Distressed Properties Impact the Value of YOUR Home
The Appraisal: A True Evaluation of a Home’s Worth?
Realize that only you know what the true value of the home is to you and your family. You have probably shopped online and seen 100’s of homes. You then picked out the ones you thought were best and visited them. You went into every room and saw every amenity.
Buyer beware (archived: 2010).
Yet another reason not to have “in-house” lenders.
Should you rent or buy? (no longer available)
Rent versus Buy Analysis for buying a home in Albemarle County (no longer available)
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5 Real Estate What If’s That Make Me Lose Sleep
What if: 1 - The government forces all delinquent/underwater mortgages to be modified? Those of us who do pay our mortgages look like suckers. 2 - Retirees cannot retire. 3 - The 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage goes away? 4a - QRM becomes law -…
Unbelievable.
“Effective immediately FannieMae will no longer accept electronic signatures.” Why? Why???? This is the sort of thing I'd like to see Congress and the National Association of Realtors address. The inefficiencies created by needing wet signatures are tremendous. Printing, signing, scanning/faxing. Only to be told…
The “No-Spam” Policy for RealCentralVA.com
Search for homes to your heart's content. I'll never spam you. For real. Simple. I don't spam. Never have. But some people still use bogus names when registering for the home search tool on RealCentralVA.com. And then someone said to me - you know what…
Taking Vacation. And Stock.
I'm taking a vacation soon. I tell my clients that I am "grudgingly" going; but ... after reading my friends' Kris' and Jay's posts, I'm striving to readjust my priorities. I have systems in place, an extraordinarily competent agent poised to cover for me while…