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My Regional Manager would have rolled up into a ball if he heard my title: Buying A House - Your Constitutional Right in America. I'm not kidding!
Do I really need a home inspection?
In some cases, a mortgage broker will require a fee to arrange a mortgage. This is generally done when the borrower has a poor credit rating. The broker will have to do additional work to make sure a loan is in place for the buyer.
11 Steps to Prepare for Home Ownership
What are you waiting for? Now is the time to buy. The housing prices could drop a little lower, great for a buyer? possibly not. If your sitting around just waiting for the bottom to fall out, the problem is the interest rates are raising and while your house may cost … (3 comments)
Last week I was on vacation in Northern Michigan and pretty much unplugged from the world of real estate, mostly because cell phone and internet service was spotty at best and completely unavailable unless I drove about 30 minutes to the closest "big" town. Since I spent the week prior to … (21 comments)
I have been observing a new trend from information I have gathered from web articles, blogs, and even television commercials. It is more obvious among 25-40 year olds in the middle to upper income class. The trend is that they are not spending money. They have made a committment that they will purchase only necessity … (6 comments)
Whenever someone asks me that question, I wonder if they realize how complicated a complete answer would really be. All they really want to know is, "How much are they asking for that house?" But what the seller is asking and what it sells for may be two very different numbers.
So you think you’re ready for your own piece of the American dream – ready to have a place you can call your own? Maybe you’ve had it with the noisy people in the apartment above you. Or maybe you’re tired of writing out rent checks month after month and you … (0 comments)
Everywhere we go and everything we read suggests that Globalization is here. Funny, I believe it's always been here, at least in my life time. "It's a small world." That's not some new quote. It's been around forever. What did it mean 50 years ago? That you could travel around and … (0 comments)
5 bedroom, two living areas, two kitchens, screened porch
3227 W. 9th, Lawrence, KS 66049 View Map
5 bedrooms, two baths (one of them completely remodeled recently), two living areas, two kitchens, screened wood porch, patio, better than average building material quality according to county, nicely landscaped, storage shed, fenced … (2 comments)
Selling Real Estate really takes the right Realtor! Yes there are agents that come and go, make promises that can't be kept, inexperienced with the internet and really lack the knowledge of marketing properties on a regular basis to maximize exposure.
In todays market are you finding clients are up to new tricks to help drive the best price? Well in this two minute video your clients are shown how to drive down a desperate seller.
While the video is in jest it does deliver a message to what lengths some folks … (2 comments)
Some useful information that I read in The Realtor Magazine Today....if you happened to miss it - here it is..
"Killeen, Round Rock, Austin, Texas: Killeen has the lowest average home price in any market in the nation while still maintaining quality. Round Rock and Austin have seen incredible job growth and very stable home prices despite the downturn nationwide. Jobs continue to grow here -- a factor for keeping inventory … (0 comments)
I was trying to think of what to write about and decided to offer to all my Active Rain friends the same discounts that we receive as a members of GMAC. We switched to GMAC less then a year ago and in the beginning when our broker, Henry Setaro told me … (7 comments)
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Thanks for all the Happy Birthday Wishes from all my frineds!
If you are still renting, you might want to go to your accountant and find out how home ownership will help you save taxes. 
In Alexandria, I just won a contract for a condo last night. I was really pushing on the price, asked for 3% closing costs, home warranty, and 2 minor repairs. I'm really surprised that the listing agent didn't counter much. They accepted the offer minus the home warranty and the 2 minor repairs. … (0 comments)
ACTIVE RAINERS: SEND ME ANY IDEAS TO AVOID THE PITFALLS OF THE ETERNAL REAL ESTATE WINDOW SHOPPER.
In the newspaper this morning, there is an article explaining that rates have dropped this week. It says that "rates on 30-year mortgages sank this week to their lowest point since late May" and that these fixed-rate mortgages averages 6.52%. Now the thing to know is that this is only a … (0 comments)
Buying a home is the biggest financial decision you probable will ever make. Rely on us to help you find the perfect home, walk you through the entire process, negotiate the contract and close the deal.
Interest rates Posted June 8, 2007
30 Year Fixed 6.19%
15 Year Fixed 5.89%
5/1 Arm 5.90%
30 Year Fixed Jumbo 6.38%
5/1 Jumbo Arm 6.02%
Thank You to Bankrate.com for providing the rates! If you are on the fence wondering in you should buy a home now or wait--the message … (0 comments)
Buying a home can be a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride. After searching, you may find a home that other people have just "found" as well. It's possible your agent will tell you that there are other offers on the home and it's necessary to make an offer right away. … (2 comments)
What can make a buyer change their mind? Let's see... these folks were coming from the 'Bay 
In October Gina Doughtery posted a terrific piece called Buy/Sell Now - Avoid the Rush about buying during the slower holiday time when fewer people were actively looking for homes. On my other blog I wrote a post October 27, 2006 about Headline News Making Your Housing Decisions that ended with a challenge about what would happen if people did as … (10 comments)
I will be hosting a home buyer seminar with Synergy Financial Mortgage at the Tri-County Chamber on November 7th between 6:30PM and 8:30PM.