How to Hire a Real Estate Agent - and Be Their Best Client Ever

Being a good partner to the agent you pick will make you both happier house hunters.   When you buy a home, your agent is effectively a business partner. You’re both working toward the same goal: closing a real estate deal. That’s why it’s in your best interest to to know both how to hire a real es

8 Simple Rules for Negotiating Your Offer and Getting That House!

You and your agent are going to use everything you’ve learned to seal the deal.   Here’s the dream: Your offer is perfect, you don’t need to negotiate, and you can spend the next few weeks addressing more pressing home ownership questions like, “Why is it called wainscoting?” and “Do I want a new c

The Everything Guide to Selling Your First Home

How to figure out exactly what you want, and how to work with the experts who’ll help you get it. Selling, a famous salesman once said, is essentially a transfer of feelings. You love and cherish your home. You want the next owner to fall in love with it, too — through photos, through words, and th

5 Questions To Ask When Buying A House

There are no dumb questions to ask a real estate agent.  Home buying seems simple enough: Find a house you like that’s close to work or school, tell someone you want to buy it, and move in. But there’s more to it than that. You’ll have to find and get approved by a lender who will let you borrow a