Walking the tightrope - 08/16/10 10:43 PM
Sometimes when we show houses our buyers bring along a friend or family member.  That family member or friend has their own pre-conceptions of what issues the buyer should be looking for.  I once had the "friend" going around flushing all the toilets to make sure they worked.  That was their number one priority on what to look for.
                                               
Well today I was looking at homes with one of my clients in Canton MI.  She was a single woman who brought along her uncle.  Of course the uncle was pointing out every bad point in all the houses we … (10 comments)

Oakland County lake front foreclosures - 08/16/10 08:35 AM
Here is the latest list of Oakland County lake front foreclosures
 These Oakland County Lake front foreclosures have been on the market an average of 77 days.  Call me if you want to see any of these homes.
Or Search all Oakland County Lakefront homes or get the latest list of homes emailed to you.
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Northville foreclosures - 08/15/10 10:06 PM
Right now there are only 3 Northville foreclosures for sale.
 
These 3 Northville foreclosures have been on the market an average of 50 days.  Like most of metro Detroit the number of foreclosures in most cities is way down from a year and a half ago.  We will continue to have a small number of foreclosures in Northville in the future.
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Selling an estate home (after a death) - 08/13/10 10:47 PM
When selling any home you should clean up the messes.  But for some reason when it comes to estate homes people don't want to do anything.  Many people don't want to invest any time or money into a home to get it to sell.
What they don't realize is that they are losing money.  It is not unusual for estate homes to be Fixer-uppers.  Many times they end up selling below fair market value because there is so much work needed.  So my advice to you is to step back and evaluate the home.  Sometime simple low cost repairs can bring up … (6 comments)

Condo associations and Metro Detroit condo buyers - 08/10/10 10:36 PM
One of my clients thought we were closing tomorrow.  I thought the same thing.  But come to find out the seller (a developer) who has 25 condos and the management association have a disagreement.  The developer was converting over the apartments to condos. 
At some point the developer was paying the outside lighting bill and at the same time they have become delinquent on the association dues for the 25 units they own.  So now the management company for the condo association are holding up the sale of the condo my clients want to buy.
The sent a status letter for … (4 comments)

Canton real estate - does having Dad along help or hurt - 08/09/10 09:36 PM
I had a young couple a few months back looking for a piece of Canton real estate - and I had an rhetorical question of whether having dad along help or hurt the young first time home buyers.
This dad was trying to teach the young first time home buyer what to look for.  That's a great thing.  It never hurts to listen to an experienced home buyer on what they know.  But then dad went overboard.  He kept on telling the kids which house to buy.
IT'S NOT HIS DECISION.  The kids were smart though.  Sure they took in what … (4 comments)

Northville relocation - Northville real estate - 08/08/10 11:06 PM
Here is some information if you have a Northville relocation in your future and a little bit about Northville real estate.  Most people talk about Northville as one entity but it is really two different communities; The City of Northville and Northville Township.  The city of Northvilleis not very big and has a historic area that has many Victorian homes.  Whereas Northville Township has many high end newer subdivisions and lower taxes.
But for this article let's consider Northville as "one community" because most people that live there do.  Within five - 10 minutes of Northville you have two good sized malls.  There is plenty of … (0 comments)

 
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