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Find real estate advice for both buyers and sellers, as well as market trends, homeowner tips, pet friendly real estate, St. Louis information, and general real estate advice.
Contract to Closing – Part 2
Buying a home is serious business. A home is the single largest investment that most people make in their lifetime. Your home is not only the place that you will live, but is also a huge financial investment. Clearly the first step in selecting a home is to focus on...
Contract Accepted…What Comes Next?
The fun part of buying a home is picking out the property. But before you can move your couch into the living room and pick out new paint colors, there are some steps that you need to take to prepare for closing day. Buyer Tasks: Accepted Contract until Closing When I...
St. Louis Restaurants Go Smoke-Free
If the mayors of Clayton, Creve Coeur, Olivette, Overland and University City get their way, St. Louis County would ban smoking in public places. The five adjacent cities in St. Louis County are giving it a go again even though a similar proposal failed 3 years ago....
100% Mortgages for Rural Homes near St. Louis
Word on the street is that the mortgage crisis has eliminated 100% mortgages for home buyers. 100% Mortgages are Still Available: I've been selling real estate since 2002 and just learned about a loan program guaranteed by the USDA that allows buyers to borrow 100% of...
20 Tips for FSBO Sellers
The odds are against you selling a home without hiring an agent to assist you. Still, there are always people that want to try, and each year some of them succeed. If you are going to try to sell your home on your own, take a look at my 20 Tips for FSBO Sellers below....
FSBO Home Sellers Need to Beat the Odds
The odds are against FSBO listed homes: Survey results show that in 2008 only 7% of the homes sold between buyers and sellers who did not know each other were sold without the assistance of a listing agent (For Sale By Owner /FSBO). During a hot sellers' market when...
Relocating to St. Louis: Private School Enrollment
Families that plan to enroll their children in private school understand that it is important to start the enrollment process early if they want to get their children accepted to their top choice school. It is easiest to get a child accepted in a private school in the...
Steps to Improve Your Credit Score
Just about everyone understands that having good credit is important. I recently posted information explaining what a credit score is and how scores are determined. The next step is to understand what to do when you need to improve your credit. 6 Ways to Improve your...
Your Credit Score Impacts More than Just your Credit Card Rates
What is a Credit Score? A credit score is a number that represents how likely a person is to meet their financial obligations. The score is a combination of how well the consumer has paid their bills in the past plus the level of debt. Credit scores no longer only...
Don’t Let Winter Weather Damage Your Home
Protect Your Home from Freezing Pipes My broker sent out an email yesterday morning reminding all of the agents about the importance of winterizing vacant homes. Over the weekend it got cold enough that a pipe froze and broke at one of our company's vacant listings....
