the phone, but I was already huffy. What is wrong with you. I don’t have the right skin tone to pull off bright orange,” I countered. …
About a gazillion years ago a general was being defeated in battle and so like all good generals he buried his treasure in his tent. Now, apparently this was the Biltmore Estate of tents because his treasure could not be found. Personally, I think they must have been man-looking in the tent, but I digress…
Paul Slaybaugh, who is a really good Scottsdale Arizona real estate agent by the way, wrote an interesting blog post about buyer agent bonuses. He syndicated it to the real estate network ActiveRain and a brouhaha ensued. I think as a consumer you should take the time to read some of the comments and what…
Are you one of those? You know, those people who want to live off-grid, have a cob house here in Salem Oregon, or build your own strawbale instead. If those words are green music to your ears, I just stumbled on this cool map. If you want to see who is doing what in serious…
In June of 2009, in Oklahoma, a lawsuit of a buyer against a seller and the listing agent was allowed to go to the Oklahoma supreme court. At issue, the ability of the buyer to sue the seller and the agent for misrepresentation of square footage. Here in Salem, Oregon, I have been appalled by…
Most people have heard of HOA’s: Home Owner’s Associations. Salem Oregon has some HOA communities but generally speaking they are not a large part of our real estate market like in some parts of the country. HOA’s are always formed for condo developments and sometimes for single family developments as well. The local golf club…
Paul Slaybaugh, an excellent Scottsdale Arizona real estate agent, wrote a great blog post today. I wanted to comment on it because I have talked about this issue so many times in the past few years. In the world of real estate there seems to be this polarization occurring, agents like myself and John Kirk,…
