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Move Green

Move Green

You can make your move green with a little planning. It doesn’t take much to help the environment when you borrow some old ideas and look around for green service providers. Donate Instead of throwing away old things, consider donating them. Make two piles, one for...
Prepare For The Move

Prepare For The Move

One of the by-products of putting your home up for sale is having to prepare for a move. Needless to say, moving is inherently stressful. Prepare in advance and you will reduce your stress making the inevitable remainder much more manageable. Start Early When you...
9 Selling Mis-steps

9 Selling Mis-steps

When your home is for sale and not attracting offers, any one (or more) of these mis-steps need correcting. Show buyers the fantasy of owning your home, not the reality of everyday living. First Impression Keep the lawn and front of the home looking it’s best at all...
6 staging tips

6 staging tips

Staging your home yourself can save some money on the process and make the sale happen faster and for more money. While professionals can stage it perfectly, you can do a whole lot yourself and keep that warm inviting feeling of a home vs. a house or condominium. Here...
Getting Started

Getting Started

As with so many things in life, getting started in buying a home can be a conundrum. Should you start by getting a loan? See the weekend’s Open Houses and find the right home first? Ask a realtor to show you the home you fell in love with when you saw it online?...
Finding Buyers

Finding Buyers

Finding buyers can be a problem these days. As far back as April 10, 2018 the National Association of Realtors Economists’ blog ( “First-Time Buyers Sidelined by Lack of Supply and Rising Prices,” ) discussed the slow-down in new construction. This continues with no...
Renting vs Owning

Renting vs Owning

The case for renting is made quite easily made when looking at the monthly rent versus what your monthly payment will be if you take out a mortgage. At least this is the current popular wisdom. Let’s take a closer look. Renting When you rent, you know exactly...
VA Loan Sellers

VA Loan Sellers

If you have a VA loan, you have a built-in advantage over other sellers in your neighborhood. You may remember that your VA loan is assumable so someone else can take over payments if they wish. So if you took out the loan or re-financed when rates were below 4%, your...

Adobe Express

I have recently been using Adobe Photoshop from Adobe Express as I need to edit many photographs. So far I have use for Adobe Photoshop Express. It is a comprehensive and powerful editing software that is suitable for both amateur and professional photographers. It...
The Market

The Market

When looking to buy a home, it is a good thing to know if this is a buyers’ market or a sellers’ market. Knowing this can help you make the offer most likely to be accepted by the seller without over paying. How do you determine this? Look up local...