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Have You Budgeted for Closing Costs?

Saving for a down payment is a key step in the homebuying process, and it’s not the only piece you need to include in your budget. Another factor that’s important to plan for are the closing costs required to obtain …

Questions to Ask When Choosing a Home Warranty

A home warranty is important
Real estate professionals know how to help their clients find their dream home, but they don’t always know how to make a home buyer to find the best home warranty.

When shopping for a home warranty, here are the important …

Blog: Millennials Take Steps to Buy Their First Homes

Millennials are struggling to come up with a down payment and closing costs to buy a home. Many have great jobs and steady incomes but still are having a difficult time saving enough money.

Millennials are selling practically anything not …

Blog: How to Test-Drive a House

Good tips on how to test drive a new home or neighborhood before closing

Would you buy a car without giving it a test drive? Probably not. How about buying a home?  How can you test drive a home or …

How can you strengthen your offer?

Are you wondering how to strengthen your offer when there might a competing offer coming in?

If you cannot afford to pay more, there might be other ways to sweeten your offer. Money is one thing

that turns seller’s heads, …

Just Do It!

  Just Do It, but do it right!

So, if you are debating on purchasing a home, I’ll give you some advice.

    1. Just Do It. Nike has nothing on you! But start with first time buyer education class. I cannot tell

Do You Get Your Earnest Money Back If You Can’t Get a Mortgage?

Earnest Money ReturnedAfter you make an offer on a house and it’s accepted by the seller, you’ll be asked to put down an earnest money deposit to show your commitment to this purchase. But while you might be gung-ho to move ahead, …