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  • An Agents Guide to Helping Clients

    (Part 3) Continue doing your research even though you client is interested in purchasing the property. Do your research, because you are providing a service and you want a name for one who provides a service not for one who sells houses. Go to the city and see if there are things in the plans…

  • An Agents Guide to Helping Clients

    (Part 2) I prefer to go on multiple home tours. Even when my potential client has not obtained their per- approval letter yet I have taken them on one multiple home tour. This is where a lot of listing agents tries to pressure their potential clients in to signing a form which locks them into…

  • An Agents Guild for Helping Clients

    (Part 1) Working with a first-time home buyer can be a lengthy, Complex, and often times challenging process. Tis is why having an agent checklist may be a valuable tool to help you stay focus and on track during this process. There is a rule in business called the 80/ 20 rule. According to this…

  • A Word of Warning About Scammers

    Today is March 1, 2024. I have a cousin whom I talk with daily which lives with her husband outside of Columbus Ohio. A few days ago, when we first spoke that day, she explained to me that they were tired. She went on to say the tornado sirens were blasting and that they spent…

  • Learn the Neighborhood Before You Purchase

    In previous post I have advised you to This one may take a little more time and effort: There are secrets about all neighborhoods the time to discover your potential neighborhoods secrets is before you are part of it. Walk through the neighborhood, how do the people treat you and each other. Go to the…

  • More Lessons for First Time Home Owner

    Banks are not your friend, they are a business and they operate as business not as friends. An asset but money into your pocket, whereas a debit removed money from your pockets. Some banks tell people that a home is their biggest asset. It is true that there are many advantages to home ownership, but…

  • Do Your Own Due Diligence & Don’t Shy Away from Down Payments or Continued Negotiations

    Don’t be afraid of putting money down on your first home. Take the time and trouble to crunch the numbers and figure out which numbers work best for your plans. I am not advising you to become house poor. I am saying play with the numbers. Find out what the payments will be with different…

  • Sweet Equity and Dust Can Reduce Your Cost by Thousands

    Few first-time home owners are able to go out and purchase the dream house. Purchasing any home is a big decision, but this is especially so for your first home. Many people still plan on slowly graduating to “better” homes as their growth in the corporate world rises. Some of these have not truly considered…

  • Things First Time Home Buyer’s Should Know

    Prioritize the improtance of Price,Condition,Size and Location This will become a series of blogs. Before going into your agent’s office or meeting with them there are so things which you should have answers for.  If you were to come to me and say I want to buy a home for my family. I’d like to…

  • The Modified Internal Rate of Return

    Using the IRR has been a much-used tool for evaluating potential investments. This is most likely due to the simplicity of using it. Yet, the IRR has some flaws, the most crucial one being that it assumes the cash flows will be reinvested for the life of the project at the rate which equals the…