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I am often asked, “Tom, how’s your business, real estate sales?” My response is, “it’s Booming!” Of course, that depends upon your price range. For those considering the low end and sometimes referred to as “affordable”, sorry, there just are not any. There has not been any for a couple of years and there is […]

Specialty spaces in a home provide a marketing hook for listings, but buyers may prize flexibility over a “man cave” or yoga nook. May – June 2020 by Barbara Ballinger The gift-wrapping room, the pajama lounge, the media room, the man cave. They’ve all had their time to shine as hot rooms that have helped a […]

It’s no secret that the real estate market has a long road of recovery ahead. As the day-to-day work of showing properties and building homes has slowed to a crawl, agents and others in the industry have started to look to the future and make predictions about the lingering effects the COVID-19 pandemic will have […]

There has been an increase in the number of people reporting that they have been victims of Craigslist rental scams. The suspects use COVID-19 as an excuse to forego showing a potential renter the property in question and then ask them to wire the first month’s rent and security deposit.” The property owner or landlord will […]

If you’ve been paying attention to the data from around the country over the last 60 days pertaining to home sale activity, one thing that is clearly evident is that the Twin City real estate marketplace has not been negatively affected even remotely close to what other markets have experienced. We’ve been very fortunate. Places […]

10 Steps to Buying a Home Save for your down payment. Create a budget and do your research. There are lots of low down and buyer assistance programs available. Of course, you need to qualify. Know Your Credit Score. Learn your score and clean up outstanding debts like credit cards. This is often more helpfully […]