7 Smart Steps Every New Homeowner Should Take
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By Amy Fontinelle Investopedia.com
Turning the key in a lock that no landlord has access to, reading in a hammock in your own backyard and painting your dining room bright red - what could be more exciting than making the leap from renter to first-time homeowner? Getting swept up in all the excitement is a wonderful feeling, ...
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Tips for Buying Your First Home
5 Essential Things You Need for Home Buying
By Elizabeth Weintraub, About.com Guide
Sometimes home buyers make buying their first home a lot more difficult than it needs toI have written a ton of articles about the home buying path and gone into excrutiating detail about every single step involved in buying a home. It dawned on me that ...
Photo Tricks to Sell Your Home
By Alison Rogers |
One of the great things about selling real estate is that the landscape changes. As an agent, you’re always adapting and learning new tips and tricks.
That’s why I was surprised and pleased to see a blog post from Larry Lohrman, who is a real estate photography guru, talking about photography in the context of the new Realtor.com ...
The lowdown on 10 great tax breaks
You may be somewhat aware that your home is a good source of tax breaks, but maybe you don’t realize just how many there are. April 15 will be here again before you know it, and many people will be scouring their lives for any potential tax breaks. You may not have to look far if you are a homeowner. A recent Realty Times article discusses the ...
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Going Green
Although your yard or garden is a great place for kids and pets to enjoy,it can also be extremely dangerous.
Common outdoor items can be toxic to humans and animals.Being safe, however, is easy when you know how to go about it.Being outside in the spring or summer is a joy to humans and pets. Outdoor enjoyment must, however, be accompanied by a measure of caution to keep those dear ...
Essential Home-Selling Tips
What is staging? Sabrina Soto, Get It Sold host and home-staging expert, knows. Here are her top tips for helping you compete in today's real estate market.
Crank up the curb appeal Pull weeds, rake leaves and trim overgrown shrubs, especially if they block windows or the path to your front door.
Paint It's important to make your house generic. A fresh coat of ...
Home-improvement costs for 5 problems
Here's how to determine what's causing the problem and how much it will cost to fix it.
By Margarette Burnette of Bankrate.com
Many homeowners are perplexed when they see defects in their homes. If there is a water spot on the ceiling, does it mean a few shingles on the roof need to be replaced? Or does an entirely new roof need to be purchased?
Reggie ...
There are many complicated aspects of buying a home, but perhaps one of the most daunting, and important, is the mortgage. Understanding your home loan is the first step to making home buying an easy process.
For most of us, it is more than intimidating to borrow a sum of $100,000, $200,000, $300,000 or more, even if you do get a house in return. Although mortgages are often little-understood ...
A lot of information about interest-only loans has been flying around.We give you a helping hand getting to the bottom of some of it.
Some financial writers have put a big warning sign over interest-only loans; others have told people to dive right in. Which is correct? The answer, of course, is that it depends. A Realty Times article highlighted some key pieces of information that ...
Whether you currently have a family or might have one in the future;consider your family’s current and future needs when buying a home.
For the author of a recent Realty Times article, the first house she and her husband bought seemed ideal. “The house had three bedrooms, a big flat level yard for playing and was in a top rated school district.” However, the author ...