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You’ve found the perfect home and you’ve put in a bid – but the seller wants a rent-back agreement. This will allow the seller to become your renter for a time after closing, and it’s usually used to make it easier on the seller to coordinate the purchase of their...
Are you looking for your forever home? Do you want to plant your roots and start a family without having to worry about moving? As you search for your first home, you should consider hiring an inspector. A home inspector can evaluate a home and help determine whether...
It may seem like a dream scenario. You’ve decided to put your vacation home on the market, so you invite your best friend over to spend one last weekend there. They love the place and offer to buy it for the price you’d hoped to get. To be able to sell a home without...
This summer, a story from Virginia went viral when a young Black scientist took to social media to report that her offer on a beach condo was derailed when the elderly white seller told her real estate agent, after meeting the buyer at her walk-through, that she...
If you are looking to buy property, you need to be clear about its legal status. That is why having someone do a thorough title search is crucial. One of the issues a title search might throw up is an easement on the property. But what exactly is this and is it...
First-time home buyers can greatly benefit from hiring a home inspector. A home inspector can examine a home and find major issues that may need to be addressed between the buyer and seller. The buyer can negotiate the price of a home with a seller to make repairs to...
If you’re looking to purchase a house, you may assume you’re buying it from a single seller. Many couples will own homes together, so married individuals may be joint owners. But you still assume you are buying from the couple directly, so you know who holds the...
It can be hard to make your offer on a new property competitive. Home prices are already very high. A major part of the problem is that corporations are buying homes. Many of these corporations will then outbid individual buyers, who can’t afford to pay tens of...
When looking at the real estate market, it’s clear that home prices have gone up in recent years, and they haven’t come back down. Some homes have nearly doubled or tripled in value in the last decade. In some areas, these prices are still climbing or at least staying...
In a competitive real estate market, potential buyers often look for creative ways to stand out. One of the more personal approaches includes writing a "love letter" to a home seller. This letter typically expresses the buyer’s admiration for the home and explains why...