Real Estate

I’ve never sold a house; there, I said it. My husband and I built our first home together 12 years ago when we were planning our wedding. When we welcomed our twins in 2014 and realized that our 1,200-square-foot starter home did not cut it for our new family of six, we were going to […] More

Your mortgage is probably the biggest payment you have in your monthly budget. It’s not uncommon considering the fact that your home is probably the most expensive item you own. It’s nothing to be ashamed of; buying a home is the American Dream (even if it seems like the American Dream is quickly changing into […] More

If I were to sell my house for cash, I’m positive I’d want it to sell quickly. After all, if I’m selling, it’s not to keep my house, right? That’s why so many people are always on the lookout for some amazing way to make their home more noticeable. They want to make their homes […] More

I have never sold a home in my life. We built our first house during the big boom in 2004. We paid entirely too much for it, we know. However, when we welcomed our twins (babies three and four) into our lives in 2014, we had to buy a bigger home. Since home values still […] More

I am not a home selling expert. I am not a realtor; though I did get my real estate license when I was 19 and attempt to use it for a while before realizing that it was not for me at that age. In the interest of full disclosure here, I’ve also never once sold […] More

Once you find the home of your dreams, you want to move in yesterday. I get it; I’ve both built and purchased homes and I know that feeling of sheer impatience and excitement all worked together in a way that makes you feel as if you might cry when there is a delay. When my […] More

Many people just assume that they are ready to take on the project of owning a home, but they actually are not. Believe it or not, not everyone is ready at this particular stage in their lives to own a home, and we can tell you whether or not you are one of them. It’s […] More

The first thing anyone notices about your home is the exterior. It does not matter in the least how nice the interior of your home really is if the exterior looks bad, and that’s a problem that many of us have to deal with on many occasions. Curb appeal is so important, but there is […] More

Foreclosed homes are typically a lot less expensive than homes on the market being sold by their current owners; and there really is no right or wrong answer to this question. I can tell you firsthand that I have a friend who will tell you never, ever to buy a foreclosed home after her own […] More

There is nothing wrong with wanting to increase the value of your home, especially when you want to sell it; and a remodel is a guaranteed way to make your home more valuable. Or is it? Not all home remodels, renovations and upgrades are worth the money you pay. What this means is that sometimes […] More

I adore telling the story of the time we bought our dream home back at the end of 2014. We built our first home when we were planning our wedding 12 years ago, and we had a long time to become ‘new homeowners’ again. We forgot some things; some very important things. We forget that […] More

Upgrading your home is expensive. It’s been almost a year and-a-half since my husband and I bought our dream home, and we’ve been slowly fixing it up as we go along. It was move-in-ready, but a few things were not to our taste. For example, the people who built the house did not clear much […] More