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Seller Tip: What Type of Financing Should You Offer to Buyers? When listing your home for sale, there are many different types of buyers out there and their financing requirements are very different. Here are some of the common types of financing that we see in the Cedar Rapids/Marion/Iowa City ...
02/02/2016
How Does the Home Inspection Work in the Winter Months? There are a couple of unique challenges for home buyers that purchase a home in the winter months in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. During the winter, there are a few things that cannot be inspected.The first one is whether or not the central...
01/29/2016
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Buyers: Give It Your Best Shot! I am currently working with a first time home buyer. And they are a lucky charm....for homes that have been on the market for over 90 days. As soon as they show interest, ask to see it.....it sells before we can see it. Unbelievable. Today was a rare case wher...
01/27/2016
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New Listing! 1505 Wheatland Ct SW $199,000 If you are looking for a home in College Community School district that is below $200,000, you know how difficult it is! You will love this open ranch plan on a corner lot in Wheatland Park. This Arch Custom home is just 10 years old and features a v...
01/21/2016
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Sellers: What are the Buyers Saying Behind Your Back? My grandmother always said that what someone says behind your back is none of your business. But when you are selling your home, not knowing can cause your home to stay on the market longer than it should and sell for less. And I don't know...
01/11/2016
Stuff Happens! Moving Forward from a Bankruptcy I met with a couple today that are on the track to purchase a home this year. Their lease is up in a few months and they wanted to get the pre-approval process started. We met with the lender this morning and though it was disappointing that the ...
01/06/2016
I started posting a daily gratitude at the beginning of November 2015. Every day, usually in the morning before I got out of bed, I would post on Facebook something that I was grateful for that day. It was short and sweet. At first, I thought that I would just do it for the month of November. ...
01/01/2016
This is great reminder and a responsible way for anyone to prepare for the worst. If all of the necessary information is in the correct place and easy to find, it will make the process so much easier. I know where everything is, but if I were to be hurt and not able to function, I would want to...
01/01/2016
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If your home made New Years' resolutions...here are some things that would be on the list: 1. Save money by making one extra payment per year. Whether you pay 1/12 of one payment towards the principal each month, or you set up bi-monthly payments for your mortgage (since there are two months wit...
12/30/2015
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One of the top things that sellers are looking for in a REALTOR is a process. This could not be more true! As I compete with almost every listing that I obtain, I can tell you that most agents do not take this seriously. They are ill-prepared and take for granted that their "brokerage" or mark...
12/29/2015