Francisco Peot's (fpeot1) Blog

FIRST TIME HOME BUYER'S GUIDE TO HOME LOANS So you’re thinking about buying your first house, townhouse, condo, ANYTHING to get away from living with family and roommates? As a first time home buyer, the first part of the process should be your pre-approval for financing. Until you have a budget ...

FIRST TIME HOME BUYER'S GUIDE TO WHAT HAPPENS AT A REAL ESTATE CLOSING The hardest parts are over: You’re a first time home buyer that found the perfect home, negotiated a deal you're happy with, and secured first time home buyer mortgage — you're now in the home stretch of the home-buying proces...

FIRST TIME HOME BUYER'S GUIDE TO WHAT HAPPENS AT A REAL ESTATE CLOSING The hardest parts are over: You’re a first time home buyer that found the perfect home, negotiated a deal you're happy with, and secured first time home buyer mortgage — you're now in the home stretch of the home-buying proces...

HOW TO WIN A HOME IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET WITH MULTIPLE OFFERSThe last three years have been a great seller's market here in Richmond, VA and probably most of the country.  Inventory has been very low, and we have seen houses swept off of the market in less than a day with multiple offers increas...

How Do Burglars Most Often Enter a Home             According to the FBI, one in every thirty-six homes in the United States are burglarized during the year 2012. In 2017, about 1.4 million burglaries occurred and among these, two in three break-ins were from residential properties.             H...

Creating Your Own Home Gym People nowadays seek to improve their own bodies in ways that are not too costly. Intermittent fasting, scheduled diets, reduced intakes; these are but simple ways that provide small changes. We all want to go out and hit the gym for improved exercises and bodybuilding ...

5 Things Perfect Outdoor Entertaining Spaces Do   A home isn’t solely meant to be what’s inside the walls of your house. It also includes the spaces outside that are within your land. A lot of houses have spaces that can be used properly and make it an extension of your house. Any outdoor living ...

Home Renovation Mistakes to Avoid After living in your home for a few years, you will eventually get the urge to do improve it. Sometimes the renovations we think of just come from sudden ideas or it might be from new needs. There are a lot of home improvement shows and after watching these you m...

 Setting a price for the home you want to sell isn’t easy. You take into account the amount of money you need, the properties in that home that will be left for the buyer, the prices in the market, the location of the home, and sometimes even the sentimental value of the place adds up to it. Most...

Buying Your House This Year?This Should Be Your 1st Step! As the years pass by, the number of homes for sale is shrinking while the number of buyers is rapidly increasing in the country. This has led to the fierce competition of buyers in the market. Buyers need to take note of accomplishing the ...