After five years of blazing hot real estate markets, the 2006 year was definitely a pull back. So, how is the 2007 FSBO market shaping up? The 2007 FSBO Market Ah, the good old days. From roughly 1999 through 2005, selling your home was about as eas...

If you are considering purchasing a home for the first time, a little knowledge will go a long way in making through the process successfully. The first things to understand are your basic options. Your Basic Options with Mortgage Loans At first gla...

Like fine wine, your home has probably aged nicely while you have lived in it. While you may feel this way, it is important to understand buyers may look at it a bit differently. The Fine Wine Element of Selling Your Home A home is a fundamental pa...

Selling your home in the current cool real estate market can be a challenge. Make the decision to sell it in the winter, and you can have a real challenge on your hands. Selling Your Home in Winter The old cliché is that location, location, locati...

As the real estate market cools off, it is important to focus on the fundamentals if you want to sell your home. One key step is to put your best foot forward at the outset of your selling effort. Putting Your Best Foot Forward When Selling Your Home ...

When you decide to sell your home without a real estate agent, you enter the world of the FSBO sellers. As with any new experience, you need to understand some of the basic language. FSBO Jargon – The Language of the FSBO Seller Selling your home ...

As time has passed, even tract homes have been built with more interesting designs. Alas, older homes tend to have large, bland walls that need to be addressed before listing your property for sale. If you go out to a new development these days, you w...

When selling your home for sale by owner, you will be handling your own marketing. This leads us to the issue of what you put in your marketing materials in relation to your home. The real estate industry is somewhat like the used car industry when it...

Purchasing a residence is very much a visual experience. One tends to look for overall aesthetics and usability, but it is important that you focus more closely on certain aspects. Considering Windows When Home Buying In real estate, the term curb a...

When shopping for a home, buyers often look for properties they can spruce up with landscaping that fits their taste. This makes sense, but make sure it is possible. Considering Landscaping Whey Buying a Home It is a rare day indeed when you pull u...

Unless you are the most detailed and disciplined person, your home has some problems with it. When you decide to sell, should you fix the problems first or make the buyer? Make Repairs or Not Before Selling Your Home? The age old quandary for seller...

You may think deciding whether to sell your home or not is your only major decision. Once you make the decision, however, you also need decide if you will sell it as a FSBO property. Should You Sell Your Property as a FSBO? A “FSBO” seller is s...

As the real estate market cools down, attracting buyers is becoming more difficult. FSBO sellers, however, certainly have fewer problems with this issue. Why FSBO Homes Get More Buyer Interest As the red hot real estate market cools off, homeowners...

You decide to go look at potential homes for you next purchase and walk into an absolutely beautiful home with stunning furniture. Should you make an offer? Considering Furnishing When Viewing Homes When someone sells something, they usually do thei...

Nothing is worse than buying a home only to realize you don’t like it. Creating a checklist before you go house hunting can help prevent this situation. Creating a List Before You Go House Hunting Finding the perfect home can be both a grueling a...