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    How To Celebrate the Fourth From the Comfort of Your Own Home
    Therese Nugent
    • Jul 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    Five Reasons Why You Should Market Your Home in Winter
    Therese Nugent
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    Insurance Tips for Homeowners in Wildfire Zones
    Therese Nugent
    • Dec 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    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...
    What To Expect At Your Signing Appointment
    Therese Nugent
    • Jul 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    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...
    Buyer Beware - Wire Fraud Is On the Rise
    Therese Nugent
    • Jun 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    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...
    Rites of Spring
    Therese Nugent
    • May 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    Rites of Spring

    While weekly housekeeping just scratches the surface, a thorough seasonal cleaning can make your home feel like new. Like the eternal...
    Upon Taking Ownership
    Therese Nugent
    • Apr 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    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...
    The Life of An Escrow 
PART II
    Therese Nugent
    • Mar 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    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...
    The Life of An Escrow
    Therese Nugent
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    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...
    Looking Ahead To the 2019 Housing Market
    Therese Nugent
    • Jan 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    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,...
    Establishing Your Home Buying Budget
    Therese Nugent
    • Dec 13, 2018
    • 4 min

    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...
    Protecting Your Pet In A Fire Emergency
    Therese Nugent
    • Oct 22, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
    Looking to Buy Your First Home? Pass on the Avocado Toast
    Therese Nugent
    • Sep 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
    What You Need To Know About Comps
    Therese Nugent
    • Aug 20, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
    Want To Drive Your Realtor Crazy?
    Therese Nugent
    • Aug 20, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
    How To Prepare Your House For An Earthquake
    Therese Nugent
    • Aug 20, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
    Rolling Out the Welcome Mat– An Invitation to Burgle
    Therese Nugent
    • Jul 29, 2018
    • 4 min

    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...
    Do Unto Others and Other Open House Etiquette Tips
    Therese Nugent
    • Jul 29, 2018
    • 4 min

    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...

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