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How To Celebrate the Fourth From the Comfort of Your Own Home
The coronavirus outbreak has forced all of us to change the way we celebrate and socialize. Due to shelter-in-place orders, a current ban...
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Therese Nugent
Five Reasons Why You Should Market Your Home in Winter
Is winter a good time to be selling your home? There is no doubt that the spring season is a great time to be selling and buying real...
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Insurance Tips for Homeowners in Wildfire Zones
Due to record-breaking California wildfires, insurance companies have responded by imposing huge premium increases on properties and, in...
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What To Expect At Your Signing Appointment
Your escrow closing date is coming up and there is one more important appointment necessary before closing. This portion of the...
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Buyer Beware - Wire Fraud Is On the Rise
Wire fraud in on the rise at an alarming rate causing homebuyers to lose millions of dollars every year. It works like this: after...
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Rites of Spring
While weekly housekeeping just scratches the surface, a thorough seasonal cleaning can make your home feel like new. Like the eternal...
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Upon Taking Ownership
After taking ownership of your new home, there are some important maintenance and safety issues that need to be addressed as soon as...
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The Life of An Escrow PART II
Congratulations! An accepted offer! But you don’t get the keys just yet! An accepted offer on a home is just the first step in the real...
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The Life of An Escrow
Your offer has been accepted. Now what? The accepted offer is just the first step in a real estate transaction. Next step is to open...
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Looking Ahead To the 2019 Housing Market
The year 2019 is here. If 2018 taught us anything, we know to expect change in the new year. With mounting affordability concerns,...
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Establishing Your Home Buying Budget
Be Aware of the Hidden Costs of Home Ownership The cost of buying a house isn’t just the down payment and the remittance of the monthly...
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Protecting Your Pet In A Fire Emergency
Being prepared is the best defense in a fire emergency. From making sure your precious pet is properly tagged to having a pet emergency...
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Looking to Buy Your First Home? Pass on the Avocado Toast
Millionaire to Millennials: “Stop buying avocado toast if you want to buy a home.” For those of you unfamiliar with the wildly popular...
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What You Need To Know About Comps
If you’ve ever been involved in a real estate transaction, you’ve heard the word “comps.” Shorthand for “comparables,” a comparable is a...
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Want To Drive Your Realtor Crazy?
Of course not! But if you want to have some fun with them, do this. Look at a property a dozen times but never make an offer. It’s...
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How To Prepare Your House For An Earthquake
A new U.S. Geological Survey released the day before the 112th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake said in a report called...
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Rolling Out the Welcome Mat– An Invitation to Burgle
You come home to a ransacked house wondering how the thief broke in and how did they know you’d be away? Homeowners often unwittingly...
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Do Unto Others and Other Open House Etiquette Tips
The traditional spring selling season is upon us and so is the ritual of sellers opening their homes on weekends to promote their...