Let’s start with the top 5 things you ought to be demanding from your lender when you buy a home. Yeah! You know what’s interesting is most people don’t do every day so they don’t know what they don’t know. Clueless. And you know, we have plenty of experience cause we’re closing plenty of deals every single month. And we’ve had enough things go wrong to know exactly what we think a buyer should ex…
How to Pass Inspection for Septic and Sewer
This topic is going to be really interesting. I’ve had a varsity education on this particular subject of sewer and septic systems because it typically comes up, it oftentimes comes up with properties that have issues with those things and it can be super expensive. So it’s something that home sellers need to be aware of. So to the home buyer, so I’m kind of excited to talk about this one. We’re talking about sewer and septic nightm…
What Are Typical Closing Costs for Buyers
How much money should a buy have saved up to purchase a home?
There are down payment assistance programs where a buyer can get a grant for their down payment and purchase with only $1000 out of pocket. However, they will still need about $300 for an inspection.
For most buyers they will need the following:
Earnest Money Depo…
How to Price a Home to Get the Most Amount of Money When You Sell?
How to Price a Home to Get the Most Amount of Money When You Sell?
Q. How do home sellers price a home to get the most amount of money when they sell their home?
This may shock people but over pricing a home, according to the NAR stats will net home sellers less money if they price high and slowly walk the price down!
Pricing a home correctly creates the most demand for a home and many times the
Inexpensive Ways to Increase Your Home’s Value
Here are the top 7 things a home seller can do for under $500.
Spend an hour with a pro We offer a free consultation to tell you what to do and what not to do to get your home ready for sale. And if you decide to let us handle the sale, you’ll also get a pro…
Who Pays for Repairs After a Home Inspection?
How to Negotiate Repairs After a Home Inspection?
Common Repairs Sellers Must Fix After a Home Inspection: What Must Sellers Fix?
Do Most Sellers Make Repairs After a Home Inspection?
Does the Seller Pay for Repairs After a Bad Home Inspection?
Who repairs home — buyer or seller?
Home Inspection Repair Requests a Buyer Shouldn’t Make?
Reasons Why A Seller May Cancel Their Listing Agreement
I’ve seen many reasons why people will change agents, but the biggest 2 are number 1, the home is not selling. This could be a lot of reasons. Pricing, photos, staging, marketing or the agent not communicating. For most people, it’s uncomfortable to fire anyone and if you’re in an agreement with a real estate agent, it really does take a lot of courage to decide to make a change. But if your agent,
Walk with Barb in Her Daily Real Estate Agent Schedule by Barb Schlinker
Step into the world of a Real Estate Agent’s Daily schedule with Barb Schlinker of Parker St Claire Realty. Barb talks about how her 3 closings (homes sold) went that day while driving out to a listing appointment. She gives a tour of the more rural eastern El Paso County where you get to see windmills and country life that day.
Why Buyers Cannot Trust the Accuracy of Available Homes Online
Did you know that most home buyers will be searching online for 12 or more different websites? Why do they do that? Because they’re afraid of missing out on the perfect home. Even according to industry experts, national websites are not the best option to find a home, including Zillow and Realtor.com.
How to Prepare for a Home Inspection
Very soon one of our team members will be reaching out to you to let you know when the buyer would like to schedule their home inspection. Don’t worry, your home does not have to be show-ready. So here is a shortlist of tips that you can do to make your home inspection go well.
Most home inspections take about 3 hours and the buyer and their agent will attend and they would prefer that you did not attend, but it’s…