What happens after I sign the listing agreement?
Have you ever noticed that information and advice for first-time homebuyers is plentiful across the internet? What happens when you look for that same information and advice for first-time home [...]
Luxury homeowners – check out these 5 tips to lower your homeowners insurance premium
Insurance is a necessary evil – we buy it, hoping we’ll never need it. After all, it’s a hedge against catastrophe. The sheer cost of replacing a home with custom [...]
3 tips for dealing with grody grout on your tile floors
You know those gloomy weekend days when you just can’t stand the thought of heading outdoors and and Netflix has nothing new to offer? Have we got a job for [...]
Had enough of the cold? Thaw out in a tropical fishing village
More than 1,500 years ago, a double-hulled canoe full of Polynesians landed at Ka Lae, on the southern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. If they came from the [...]
Are online real estate agent reviews reliable?
If you’re one of those people who won’t buy a product or use a service until you’ve checked the online reviews, then you are as pleased as we are with [...]
3 home safety hazards and how to prevent them
We all get complacent when it comes to safety factors in our homes, so let’s make 2018 the year we look at our sanctuaries with an eye toward making them [...]
Negotiating with the buyer after the home inspection
Negotiating the successful close of a home sale begins with price and contract terms and doesn’t end until the deal closes. One of the most frequently negotiated items, after the [...]
How to keep your windows from fogging up in the winter
All those gorgeous windows that allow summertime sunshine to stream through the home are useless to view the winter wonderland outside if the glass is covered in fog. When that [...]
Do I Have to Use the Builder’s Lender and Real Estate Agent?
The real estate industry does a spectacular job educating first-time homebuyers. There’s so much valuable information out there that no buyer should go through the process uninformed. Buying a home [...]
Critical winter home staging tips
Winter home sales don’t have to be as challenging as you may think. Sure, the sun isn’t always shining and you may be contending with snow and ice in your [...]