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Home Remodeling Projects to Increase Your Property Value
Remodeling your home is a great way to boost its value before you sell it. It can also freshen up the place and give you a sense of novelty that makes your home more comfortable to live in. While there are numerous ways to remodel your home...
Get to Know Your Community
Education Ohio school Report Cards allow home buyers to view the schools in the areas you are interested in living. These reports allow communities, educators, policymakers, and most importantly parents and caregivers to get a better unders...
3 Things You Need to Consider When Buying Your First Investment Property
When you want to make your money work for you, investing in real estate is an obvious choice. Considered to be a safe investment, residential real estate pays investors back twice: first in rental income, and later when the property sells at an...
Home Warranty: What You Need To Know
After diligently looking for a new house, you’ve found that special one – so exciting! When meeting with your Realtor to review the process and write an offer, it is important to discuss home warranty options. This is a great way to help ...
The Walk Through
You're getting ready to close on your new home. How exciting! Between one and five days before you are scheduled for a title transfer, you will have an opportunity to do a final walk through to make sure the condition of the home has not cha...
Repair Time
You've negotiated an acceptable offer on your home and the buyers have conducted their inspections - now what? The buyer's agent will complete and submit the findings of the inspection to your listing agent. This includes a Removal of Inspec...
Transferring Utilities
As your closing approaches it is important to transfer the utilities prior to closing. If you are the buyer, transfer the utilities into your name, and if you are the seller, out of your name. Remember the key date is the date of possession –...
Clear to Close
Closings can seem like a long and nerve-racking process, but the following outlines the process clearly and simply. Once the loan application and you have supplied the many documents required by the lender, the loan goes to underwriting. The...