Category: Real Estate

  • Paying For Your House By The Mile

    Paying For Your House By The Mile

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    Lower gas prices has shown to improve consumer confidence by leaving more money to spend. Potential buyers are willing to pay more for housing and commuting and real estate professionals are willing to spend more time behind the wheel to close the deal. A recent study from Florida Atlantic University and Longwood University actually provide data to support this. The collaborative…

  • When Buying a House, Beware the Buried Oil Tank

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          An underground heating-oil tank is a sleeping giant usually left undisturbed until the house hits the market. Nobody wants to pay for the costly remediation of soil contamination. Although it’s not a law, buyers attorneys and mortgage lenders typically insist upon determining whether there is a buried tank. If a buried tank is…

  • Cooler Weather Makes Real Estate A Hot Investment 1.0

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    Cooler weather cools down real estate. Did you know that this is the best time to buy a house? Sellers are more motivated to sell because their property is likely the home that for whatever reason didn’t sell during the peak season.  To heat or winterize a home are unfavorable expenses for a seller. Also, the seller is…

  • Buying vs. Renting October 2015

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    Buying a home is still better than renting. Start building your equity today! Once upon a time renting made a lot of sense.  Times have changed.  Drastic rent increases should make tenants rethink buying. There are hurdles and solutions. Remember, investing in yourself with housing can only be done one way.  Buy  a home! Hurdle…

  • Friday 13 Superstition or superinsulation, You Choose.

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      Insulation as mold preventative?   Black mold, the scariest deterrent to home value can be prevented.  Mold needs three factors to get a grip on your living environment: 50% + humidity, 40°+ F  temperature and biodegradable material. Cellulose is great stuff if you can swear it’s going to stay dry. Unbacked fibreglass also great.…

  • New Year, New Energy Resolutions Part 1

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    First decide the energy bill is something that should be addressed. Working up a plan from the most cost-efficient to more involved “bragging rights” solutions first start with a $75 Home Energy Solutions audit: http://www.clp.com/home/saveenergy/rebates/homeenergysolutions.aspx.     Then consider an alternative that’s not quite yet on the market: sheetrock that radiates stored energy! http://www.fastcompany.com/1539050/coming-soon-melting-drywall-cools-your-home