Our house buying neighbor is similar to the majority of house hunters. They would prefer the details of their own offer to buy a property to remain confidential. Shared between only them, the seller,...

We have a couple in our neighborhood who are compulsive DIYers. There is barely a weekend that goes by without them making a change to their home. It’s not just the inside of the house they like to...

Our neighbor has just put their house on the market, and they didn’t interview a single real estate agent. They have made the cardinal mistake of listing with a friends daughter, as a favor. You...

Elsewhere on the site, I have shared what I discovered about the differences between a real estate agent and a real estate broker. There are important questions to ask both types of professional...

Would you be suspicious if your real estate agent recommended a particular mortgage company? With under the table payments, “favors,” and kickbacks being a common practice in some businesses, it...

Skimming through a large real estate website the other evening, I noticed that the photographs seemed to fall into three categories. First were the fabulous photographs that drew my attention in a...