Blog
5 Reasons Buying a home makes sense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaiy-Ox2U0E This is a question, obviously, as a Realtor, I get often, should I be buying a home? Why should I buy a home? Does it make sense for me to buy a home? Here’s five reasons why it could make sense for you to buy a home. 1. Equity – Building equity. Home prices
What’s the One Question You Don’t Need to ask when hiring an agent?
I talk about it a lot in my book, my best-selling book, Shortchanged by Shortcuts: 44 Surprising Ways People Rip Themselves Off When Buying or Selling Their Home. If you want a copy of keep reading and I’ll tell you how to get it for free. There’s a question most people ask, they think is
To Rehab or Not to Rehab – That is the Question
The simple answer, as most of my answers are, is no. You should not be looking at those. Distressed properties, rehab projects, things like that are going to be a problem for a first time home buyer more often than not. Here’s why: Any home is a money pit. I know as a Realtor it’s
zero down – the best kept secret to help Seattle home buyers today
“How come you’re the only one who ever talks to me about the zero down programs?” Do you know how often I hear that? or “If these are so great, how come I’ve never heard about them?” – I hear that a lot too. Why have you never heard about these zero down programs? Why
What’s the real deal with the zero down programs?
What’s the deal with these zero-down programs? Wasn’t that the source of the recession? Doesn’t that get people in trouble? Am I going to get in over my head? What’s the deal here? Are the zero-down programs dangerous for you or for the economy? They’re not, they’re not, they’re not. They aren’t dangerous for the
What’s the Best Question to Ask to hire the best agent?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SRy_7lFDQ How do you figure out who to hire when you’re going to hire a real estate agent? What are the questions you need to ask? First of all, I talk a lot about this in my book, Shortchanged by Shortcuts?: 44 Surprising Ways People Rip Themselves Off When Buying or Selling a Home, and
What do Realtors REALLY do?
You don’t really need a Realtor in the Seattle real estate market to help you find a home to buy. But there are three things a Realtor can do for you that you can’t do for yourself. Most people come to me because they think. “I need someone to help me find a home”, but
What’s The Right Mindset you need to Hire a Realtor?
When you walk at the Nordstrom, you’re not the CEO of Nordstrom’s, and you’re calling over sales help, but you’re not hiring them, and you’re not related to it like you’re hiring them. You walk into a car dealership, you don’t feel like you’re hiring someone, because you’re frankly not. You’re just getting a salesman