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Home Ownership & Renting Weighing the Advantages of Owning vs. Renting a Home Article / Updated 07-10-2023 Nearly everyone seems to have an opinion about buying a home. People in the real estate business — including agents, lenders, property inspectors, and other related people — endorse homeownership. Of course, why wouldn’t they? Their livelihoods depe... View Article
Home Ownership & Renting Basic Principles for Selecting a Home To Buy Article / Updated 07-05-2023 Good news. It doesn’t matter whether you buy a log cabin, Cape Cod colonial, French provincial, Queen Anne Victorian, or California ranch-style house. You can make money on any property by following three fundamental principles to select the home you bu... View Article
Flipping Houses Flipping Homes: 11 Ways to Cut Renovation Costs Article / Updated 03-30-2022 When renovating a property that you intend to flip, don't get carried away. Some home flippers hire top-of-the-scale contractors and insist on the highest-quality building materials from the nearest suppliers. To help you avoid that trap, here are 11 secr... View Article
Home Ownership & Renting Answers to 10 Questions Home Buyers Often Ask Article / Updated 03-30-2022 As a house seller, you should anticipate tough questions smart home buyers (or their agents) may ask you. Most sellers and their agents are quick to praise property features such as a remodeled kitchen, new roof, and swimming pool. That’s great, but wha... View Article
Home Ownership & Renting Potential Home 'For Sale By Owner' Advantages Article / Updated 03-30-2022 Each home seller’s personal situation and motivation for selling is unique. The following discussion describes the most common reasons why sellers choose to sell without using an agent.You want to save money on commissionsPeople who take the for sale b... View Article
Flipping Houses Flipping Houses For Dummies Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-30-2022 "Flipping houses" sounds as easy as 1-2-3: 1) Buy a house significantly below market value, 2) fix it up, and 3) sell it. However, when you actually try to flip a house, you soon realize that it's tougher than it sounds. The beginner faces several hurdles... View Cheat Sheet
Flipping Houses Flipping Strategy: Buying into a Hot Market Article / Updated 03-30-2022 When most people think of flipping houses, they immediately envision a process of buying a ramshackle house on the cheap, fixing it up, and then reselling it for more than they've invested in it. That's certainly the underlying theme, but the actual proce... View Article
Home Ownership & Renting 10 Things to Consider When Selling Your House Article / Updated 03-30-2022 When you own a home, the odds are extraordinarily high that someday you’ll sell it. People who live their entire lives in their first home are rare. Selling a house is generally somewhat less complicated than buying one. But just because selling a house... View Article