Home Buying Tips

Aug. 16, 2023

When is the Best Time to Buy a Home?

 

 

I'm asked all the time "When is the best time to buy a home?" or "Should I buy a home in this market? Or should I wait?"

Personally, I'm in the camp that buying a home is about your timing and NOT real estate market timing ...

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June 21, 2022

3 Must-Know Tips When Buying a Brand New Home

If you’ve been paying attention, you probably noticed that this is the second time in the last 30 days I’ve had New Homes as the topic. Why? Because with precious little resale inventory for our home buyers to purchase I want to make sure you know there is another option ...
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June 20, 2022

Cost of Buying a Home

I've had more than one home buyer come to me completely surprised that there were more costs to buying a home than a down payment. 
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So here's the skinny on what it REALLY costs to buy a home.
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⓵ Down payment: VA and USDA loans ...

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June 14, 2022

Let's Talk Mortgage Pre-Approval Letters.

Let's Talk Mortgage Pre-Approval Letters.
So long as you have your financial documents accessible, it’s easy to get a mortgage pre-approval letter.
 
So why are so many home buyers insistent that they’ll do it after they find “The One”?
 
I may never know the answer to that ...
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May 31, 2022

Should I Wait to Buy a Home?

Today I'm answering the eternal question, the question that I've been getting for twelve years. But I think every real estate agent has been getting since the beginning of time. Should I wait to buy a home?

Basically, is now the wrong time to buy a home ...
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May 24, 2022

My least favorite topic…and why it’s so important

Why do I not like talking about appraisals? Because when they blow up deals it’s usually right at the end when everyone (buyer and seller) are so excited to wrap things up. Heartbreaking really.
 
How do appraisals blow up a deal? First, let’s back things up and explain what ...
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May 3, 2022

Let’s Get Frugal! A million and one ways to save for your down payment

And this one is for you motivated home buyers.
Maybe you've got a home, but maybe this is going to be your first home. So we are going to talk about ways to save money to get your down payment faster.
So I'm going to go kind of ...
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April 29, 2022

Let's Talk 15 Year Mortgages

 

Does retiring early sound as good to you as it does to me? One method of getting there quicker is eliminating debt from your life and having fewer bills that need to be paid - thus needing less monthly income. 

 

Truthfully, I’m not sharing some magic secret to ...

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April 8, 2022

Top 9 Tips for Buying a Rural Property

 

One of the BEST things about El Dorado County is how much opportunity there is to own your own piece of land that’s larger than a postage stamp! Whether you want 20 acres or just a quarter acre, our properties are often very different than buying in the ‘burbs ...

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Jan. 28, 2022

3 Surefire Ways To Know If You’re Ready to Buy a Home

 

Buying your first home is exciting and is a huge part of living the American Dream. Often, buying a home is a rite of passage and thus there can be a lot of pressure from family and friends to take the plunge. Afterall, purchasing a house when you aren’t ...

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