Whatever line of work you’re in, there are probably some fairly common terms you’re used to hearing and saying that an outsider may not know. They may be so basic to you that you can’t even imagine how somebody wouldn’t know what it is, even if they aren’t in your field.For instance, the word “mo
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07/12/2023
Real estate often seems like a fun, easy, high-paying career to outsiders. But it seems even more appealing to people when the market is hot, like it had been over the past few years. Couple that with a pandemic that caused people to either lose their jobs or simply look for something they’d rath
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06/30/2023
Dealing with difficult neighbors can be stressful and uncomfortable, but it’s important to quickly resolve conflict within your community. Maybe you just moved into a new home and have discovered that your neighbor next door has some disruptive habits. Maybe a new family moved in down the road an
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06/27/2023
It’s not uncommon for home buyers to feel they’re being lied to when they’re told there’s another offer coming in on a house they want to buy, no matter what the current real estate market is like.But considering you’ve probably been hearing that houses are taking longer to sell, prices are comin
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06/22/2023
If you do renovations or home improvements to your house, common sense says that doing so would raise the value, right?The good news is that they do increase the value of your house!The not-so-great news is that the amount your home goes up in value probably won’t be as much as you even spent on
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06/12/2023
Whether you’ve been planning on buying a house in the near future or not, you’ve probably heard that people with higher credit scores are now paying higher fees, and people with lower credit scores are paying lower fees when getting a mortgage.Hearing that might make you feel one of two ways if y
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06/07/2023
Most home sellers want their house to sell fast and for the most amount possible. Luckily, those two things usually go hand in hand.But once a seller gets an offer, they often wonder if it happened too fast, and whether it’s the best offer they’re going to get, or if they should wait for a better
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05/24/2023
Unless you’re a real estate agent, you probably don’t think about home appraisals more than a few times in your life. (Considering how much time real estate agents spend worrying about them, you’re probably better off!) But when you buy a house, chances are a third-party appraiser will need to in
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05/13/2023
Whether you’ve been planning on buying a house in the near future or not, you’ve probably heard that people with higher credit scores are now paying higher fees, and people with lower credit scores are paying lower fees when getting a mortgage.Hearing that might make you feel one of two ways if y
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05/04/2023
People often joke about needing to win the lottery in order to be able to afford something, so it’s not that surprising that a recent poll found that 52% of Gen Z and 57% of Millennials feel like they’d need to hit the jackpot in order to buy a home. There’s literally a show on HGTV that follows
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04/27/2023
