Avoid these 10 Mistakes when buying a Charlotte area home as well! These suggestions hold true where ever you might be looking to purchase a home. These are all really basic do's and don'ts, but I'm always amazed at how many of these "10 Commandments" buyers break and then wonder why their home s
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01/30/2013
These Top 8 Do's and Don'ts When Selling Your Home apply not just to homes in New Jersey. These tips work in North and South Carolina, as well. The good news is that none of these are expensive things to do. They are just common sense, but go a long way to helping sell your home sooner, rather th
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01/29/2013
First Friday In Waxhaw, NC: A Romantic Evening On February 1, 2013 In Historic, Downtown Waxhaw Looking for the perfect way to celebrate with your Valentine? Why not come out to Waxhaw's First Friday February event on February 1st, which will celebrate Valentine's Day? It's a great event whether
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01/29/2013
Do high volatage towers impact a home's value? Definitely! But if you ask by how much, there seems to be no one who will definitively say by how much. So is it smart to buy a home next to power towers? Definitely not! Here's why: A home purchase should be seen as a major investment and buyers s
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01/29/2013
What Does New Rule on Qualified Mortgages Mean To Home Buyers? An update from Ed Butler with New American Mortgage. The Bureau formed to help protect consumers, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created a new Qualified Mortgage Rule--"affectionately" referred to as the QM Rule.
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01/28/2013
So now it's additional credit card fees we may be paying! Have you paid attention to the fact that starting today, when you use a credit card (but not a debit card) a merchant can charge you up to 4% of your purchase amount each time you swipe your credit card! As if all sorts of day to day (and
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01/27/2013
I've always talked about the "Three P's" of selling a home with my listing clients; i.e., Postioning, Pricing, and Promoting> The postioning piece encompasses staging. You can stage a home for both photos and showings without spending a ton of money and it makes a world of difference in how quick
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01/25/2013
Tomorrow is National Chocolate Cake Day! How are you celebrating this great excuse to indulge? I mean, who doesn't love chocolate cake? I've always said if I were on death row ordering my last meal, my dessert would have to be chocolate cake! Wondering about the history of chocolate cake? The Cl
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01/25/2013
Is real estate a good investment? For a long time, many people felt that there was no better investment than real estate and many who had never lived through a market downturn believed that real estate prices only ever appreciated. Well, after the most recent four years, we know that real estate
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01/25/2013
"I'm looking for a great foreclosure deal in Charlotte." I hear this from home buyers at least once a day. Home buyers seem to think that all foreclosure properties are great deals. And not only that they are great deals, but that the city is swimming in foreclosure properties. Not so, unfortu
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01/24/2013
