Posts Tagged ‘Buying a home’
Closing Costs: Who Pays What??
I don't think there's anybody at all that thinks they can buy or sell the home and not spend any money between the contract to closing, but a lot of times people are a little confused about exactly who pays what and what are they going to h...
Five Things I Would NEVER Do After Nearly 20 Years in Real Estate
If you're on social media at all, you've probably seen someone do this trend, "Five Things I'd Never Do As A..." Well, I definitely have thoughts on this, and while there are probably more, these are either the top 5, or the first 5 that com...
Let’s Talk about Referral Platforms
Let's discuss what I mean by "referral platforms" and what happens when you start your home search using one. Have questions? I'd love to help answer them! Find me on Instagram @cindybennettrealestate or send me a message with the chat b...
7 Things to Know Before Home Buying
Well, it's been a minute since I bought my first home, but it occurred to me that there are some things that I really wish I had known. So here are the seven things that I wish I had known when I bought my first house. Number one, as soo...
Let’s Talk About Rent Backs
Okay, so let's talk about rent backs. What is a rent back? That's something that we're hearing all over the place in the market the last year. So, lots of sellers want to stay in their home after they close because maybe they haven't fou...
Why is Cash King?
We've all heard that old adage, cash is king many, many times. But what do you do if you're trying to buy a home in this market and you don't have a dump truck full of cash? Let's unpack that a little bit. Why is cash king anyway? Well, ...
Why Didn’t They Take My Offer?! (and it was the highest!)
So you just saw that that house you offered on sold and it went for less than you offered, how the heck did that happen? Sometimes it's all about the money. And sometimes it's not having an agent that's going to do the research to make s...
Is this a good area?…What I can and can’t tell you.
Is this house in a good area or a bad area? What do you think of this neighborhood? How are the schools? These are some of the questions that I get asked all the time. And I hate to tell you, I can't really answer them. Because of a litt...