Everyone with a web site just assumes that you will know how to use it. Publish it and they will come! But every site is different and I thought it might be helpful to introduce you to [...]
2011 Ended with a flurry of activity and the opening of our own Brokerage Active Adults Realty. After years of planning, education, finding just the right location, renovating that building, hiring the right team an experienced Office Manager and a couple of great agents, we are ready to start 2012 with enthusiasm and lots of positive [...]
There are certain truths in every business, things you just know to be true. After 10 years in Real Estate, I have learned that some things never change. These truths are [...]
Treed lots in active adult communities are difficult to find in Delaware. Why? Our 55+ communities are all very new. Before there were houses and pools and tennis courts, there were corn fields and winter wheat or fields of soy beans. The only trees were on the periphery of the farm if there were any at [...]
How do you price a home a few years old in a community that is still selling brand new homes?
None of us knows what tomorrow will bring so when you are buying in a new home community, here are a few tips:
Buyers will not consider your home if you do not have [...]
I am not an Appraiser, but I just completed 99 hours of Broker training and we spent days studying the methods an Appraiser will use to verify the market value of your home. In todays market Buyers are buying the way Appraisers are appraising and very few are willing to pay more than appraised value for your [...]
Not sure where you want to live yet? Need time to get familiar with the area and take your time finding the right home? Why not lease a place for the first year and see how you like [...]
The Pep Rally and the Benefit Concert took place last night at the Cape Henlopen High School. The auditorium was packed and the crowd was enthusiastically in support of the Extreme Makeover about to take place in Sussex County, [...]
Take the tour of the fabulous clubhouse at Independence, one of Delaware's most popular active adult communities. This is what you expect in a top-rated community, with an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, a state-of-the-art Fitness Center, entertaining space in the ballroom and cafe area, game rooms to rival the best resort. Why take a risk [...]
"As of September 1, 2011 appraisals will change drastically. We now must complete appraisals in what is defined as UAD or Uniform Appraisal Dataset format. This is a GSE Fannie, Freddie requirement." I saw this blog just this morning posted by Bobbie Smith, a Realtor up in the Poconos. An appraiser in her area, Mary Thompson, was giving her [...]