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HONEST ANSWERS....NO SALES PITCH

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Nations Princeton-Nassau Inc. d/b/a NATIONS
  • What we know as common knowledge may be ALL NEW to the person just starting to investigate about real estate and the possibility of buying a home......questions...questions...questions
  • I CERTAINLY DID NOT KNOW 30 YEARS AGO WHAT I KNOW TODAY
  • MORTGAGE-10yr./20yr./30yr.-fixed rate? or ARM?-temporary buy down?CONVERSION OPTION?!?!?!
  • Whats an engineering inspection?
  • Septic...whats that?....why is the grass greener in that part of the yard?
  • public water or private...a well?water softener- whats that?...whats the rock salt in the basement for?
  • how come the assessed value doesn't match the homes list price?
  • whats an association fee?
  • poured concrete or concrete BLOCK foundation?a slab-no basement?
  • Heat Pump?thats electric?....forced hot air heat or baseboard?
  • private trash pick-up....not public services?
  • what are association rules and regulations?...I can't paint my garage door purple???
  • A "HIP ROOF"...that sounds Cool!....an"A ROOF"...tops in it's class!!?????
  • Dutch Doors-French Doors.....country of origin???
  • A LAZY SUSAN-I never met a lazy woman,all the women I know work pretty hard!
  • Seamless Gutters???...a gutter term used for hosiery?
  • Slate roof-asphalt roof-fiberglass roof-steel roof -copper roof-HOW ABOUT THOSE NEW SOLAR ROOF SYSTEMS-a great step to address todays HOT TOPIC- global warming.
  • Storm windows???is weather really that bad around here?
  • A "Weather Vein"-on the roof?....sounds a little conceited don't you think?
  • "Mullions "in the window ...thought that was a hair cut...must be thinking of "mullet" not mullions
  • Buried underground  Distribution...that sounds SCARY....no telephone poles?utilities are all underground?
  • Fuses or circuit breakers...whats the difference?...60 AMP/100 AMP/250 AMP ....no- it has nothing to do with plugging your electric guitar in for that HARD ROCK sound!...different kind of AMP...acoustic or electric-we all have our preferences.
  • SERIOUS though...there are a lot of questions that may sound,well ridiculous....there not ridiculous to the uninformed person that does not really know...... we all need "HONEST ANSWERS...NO SALES PITCH"
  • I can't provide every answer....but I do have a glossary of real estate terms readily available!!! just visit our web site http://www.nationsrealtors.com/face

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