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What Fair Housing Won't Let Your Agent Do For You Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Fair Housing Act governs what real estate agents can and cannot do for their clients. When buyers merrily hop into a real estate agent's car to tour homes, the last...
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Once and For All -- What is a Fixture? Monday, September 1, 2008
To determine what stays with a home and what goes is to define the word fixture as it pertains to real estate. Some sellers believe anything they can remove from a...
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Tax Breaks for Home Sellers Friday, August 29, 2008
Almost everybody has heard about the $7,500 tax credit for first-time home buyers, but what about tax breaks for home sellers? Sellers get the best break of all -- a $250,000...
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The Most Important Home Buying Documents To Keep After Closing Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Many home buyers don't know which home closing documents to keep. It's no wonder that home buyers can be confused because there is so much paperwork involved in every transaction. Signing...
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Top 3 Home Buying Blunders Monday, August 25, 2008
Buying real estate is hard enough without buyers messing it up for themselves by forgetting about the top three home buying mistakes. Not that buyers intentionally cause problems, mind you. It's...
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Hot Home Buying Trends Friday, August 22, 2008
As I stare at my newly installed kitchen counters, I can't help but wonder how long it will take before home buyers resort to snickering at quartz counters after new...
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How to Recognize Predatory Mortgage Lenders Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Even though there are laws against predatory lending, it doesn't stop mortgage fraud or protect an innocent buyer from harm. Nobody wants to overpay for a mortgage loan or...
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How to Ask Your Parents for Money to Buy a Home Monday, August 18, 2008
It's not always fun to ask parents for money, but sometimes it's the only way to afford to buy a home. Especially in today's lending world -- with banks tightening mortgage...
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What is Procuring Cause? Friday, August 15, 2008
In an ideal real estate world, procuring cause never happens. Procuring cause doesn't happen in an ideal world because in that fictional real estate society, every single home buyer will have...
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Property Condition Isn't the Only Drawback to Buying Foreclosures Wednesday, August 13, 2008
For novice home buyers, buying foreclosures can be riddled with pitfalls and drawbacks. Not every successful bidder for a foreclosure property comes out ahead. Sometimes buyers end up dealing with mountains...
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