How to Use Winter to Your Advantage When Selling
A home can be sold at its best price in any season—even in winter. Of course more buyers come out...
Real Estate Term of the Week
Rent-Back Agreement: A legal, written agreement in a real estate transaction between a seller and a buyer. It gives sellers...
How Rent-Back Agreements Work for Sellers and Buyers
For financial reasons, many sellers must first sell their current home before closing on their next one. Naturally this can...
Real Estate Term of the Week
Homestead Exemption (Ohio): The homestead exemption allows low-income senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled Ohioans to reduce their property...
Tips for Caregivers: Making Supportive Space in the Home
Anyone with a loved one who faces dementia, Alzheimer’s, or other age-related concerns knows that being a caregiver presents many...
Real Estate Term of the Week
Fixer-Upper: A real-estate term for a home that needs maintenance work (redecoration, redesign, or reconstruction) and is typically offered at...
Home Updates You’ll Need About Every 10 Years
Living in your home day in and day out will produce wear and tear, no matter how well you treat...
Real Estate Term of the Week
Hazard insurance: Insurance coverage in the event of physical damage to a property from fire, wind, vandalism, or other hazards....
Pros & Cons of Selling an Occupied vs. Vacant Home
If you’re weighing the options of selling your home while still living there or after you’ve moved, consider the pros...
Real Estate Term of the Week
Expired Listing: When a seller contracts with an agent and broker to sell her home, the listing agreement contains a...
Analyze Why Your Listing Expired without Selling
If your home has been on the market for three to six months without a sale, you’re sure to wonder...
Real Estate Term of the Week
Discount Points: A type of prepaid interest or fees mortgage borrowers can purchase that lowers the amount of interest they...