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The common misconception about Buyers Agents is that we take people out to look at a few homes, write the offers, then sit back and collect a paycheck. Misconception?   What an understatement! Take for example what goes on behind the scenes before we ever step foot in a home with our buyer clients: Talk with [...]

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It’s that time of year again!   Along with updating the sales information from 2010 and how it affects our real estate industry in Macomb County, I often go through old email questions to try and refresh myself on things that I know can help home buyers going forward. One of the most frequently asked questions [...]

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This morning as I was researching a condo for sale in The Manors at Central Park in Shelby Township I found a nice surprise:  A blog written and updated regularly by Mike Grobbel who is a co-owner / member of the board of directors. I have to tell you, I am thrilled with the information [...]

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I can’t pinpoint the date it happened, but it seemed that overnight our multilist databases were becoming filled with local homes for sale (Macomb County MI) by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.  They seemed to have overtaken HUD homes for sale in the numbers of them on the market right now. A couple of notes [...]

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One of the challenges to purchasing a foreclosure is abiding by all local laws regulating the condition of the home (different city/township inspections and Certificate of Occupancy requirements).    Macomb County homes that are serviced by a well and septic system also have a mandatory inspection at the point of sale. This can be a bit [...]

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Over the last year I’ve tried to keep my readers up to date on changes that were coming for FHA mortgages and what it means for future home buyers in my Macomb County area. One of the gentlemen that I look to for advice when it comes to FHA mortgages is Jeff Belonger.  He is [...]

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One of the features that I really find helpful in our MLS systems (Mirealsource™ and Realcomp II ™) is a listing history for each home on the market.   If a home has been on the market before (records going back to about 1997) there will be a history of it. When a buyer client is [...]

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I remember last summer when a buyer client and I viewed a home in Warren.  It was a foreclosure, and because she was semi-interested in the home I did a bit of research on it the next morning. The City of Warren had “tagged” the home, which means you  need an inspection from the building [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I had a co-worker ask me about this blog, as she had found it doing a search for information about condo sales with the new HUD guidelines.  She noticed that there weren’t many comments on the blog and asked “Do you ever feel like you are just talking to yourself?” [...]

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It happens a couple of times a week.  I get a call from someone I haven’t met asking me to show them a home that they found on my website. First, let me say that I enjoy talking to each and every one of you who pick up the phone and call (or email).  It’s [...]

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