Amy's innermost Real Estate thoughts

I am so excited that we have finally made the necessary upgrade to wide angle photography for all of our listings. Previously we used a Kodex Easyshare. Although simple it took great pictures. The colors always came out really well and it was very user friendly. Now we have upgraded to the Panaso...

I had a really cool experience about a week ago. A buyer friend just closed on her new house. The search process was long an difficult. We must have seen over 50 homes and wrote 6 offers. Now we had finally crossed the finish line. She had gone just a smidge over her budget and the home was a for...

Tonight is a typical Saturday night. I am watching tv, checking e-mail, and working on little things that just can't wait until Monday. What am I watching? Thats easy, the same as always...real estate tv shows. As I am sitting here watching, I am reminded of both the good and the bad of shows lik...

I still consider myself very new to ActiveRain. I have only been a member since the end of last year but with about two dozen posts behind me, I think Im starting to get the hang of things. Atleast thats what I think until I read some of the featured posts each day. Many are focused on how to blo...

For almost two years, my fiance' and I have been talking about replacing the carpet and gutting the bathrooms. Finally, after pinching pennies, it looks like this summer we might be able to actually commit to at least one of those projects. The problem is, which one do we tackle first? My fiance'...

Just about a week ago one of our past buyers referred a co-worker to us. They are getting married and want a home to come back to after the honeymoon. He has owned a home before but not for several years; she is brand new to home ownership. At the intial interview, I aked the the usual questions ...

I came across this scenario for the second time today. I am wondering if anyone else has come across this and what your thoughts are. I was looking at a short sale listing for one of my buyers. There was an addendum attached to the MLS sheet that was prepared by the listing agent. The addendum ex...

This situation happened to me a couple weeks ago and I am still shaking my head. I brought a buyer to a great listing in a well established neighborhood in our area. When we first toured the home I pointed out a few items that I suspected would come up on an inspection report. The seller had done...

If there was ever a time to take advantage of some of the HUD homes currently on the market, now is it! First a quick note on the process of buying HUD homes: HUD listings are sold by way of an online bidding process - only HUD certified brokers can submit bids for their buyers. The first 10 days...

This has me heated this week! I have a buyer under contract on a foreclosed home. There is no doubt, we negotiated an amazing price for her. When this closes, it will be one of the lowest sales prices in the neighborhood in a while. The house isn't in terrible shape and is certainly worth $20,000...