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I've spent the last two days driving around in my truck getting driveways cleared of all the snow we just got pounded with. You would think that it would go beyond saying that in order to sell a house, people need to have access to it. I don't know how many times I've gone to show a house in th...
01/29/2009
I am often asked, "What's the difference between a manufactured home and a modular one?" Today I'm going to try and point out some of the differences.What are Modular Homes?A modular home is a home that is built in sections at a factory and conform to all state, local or regional building code...
01/27/2009
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"Real Estate Made Simple"I started with the question: "How can I make real estate more simple?" Here's my answer: www.ScottMWilliams.com Here's What it Does: Provides Daily Market Stats including Active Listings, Solds, Price Changes, etc. Search Homes: Powerful home search engine for all MLS lis...
01/26/2009
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This is a post by Joshua Frederick. He's an inspector here in Defiance, Ohio and I would highly recommend him. This post is a great reminder of why we have home inspectors!You may have heard the ole' plumbers saying that all shi... well, in this case, we'll use ship... runs downhill. As you can ...
01/25/2009
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I'm often asked: "When should we start looking for a home?" That's a question that is easily answered. Right now! However, how you start looking for a home is a different answer. The answer is dependent upon your particular situation. For instance, if you currently have a home that you would need...
01/25/2009
There's a terrific program available to help people buy and fix up homes. It's called the CHIP program. It helps create affordable homeownership for households with gross annual household income below 80% of area median income. By providing 5% of purchase price towards the downpayment and making...
01/23/2009
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Sweet Building too! The longer I’m involved in real estate the more I’m impressed with some of the people who make it work. One of the key players in the real estate game is the closing company and/or title company. I’ve been amazed once again by the professionalism of June at Attorneys’ Titl...
01/22/2009
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I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but Butler Mohr GMAC Real Estate has developed a new and exciting way to keep the people in our community up-to-date with helpful information about our community. We’ve added our video blog mybackyard.tv. It’s a almost daily video post, some of it funn...
01/21/2009
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It’s January 20th 2009 and Everything is starting new. Our new president will be sworn in this afternoon, It’s a new year and, if you didn’t notice, I’ve created a new website www.scottmwilliams.com I’m excited about all the new things that are going on in our country at this time. I know, I...
01/20/2009
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I had the privelege of having a home inspected by Joshua Frederick of Aspec Home Inspections a couple of weeks ago and it was truly a good experience. Joshua did a very thorough inspection on the home and was very detailed in his descriptions to my potential buyers. It was really a nice treat ...
01/13/2009