Melinda Pearson's (mpearson) Blog

An informative blog for clients.You Think Your House is Worth WHAT? Pricing Your Home to Sell O.k., so you've looked on the Internet, you've checked the Real Estate Weekly - and you've talked to your Neighbors.  You're pretty sure you know what you WANT your home to be worth.  Next step?  You cal...

Very informative for both buyer's agent and seller's agent.We have a client who just closed on his condo last week. Several weeks ago he determined this property would fit his needs, and he asked us to represent him during the negotiation process. One of his main goals was to purchase the condo a...

Good advice!It's easy to complain about how long it takes a loan to close - even loan officers do it. The truth is if everything is in order and the property is acceptable the loan should close within 21 to 30 days of the receipt of all documents by the lender. This is not 21 days from applicatio...

What great marketing advice!!Be a Productive Listing Agent. How? I have written plenty of posts on how to be a good listing agent, from giving good customer service, to answering your phone when agents call (or anyone for that matter), to good signage, writing a monthly market report and more.  I...

The wisdom we learned from Perfect Pets Rescue:  Red Hook, NY Why am I posting abourt PPR?  It is one of my favorite rescue groups.  Probably because I found my adopted dog, Sammy, through them.  I think it is amazing what PPR goes through to rescue these dogs.  They are fun to follow on facebook...

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Beautiful 4 Bedroom, 3 1/2 bath Home in Highly Desirable Cedar Knolls, Fishkill, New York.  Cedar Knolls is a beautiful neighborhood in Southern Dutchess County.  The town is Fishkill.  Fishkill has everything you could want from Splashdown, a Water Park to easy access to Metro North http://www.m...

Just the other day I was tripped up on this answer because up to now my buyer assumed she would be buying something with the fha 203k so she was insecure about my answer regarding the FHA loan needing an appraisal.  Everybody talks about passing FHA inspection and I think that is misleading.  Gla...

Very important information!  A recent Wall Street Journal article about the first-time homebuyer tax credit cautions buyers under contract to wait until after closing before purchasing appliances, furniture or similar items on credit. The article notes that some mortgage lenders are running credi...

Want to know all the facts about foreclosures?  Watch this video!  So Funny and true!  Love the line, I am a foreclosure specialist, I am busy busy busy!Going through angst because of challenges regarding REO properties? If you haven't seen this yet, you should watch it. The truth hurts, doesn't ...