Buyers Tips

When youre shopping for a home, your head may quickly begin to swirl with all the terminology thrown at you. There no question that housing styles are diversified, often reflecting a particular era or design trend. When youre reading ads, it helps to know whats what. So, lets look at the most popula [Read More]

Types of Dwellings 101If youve ever looked at real estate listings you know sometimes they read like stereo instructions. Whats a micro-house, for example? A building for itty bitty people? This blog is intended to clear up some of that confusion.By far the type of house thats most often purchased i [Read More]

There are a lot of great reasons to consider buying beachfront property or ocean front property. For one thing you can live near the water with other wave-loving people, complete with a view that cannot be beat. For folks who want a home where they can play, beachfront property may offer you everyth [Read More]

Ok, admit it, some of you scoffed when you saw the title of this blog. I mean, some home buyers want UNOCCUPIED houses when they move in. Others, however are very interested in buying a haunted home. For one thing its exciting, interesting, and a bit of a curiosity. Katherine Kurtz, noted fantasy au [Read More]

Before you consider buying or selling a home, its a good idea to test the waters a little bit to see what kind of environment youre dealing with. The type of market determines a great deal about pricing, not to mention negotiations. When you know what youre facing, you can position yourself better.B [Read More]

If youre looking for warm weather and beaches to get away from it all during the winter on an annual basis it might be worth considering buying a winter home. Having said that, there are some common mistakes that people make when house hunting. By far the biggest one is rushing headlong into da deal [Read More]

If youre buying a home with a mortgage its very likely that the banks financing will require homeowners insurance. This protects both you and the bank from a loss should anything happen to the property. However the process of shopping for homeowners insurance can become daunting not to mention expen [Read More]

Have you heard the term sweat equity used with regard to real estate? No this isnt sweating to the oldies (as fun as that may be). Rather sweat equity means that youre going to put time and effort into your home to improve its value rather than cash.Dont Sweat it?There are a variety of reasons that [Read More]

If youre the kind of fellow willing to give someone the shirt off your back, then nudist real estate may be ideal for you! While you may not realize it, nudist communities are growing when other types of markets seem to be shrinking. This may be due, in part, to the shift in awareness toward more na [Read More]

Youre thinking about buying land, either as an investment or as a plot on which you can design your own house. Before you start looking at anything, you want to think about the ultimate question in this type of purchase, namely: location, location, location! Are you a city slicker or a country body? [Read More]