How To Choose The Right Rural Neighborhood
When you buy a home in a rural area, itâs much more of a lifestyle decision than deciding to settle down in a city or even close to a city. And if you arenât deeply familiar with the place where you...
How To Choose The Right Suburban Neighborhood
Buying a home anywhere feels like a huge step, but getting settled in the suburbs can seem especially momentous for any household. After all, traditionally, suburbs were for establishing a place in the...
How To Choose The Right Urban Neighborhood
Buying a home without researching (and loving) the neighborhood is a bit like getting married after the first or second date -- a serious gamble that pays off at best, and the prelude to a horrible, costly...
What You Need To Know Before Buying An Investment Home With Friends
Investing in real estate is a goal for many Americans, and that goal has become more pronounced since reality television became a thing and HGTV jumped on the bandwagon. How many times have you watched a...
9 Fixture and Upgrade Tips for New-Construction Homes
Building a new home is a perfect opportunity to customize your space according to your own needs and wants -- and it can also feel completely overwhelming. Many homes built from the ground up will require the...
21 Steps To Hosting The Perfect Open House
An open house is a huge opportunity for anyone hoping to sell -- it's a chance for you to present your home looking its very best to a wide pool of buyers who can walk through and decide whether it's a fit....
The Ultimate Home Seller’s Step-By-Step Guide To Preparing For Showings
When you're selling your house, it can be tempting to hope that buyers will see past the surface to the beautiful bone structure of your abode and realize what a lovely life they could make in it. But the...
How To Choose A Mortgage
When you make the decision to become a homeowner, there is a series of additional decisions that you'll need to make before you reach that final goal and cross the threshold of your new front door. One of the...