firsttime home buyer: First-Time Homeowner Children -- With Parents
- 11/05/09 04:45 AM
As career agents for Long & Foster in Chambersburg, PA, we help people buy and sell houses every day. We guide our clients through the logistics, finances and emotions of what generally are major--even life-changing--events. But then we find, as we guess many parents do, that we are ill-equipped to manage our own emotions when it comes to sending our three-year-old off to day care. Today we handed Jack over to well-qualified care givers, but still left the building with heavy hearts. We had researched and satisfied our rational minds that this center was the best choice, yet emotionally we were still unprepared. We know many parents feel this way when they help their … (0 comments)
firsttime home buyer: Should Agents Talk About the $8,000 Tax Credit?
- 03/20/09 02:01 PM
Show of hands: How many folks reading this feel that real estate agents should understand the current First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit well enough to explain the basics to others? OK, how many believe that agents ought to simply tell customers and clients to consult a tax expert? Our branch manager tells us to hand out the less-than-hard-hitting corporate flyer on this subject and deflect any and all questions by referring people to their tax advisor. This IS prudent advice from a branch manager, I think--you know, focus on showing and selling houses, don't cause people to rely on you for … (7 comments)
The Peter Gibaud Team blog reports on the real estate market in south-central Pennsylvania, particularly Franklin County PA and Lancaster County PA. Local happenings and tips about home hunting and home ownership are discussed from time to time.
As career agents for Long & Foster in Chambersburg, PA, we help people buy and sell houses every day. We guide our clients through the logistics, finances and emotions of what generally are major--even life-changing--events. But then we find, as we guess many parents do, that we are ill-equipped to manage our own emotions when it comes to sending our three-year-old off to day care.
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