Active Adults Realty has promoted two valued staff members to senior management positions.

Kathy Sperl-Bell, Broker/Owner, and Bill Bell, Associate Broker/Owner of Active Adults Realty are proud to announce two key staff promotions to senior management positions at Active Adults [...]

Dont allow decluttering to become an excuse to avoid prepping your home for sale.

Decluttering is one of the largest challenges a seller faces when deciding to list their home for sale. Most homeowners have accumulated stuff over the years that wont be traveling with them to their next home because its no longer needed, you want new items, [...]

Those with a 2nd home in Delaware may be affected by these Income Tax changes.

Changes are coming in January 2019 that may affect you when you sell a 2^ndhome in Delaware but live in another state.

Estimated Income Tax will be collected at settlement

Lets say you purchased a second home in Delaware but your primary residence is in New Jersey [...]

Getting From Pending to Sold: Understanding the contingencies that may affect the sale of your home

Selling a home can be overwhelming. But it can become even more complicated and expensive if you think your home is sold but then it falls through. If you're thinking about selling your home, find out what you can do to keep your sale from [...]

Delaware being one of the most tax-friendly states is great news for retirees looking to make their home here!

Going back to January 2009, when I wrote Low Taxes not enough to move to Delaware, followed in September 2011, by Delaware more than lower taxes, I have always tried to provide information on Delaware taxes in context. Given our [...]

When you retire and buy your last home, you want it to be perfect. Why not, you worked hard all these years and now is time for the reward.

Many of you want a new home, one where you can make all the selections and have everything you always wanted. You may have heard, there is a lot of new construction in Delaware, especially in Southern [...]

Its important to set the expectations for working with your REALTOR and understand your agents obligations.

One of the first questions many sellers ask when interviewing Listing Agents is Do you have buyers for our home?

A better question to ask is What will you do to market our home so every agent with a potential buyer for our home will want to show [...]

Meet our Featured Boomers, Active Adults Realty Broker and Owners Kathy Sperl-Bell and Bill Bell!

This month, I thought I would introduce ourselves to you. In our Profiles, you can learn a little about our backgrounds, but we too are Baby Boomers and Kathy (thats me) is not from Delaware.

Where are we from?

I was born in Flushing, NY, like [...]

Buyer closing costs on the purchase of a home vary from State to State but they can also vary depending on the kind of home and where it is located within the State.

Buyers initially tend to focus on the purchase price of a home. We think it is equally important to understand the cost to go to settlement and the ongoing costs of living in [...]