How can I live a more green lifestyle? We hear that a lot as Realtors and dealing with houses on a daily basis, the obvious answerthat pop to ourbrainsare items like solar, energy efficient appliances, new insulation, etc. The aspect we often forget about though is perhaps the most important to our survival, water. [...]

Starting in April of 2010, the EPA will be enforcing a new set of regulations that apply to renovations on pre-1978 homes. Anyone that's purchased an older home has signed a lead-paint disclosure form (which basically states that you're aware of the potential presence), but few think much about it beyond closing on the property. Each year in [...]

Whether potential buyers are driving around scoping out œFor Sale signs, or flipping through listing photos online, curb appeal is everything. It's the difference between œI want to look at this house, it might be the one and œNo thanks, [...]

In the past, I have received lots of compliments on our website. When I heard we were going to get a new one, I started to think of the old saying, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But after seeing our new website for the first time this week, I can only say, [...]

It appears that the market is certainly picking up as the big deadline for the Tax Credit approaches. In the past week, I have had three separate buyers have to deal with a multiple offer situation on the house they fell in love with. Two of these homes had been on the market for about a month and another for 3 [...]

I recently attended a real estate investor meeting regarding buying foreclosures for fix and flips. It was a packed room. As I scanned the faces in the room, I tried to determine how many people were actually investors. The few I spoke to were other agents, financing and loan originators, or contractors. By the nature of the questions [...]