What to Look for in Choosing a Caregiver?

1. Start on the Same Page Before you share space, have an open talk about your expectations. Moving in with family members that you have not lived with for years is a big adjustment.  Being open about privacy concerns, household chores, financial responsibilities, and family rules can get family members on the same page. Whether […]

A few months ago, I decided to do some door-knocking in my neighborhood and hand out a current market report compared to 6 months ago.  I went out about 4 times in two months’ time and distributed about 300 market reports.   Folks would typically take the market report and politely thank me for it […]

I took some buyers out to look for a home in the mountains where most of the homes are on a well. A couple of days later, she found a home that she was excited about and had some questions about it, but her questions did not include the water source which is always important! […]

I met my client at a local community fair in the fall, and she shared with me that she, her husband, and her mother (who lived with her) were moving out of state and needed to sell their house. After meeting with them, they decided that March would be a great time to put their […]

Just hearing the word “downsizing” can often bring about negative emotions for many people because it’s viewed as something we are forced to do when we can no longer handle the home we’ve lived in for so long. And most of the time we think about downsizing as something we will eventually need to do […]

So, you want to sell your piece of land for the most money and at the soonest time.  That’s an admiral goal and while the inventory is low in the housing market, it is quite the opposite in the land market.  Land is plentiful right now and because of that, it tends to sit for […]

I recently had a family ask me to represent them as their buyer’s agent.  The wife originally told me they were looking for 40-50 acres to grow an orchard and garden so her husband could take a break from truck driving.  That’s all I knew until I scheduled the initial consultation.  I sat down with […]

I have always had a love for older folks. They have such interesting stories about life before cars, telephones, washing machines, internet, and cell phones. I remember going to church once and asked my 8-year-old daughter to call her dad from the church office phone and she came out of the office saying, “I don’t […]

The answer is yes!  The reason is that, you as the seller, are paying your real estate agent to work for you.  When you hire a fence builder, appliance repairman, or mechanic, you want to know what they are charging.  The same applies to a real estate agent.  Some real estate agents have a conversation […]