Phantom Buyers - 10/19/10 03:29 PM
This is the truth!! Being a newbie only a few years ago, I wasted a lot of time on these lookers. Good news to use!! Thanks Gary.
Via Gary White~ Grand Rapids Homes for Sale, FlexIt Realty, a call or click away! (Flexit Realty~Serving West Michigan):
Not all buyers who spin a great story and seem to be real are real.  What a shock!  The problem is sellers are the ones shocked. 
Professional real estate agents take the time to qualify buyers.  It can be a huge waste of time and energy to have a "looker" someone who has no itention of buying.  … (0 comments)

Housing at an all time high for affordability!!!! - 10/13/10 03:48 PM
Housing could be at its most affordable in more than 40 years
I just read a really cool article. It says that a California based company called Beacon Economics has created the Beacon Economics Home Affordability Index. They found that in August homes were at their most affordable level since data became available (1969). They developed the Beacon Economics Home Affordability Index based on the percentage of income an average family would need in order to make mortgage payments on an average priced home.Estimates from August show that the cost of home ownership (mortgage interest plus principal payments after a 20 percent down payment) fell to … (1 comments)

A Dozen Essentials for a Smooooooth Home Inspection - 10/01/10 11:10 AM
This is a Fantastic list! Words to live by for every seller, even in the newest of homes! Every home inspection I have attended could have made use of this information. Thanks for the good work Charles!
Via Charles Buell, Seattle, WA, Home Inspector (Charles Buell Inspections.com):
     For some time now I have wanted to put together a long list of all the things that a seller should consider doing to get their home ready for the home inspection.  The more I thought about it, the more I realized my list was starting to look more like my 90,000 item report template, … (0 comments)