I can not lie. I copied the entire content from a continuing education program I was taking the other day. I know what radon is, however, this excerpt seems to do a better job at explaining than I ever can. —— Radon gas decays, giving off radioactive particles. Radon gas enters buildings through cracks in [...]
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Radon: it’s not a bug repellent.
by Jaime
When negotiating to purchase a home, understanding what your ‘levers’ are can be a significant advantage to winning a the deal. Most people believe that price is the only bargaining chip when purchasing a home. Although this may be true in most cases, it does not hold true for every case. There are “levers” that [...]
I’ve written various posts on this topic before, but it’s so important I thought I would write another one. I’m a huge believer in the term “managing expectations”. Being in the business of providing a service, too often we tend to assume that the client is educated or informed on the process of buying a [...]
..It’s actually a law in New York. How often is a home buyer told that heating bills are X, and after moving in and receiving their first winter heating bill, they go into shock. In real estate, no one likes to be deceived or mislead. It is one of worst feeling in the world. Along [...]
Does the seller of a home have to disclose everything that’s wrong with the house? As a buyer, wouldn’t you like to know everything that’s wrong with a home before you buy it? Caveat emptor is the Latin term for “Let the buyer beware”. Back in the olden days it was really “buyer beware”. Today, [...]
A walk-through, simply put, is verifying that the house that you’re buying is in the same condition you saw it originally. The amount of time beween when you originally put your bid and the time you actually closed can be considerable. It could be 30 days, it could be 90 days. Bottomline is that the [...]
A while back I wrote on Closing on a house in Westchester County. After reading it I realized that I should take the process to its infancy. I should take it to the point where you’re actually deciding to buy a home. Therefore, I updated the previous article to be less assumptive and more detailed. [...]
