By Ninah Hunter on November 9th, 2011
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When selling a home, your home’s landscaping could be your best advertisement. If potential home buyers are excited by your home’s curb appeal, you will have a better chance of getting them inside to tour your home and eventually make an offer. Home staging services and real estate agents agree that curb appeal is of [...]
By Ninah Hunter on November 6th, 2011
Home Buying Tips: Negotiating the Home Price
By Ninah Hunter on June 1st, 2011
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For the first time home buyer, buying your first home is one of the most exciting things you will ever do. If you have spent years living in apartments, there is nothing more satisfying than owning your own property. The process can be a little lengthy and you might hit a few bumps in the road to home ownership. [...]
By Ninah Hunter on April 9th, 2011
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If you are thinking of buying a home, you must take the following 3 essential steps before even starting to look for a home to buy. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up for possible dissappointment, or maybe selling yourself short:
1. Get a copy of your credit report, and your credit score. Even better, get these from [...]
By Ninah Hunter on October 24th, 2010
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Building “green” may be a modern day buzz word, but it’s something to be taken seriously when considering what to buy or invest in or where to spend your money when remodeling an older, less energy-efficient or environmentally friendly home for resale purposes. To see what buyers want most in the way of green features, [...]
By Ninah Hunter on July 21st, 2010
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We hear a lot about “foreclosures” and buyers and investors looking for “foreclosures” and real estate agents advertising “foreclosures.” In fact, what most of these people are referring to are REO (real estate owned ) properties, that is, real estate owned by the bank. These are properties that have actually gone through the legal foreclosure [...]
By Ninah Hunter on May 12th, 2010
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Owning real estate has grown as a profitable vehicle used to gain financial freedom for many investors.
It is very important to be aware of what is involved to ensure the success that is desired. One of the key factors is being aware of the trend. Purchasing real estate in an area where [...]
By Ninah Hunter on April 17th, 2010
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As the expiration of the First Time Homebuyer Tax credit approaches (April 30th), there have been varying reports on how much this tax credit has really stimulated housing purchases. The consensus seems to be it has helped those who already were considering buying to get off the fence and do so; otherwise, it hasn’t been [...]
By Ninah Hunter on April 1st, 2010
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When it comes to money no one can debate the fact that people can become untrusting and untrustworthy, and when you are already paying someone to handle their money, the thought of them getting one over on you is not a nice one. For this reason you might have asked yourself can [...]
5 Reasons Why Now is a Good Time to Sell–and Why It May Not Be
By Ninah Hunter on January 1st, 2011
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We’ve been hearing for quite some time that it’s a buyer’s market and a great time to buy. That is probably not going to change any time soon in 2011. So what happens if you’re a seller or thinking about selling? Are there good reasons to sell now? Here are 5 reasons why now may be a [...]