Buyer Tips

Sept. 28, 2011

Real Estate Contracts | Hold The Emotion & Perform

Hand Stand

Save The Drama For Your Mama

There’s no crying in real estate. At least there really shouldn’t be. Typically, all parties involved in the transaction have a common goal for real estate to change hands so what is it that makes it all go haywire?

So there …

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Sept. 14, 2011

Condominium Fees & Keys to the Quarterly Kingdom

Condo Condominium Quarterly Fee

Making Sense of Condo Maintenance Fees

This is going to be exciting! There is nothing more exciting than talking about numbers, budgets and statistics to get everyone hanging on the edge of their seats … or the abyss to boredom. <sarcasm/>

One of the more consistent questions …

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Aug. 17, 2011

Foreclosure, Short Sale or Equity? What’s the Best Value?

Foreclosure Deals

Buy a Foreclosure and Earn a Foursquare Badge!

More often than not there is a buyer at the other end of the phone or an email requesting help to purchasing a foreclosure. Today, I actually received an email asking what’s the best value is, foreclosure or short sale?

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July 6, 2011

Hiring a Bonita Springs Real Estate Attorney

Henderson Franklin Sign

Choosing a Real Estate Attorney or Law Office

You may have already asked or someone may have told you but using a real estate attorney to close your real estate transaction isn’t required in Florida. It is, in professional opinion of most real estate agents, a very wise …

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June 29, 2011

Protected Classes, Fair Housing and Alleged Crazy Neighbors

Crazy Neighbor

What We Can’t Tell You About Your Neighbors

Prior to ushering buyers around in my car I’ve occasionally recommended buyers drive around a little to familiarize themselves with the area. If, for example, there is a cute little cottage that buyers think they just have to see but …

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June 8, 2011

Quit Claims, Quick Claims and a Mortgage Note

Mortgage Note Holders

Take the L Out of Lover & It’s Over

… Unless There’s a Note

So a while back I’m at this party … when the room thinned out and got a little quieter “Rick” mentioned that he was on his way across town to sign some papers. …

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May 18, 2011

Building Your Home Buying Real Estate Team

Real Estate Team LBD

Hire a Team of Real Estate Help First

If you had to speculate what a first time home buyer looked like how would you describe one? I asked a few contemporaries and got answers like: In my area, under the age of thirty, newly weds, recent college graduates, …

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May 11, 2011

Buying Florida Real Estate Sight Unseen

SW Florida Real Estate

Absentee Real Estate Purchasing in Florida

Buying Real Estate Sight Unseen

For some folks buying something as simple as clothing online is intimidating. It’s just too much of a commitment without touching and feeling the fabric. They couldn’t possibly imagine a big ticket item like a car …

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April 27, 2011

Needs TLC is A Matter of Opinion

The View From Here

Foreclosure Fixer Uppers and TLC Needed Defined

Just exactly how much “tender loving care” does a property that needs TLC really require?

Well, isn’t that a question just chock full of possibilities? The definition of fixer-upper and “needs TLC” really is in the eye of the beholder. …

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April 25, 2011

Technically Gulf Access Real Estate in Bonita Springs-Estero, Florida

Gulf Access Bonita SpringsGulf Access” is Sometimes an Embellishment

Buyers of real estate sometimes give direction just vague enough to get them disappointed: “Find me something nice, in a nice area.” First, they don’t know if I think an area is “nice” the way they think an area is nice.

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