Buying a Home

House shopping can be a wonderful experience, especially if you are not in a rush and can have some fun browsing and visiting all your potential ...

Owning a home is an exciting opportunity, but it also requires a lot of work and dedication. It is likely the biggest investment you will ever make. ...

Are You Tired of Losing Out on Real Estate Offers? Are you making offers on homes you love but you have to sell or close on your current home ...

It's still not too late to make some homeowner's real estate resolutions for 2021.  Inventory and interest rates are at historic lows and ...

The process of finding your perfect home can be exciting at times, then feel completely overwhelming, and then become inspiring again, and sometimes ...

There is a common misconception that you should put your house on the market in winter.  But that's not necessarily true.  There are some ...

It is easy to become overwhelmed when you enter the home buying market. Friends, family, colleagues, and even acquaintances will give you their ...

There has been some discussion recently on home prices in relation to mortgage rates. Some believe if there is a rapid rise of mortgage rates, home ...

Potential Scottsdale homebuyers are always cautioned to be aware of mortgage lending standards and the difficulty they might face when trying to ...

How to Buy a Home: 8 Tips and Tricks from Real Estate Insiders We are still in a Seller's Market in Scottsdale real estate, and one of the reasons ...

In Arizona, once you have contract acceptance on your new Scottsdale home purchase, you need to start working on setting up a home inspection - you ...

The first thing you need to do before ever contacting a real estate agent to start showing you homes is to find out what you can actually afford....

I remember two or three years ago working with some Scottsdale home buyers that were making full-price offers on properties and still losing out. I ...

For a time in my long career, I was helping a lot of first-time home buyers. Lately, it has been mainly move-up buyers but I recently got a call ...

UPDATE: Please note this post date. The figure stated below keeps rising, it is now way above 90%. Print advertising has all but died out. Many ...

This is an older post that I've updated.  I received a real estate association e-mail newsletter with an interesting list from an Illinois real ...