real estate

Advice on Negotiating Short Sales

February 11, 2010

How to Negotiate a Short Sale Lots of questions come up about how to negotiate with the bank on a short sale and with 30% of the Homes for sale in Boise, Meridian and Kuna etc. listed as short sales ,  I thought I’d address the issue here as a reference for you! One quality of [...]

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What is the MLS?

February 1, 2010

The MLS is the real estate industry’s favorite acronym.   For those of you that know what the MLS means, congrats, but for those that don’t know what the MLS means, this article is for you!  For example, if you’ve used my Boise MLS Home Search feature, then you know what I am talking about.  [...]

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Small is the new Big

January 22, 2010

The recent housing boom was full of McMansion construction focusing on BIG homes.  Today, this isn’t the case–buyers are  demanding smaller homes and “move-down” houses.  Just take a look at what kind of homes are for sale in Boise and you’ll see that the trends are moving to smaller floor plans.  When you think about [...]

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The Market Has Bottomed Out and 3 Other Lies Real Estate Agents Tell

November 11, 2009

Buying and selling real estate can be easy, it can also be very complicated.  Making the right choice as a home buyer and getting all your ducks in a row as a home seller is also very difficult.  For these and many other reasons, people hire Real Estate Agents.  But, how can you know for [...]

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