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Tips for Sellers
How Do I Minimize My Capital Gains and Property Tax Impact When I Sell?
Selling a home is a major life event for anyone, but for home sellers, the process comes with unique challenges.
Logistical Challenges of Downsizing
Selling and moving to a smaller space is often a complex journey for any home seller.
Finding Next Living Arrangements
Determining where to move after selling a home is one of the most challenging decisions.
Understanding Legal and Estate Planning
Estate planning is a critical component for home sellers. Creating a will or, more commonly, a living trust allows you to control how your assets
Sell or Buy? What You Need To Know
If you’re a homeowner planning to move, you’re probably wondering what the process is going to look.
Transferring Property Into a Trust
One powerful tool that homeowners often overlook is transferring their property into a living trust.
Insist on a Home Inspection
A professional home inspection protects both you and the buyer
For Sale by Owner a Good Idea?
FSBO is a way of selling your home without the help of a professional real estate agent.
Tips for Buyers
Where Are the Best Cities for Investing in Rental Properties?
2025 offers diverse opportunities across the country. Here are the top cities to consider for your next rental property investment
Virtual School is Changing Home Buyer Needs
With remote learning sweeping the nation this academic year are high on buyer wish lists.
Getting a Legitimate Lender and Getting Pre-Approved
Most lenders can pre-qualify you for a mortgage over the phone. Based on general questions about your income, debt, assets, etc.
Why You Should Not Make Any Major Credit Purchases
Don’t go on a spending spree using credit if you are thinking about buying a home, or in the process of buying a new home.
Hot, Normal and Cold Markets
Understanding market conditions is key when buying or selling a home. Learn about the differences.
Why Homeownership is Going to be Worth it
Building a life in a space that’s truly yours? That’s still possible with the right strategy and expert help.
Importance of Inspection
As a buyer, you are entitled to know exactly what you are getting. Don’t take anything for granted.
Build a Plan of Action and Get Ready
Before you can build a plan of action, take the time to lay the groundwork for your decision-making process.
Finding the Right Seller
The best seller is one who is highly motivated. A highly motivated seller is more likely to sell.
Is Buying a Home Still a Smartplan?
You may wonder if buying a home is such a good idea after all.
Homeowner Information
Why Homeownership is the Key to Building Wealth?
In one of the most competitive and innovative regions in the world, it’s no surprise that the real estate market in Silicon Valley plays a major role in shaping financial futures.
What You Need to Know About Living Trusts
A Family Trust is a typical trust in which the Husband and Wife are the Trustees and their children are the Beneficiaries.
Mechanic's Liens
This law provides special protection to contractors, subcontractors, laborers and suppliers, who furnish labor or materials to repair.
Condominium & PUD Ownership
The two most common forms of common interest developments in many states are Condominiums and Planned Unit Developments
Common Ways of Holding Title
Real property can be very valuable and the question of how parties can take ownership of their property is important.
Title and Escrow
The Functions of an Escrow
Buying or selling a home usually involves the transfer of large sums of money.
Understanding Preliminary Reports
Will you be purchasing more than just a beautiful home? Will you also be acquiring liens placed on the property by prior owners?
Understanding Title Insurance for Insuring Trusts
In today’s world of busy probate courts and death taxes, the living trust has become a common manner of holding title to real property.
Title Insurance When Refinancing Your Loan
Lower interest rates have motivated you to refinance your home loan.
Required Reporting to the I.R.S.
Sellers of real property will have certain information regarding the sale reported to the Internal Revenue Service.
Statements of Information
When a title company seeks to uncover matters affecting title to real property, the answer is, “Quite a bit.
Understanding Title Insurance
When you’ve purchased a home you may be familiar with the benefits of title insurance.
Where Does Your Dollar Go?
What is your dollar actually paying for when you purchase a title policy?
Mortgage Information
The Advantages of Different Types of Mortgages Lenders
Mortgage Bankers are lenders that are large enough to originate loans and create pools of loans.
What You Need When Applying for a Loan
It used to be that lenders mailed out verifications in order to verify the data supplied by borrowers.
Your Savings and Down Payment
When preparing to buy a home, the first thing many homebuyers do is look at the real estate ads.
Which ARM is the Best Alternative?
How would you like a mortgage loan where you did not have to make the whole payment if you did not want to?
Whats a FICO®?
FICO® stands for Fair Isaac & Company and is the name for the most well known credit scoring system.
Where Does the Money Come From for Mortgages Loans?
In the olden days, when someone wanted a home loan they walked downtown to the neighborhood bank or savings & loan.
Biweekly Mortgage, Who Needs It?
Have you received an advertisement offering to save you thousands of dollars on your thirty-year mortgage.
The No-Cost 30 Year Fixed Rate
The term “no-cost” actually means that your lender is paying the costs of the loan.
Types of Mortgage Lenders
What is your dollar actually paying for when you purchase a title policy?
