If You Are Looking For Honesty, You Are Looking for a Buyers Agent



December 7, 2010If you are looking for honesty, you are looking for an exclusive buyer agent. Don’t trust a salesman?  I don’t either.  I read a few comments to real estate blogs from home buyers that reminded me, some people don’t trust their agent, or maybe agents in general.   I used to feel that way too.  I thought that I needed to work with an agent for legal purposes, but that I couldn’t...

Confessions of a First Time Home Buyer: Keeping up with The Joneses



December 3, 2010I never saw myself as the type of person that would feel the pressure to “Keep Up with the Joneses.”  I thought, why would I ever care if someone’s yard looked nicer than ours, or if they had curtains instead of blankets draped over their windows. (I assure you, if you’ve got the right blanket, it can effectively and even somewhat attractively serve the same purpose as a curtain.  I’m...

4 Reasons To Go Home Shopping During the Holidays



December 2, 2010Toys and electronics aren't the only things that go on sale during the holiday season- home prices tend to drop as well. Depending on your situation, the holidays can be an excellent time to go home shopping!  Here are a few of the pros to Home Shopping during the holidays. 1) Less competition leads to lower prices, and less bidding wars. During the holidays, many families are busy with...

Boulder and Longmont Homes Show Price Appreciation Since 1991



November 30, 2010Boulder and Longmont Homes Show Price Appreciation Since 1991 Whether you are a home owner, or just in the market now to buy a home, we hope that you experience appreciation in your housing investment, as most of Colorado has overall in the last few decades.  Many home buyers and owners want to know specifics about rates of appreciation in specific neighborhoods.  So, our exclusive buyers...

Thanksgiving Special, to Home Owners Everywhere, Part 2



November 26, 2010When we arrived, we bumped into Home Depot Santa Clause.  We told him that we were looking to buy a nail gun to complete our project, and he took us to the right place.  He showed us the different air compressor options (air compressor???!!! Yikes, can’t I just use some Double A batteries for this thing??)  And he very frankly, without making any judgments of our ignorance, or trying to make...

Thanksgiving Special, to Home Owners Everywhere Part One



November 24, 2010A few weekends ago my husband and I decided to finish The Molding.  The Molding is a home improvement project that we started a good 3 months ago.  When we decided to redo the kitchen floor, which we finished in about 3 days, we did not realize that redoing the kitchen floor would also require redoing the molding.  So, The Molding is that little bonus project that I am learning is a part of...

Why are exclusive buyers agents so important to negotiating the best price and terms?



November 23, 2010For the most part, when a person wants to purchase a home, the goal is to get the best possible value for their money.  Each step of the home search process ultimately affects the value of your deal, because each step ultimately affects the price of the home. For example, the time that you decide to buy affects the price of your home as market values change.  The time you decide to buy also...