Real Estate Blog
How To Buy A Home With No Money Down
One of the first things you’ll hear when you start considering homeownership is that even with a mortgage, you’ll need a hefty chunk of change upfront. Most financial planners recommend putting down a 20% down payment. On the current national median home price of...
What Is a FICO Score?
Successfully buying a home hinges on a bunch of numbers, from home prices to mortgage rates. And there’s a lesser-known figure that can make all the difference when realizing your homeownership dreams: your FICO score. Whenever you want to make a big purchase, like a...
What Did It Take To Sell This House?
A picture is worth a thousand words—or several hundred thousand dollars in real estate. Few would argue that a successful home sale hinges heavily on listing photos because home shoppers make snap judgments based on what they see initially online. But to get the...
Barndominiums – The Hottest Trend
In recent years, barndominiums have beautifully planted themselves in our architectural landscape. With their expansive layouts, seamless indoor-outdoor transitions, and charming rustic details, it’s easy to see why these homes have soared to the top of the list of...
Home Security Tips
So you’ve got the whole house-hunting routine down, and you run your must-have home features on a loop in your head like a Spotify playlist. You’ve become a pro at scoping out closet space, bedroom sizes, and whether there’s adequate wall space to mount the big-screen...
How to Sell a Home ‘As Is’
Selling a home can be hard work—you have to repaint it, trim your lawn to bump up your curb appeal, maybe replace the cabinets in your embarrassingly outdated kitchen, and more. But if you’re moaning, “There’s got to be an easier way,” you’re in luck, because there...