Private Sale in a Sellers Market : Pros and Cons
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Sellers Market – Selling Houses or Selling an Opportunity?
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Indian Hill Schools in Cincinnati is a district of making lists- its the public school which spends the most on a “per student basis”, it is typically within the top 10 of school ratings by various magazines/ websites. It currently has a A to B rating on the State of Ohio Board of Education website.…
Estate Executors need Realtors- an honest Realtor
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Exploring Team Psycho’s coffee shops
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Springdale is a bedroom community within the Northern section of Cincinnati. Within Cincinnati, the East & West is always contested. The dividing line has always been known to be Vine Street, which this far north is called Rt 4, which is a major road within the thoroughfare of Springdale. The area has been the location…
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Work Live Play
This concept of Work, Live and Play close to your home is a popular concept that is changing the valuation of properties in today’s market. Many empty nesters and millennial buyers are talking about keeping it all Close to Home. Related posts: Buy Equity in a Neighborhood, not a house Facebook Sold my House
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I had a short, but successful run in Mariemont which captured all that the immediate area has to offer! Mariemont is a community to the East of downtown, a historic community. The new development in Mariemont has been incredibly successful with the introduction of new high-end condominiums. These condos replaced the dated and under utilized…
Baby Boomers transitions
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Buy Equity in a Neighborhood, not a house
I have always been told by respected investors that you make your money when you Close the first time on the property- you buy with equity in the property. I have changed my opinion within major sections of Cincinnati this last year. I believe within the Sellers market regions of Cincinnati, you buy equity in…
Home Inspections- the best time for Buyers, the worse time for Sellers!
The most major contingency in the Real Estate transaction is the inspection period. It is typically a 10-15 day period from which you can hire a home inspector to provide you a report of their opinion of condition. In the report, they will provide opinions of defects and they can recommend further investigation and/ or…
Running with a Realtor, Clifton
Today began a new horizon for this blog. I am a Realtor, I am a Runner, I love adventure. If that was a math problem it would equal a New Blog “Running with a Realtor”. Today, I ran from Clifton Gaslight district. Serpentining the wonderful historic streets along Clifton Ave heading North out of the…
Facebook Sold my House
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Loyal to a Fault?
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Solar panel Carport structure
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I just walked what seemed to be the oldest house in Cincinnati today! It was amazing! Cracked plaster everywhere, but it was still intact. The rooms had 12′ ceilings and 10′ doors! Here are some photos of the transom windows which was an amazing spectacle. It is a mechanical system that with the pull of…
Appraisals : a fail safe in the Buyers process
I just represented a client on a house in Anderson which we had under contract, inspected and then it fell apart because of a “short” appraisal. They call it short because it came in under or short of the contracted purchase price. The house was a renovated ranch in an area of renovated ranches. It…
Is 3.5% Downpayment enough Skin in the Game?
You may think Im an elitist if you read my article Cut FHA PMI- Housing Market going in wrong direction. You’re half right. The fact is that you’re able to purchase a house with little money down is not a problem, its leveraging debt to income and the Lending environments rule. Leverage is a wonderful…
Cut FHA PMI- Housing policy going in wrong direction
Stories like this make people who don’t own property happy. It should make people who own property nervous. Why? The economic tool used to allow people with less than 20% down payment to buy a house is called PMI, private mortgage insurance. The insurance policy is property specific and it is in place until…
What is Market Value? Avoid the equity loss with sound Strategy!
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Is the American Dream, just a dream?
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“Shame on you Sibcy Cline”, not really; Part 3
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“Shame on you Sibcy Cline” not really…; Part 2
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“Shame on you Sibcy Cline”, not really…
After seeing images and hearing people talk about the plane flying over the ATP Tennis Tournament, dragging a banner saying “Shame on you Sibcy Cline”- I needed to understand more! Upon some investigation, I arrived on this website which appears to be from the author, Crysta Pleatman- http://sibcy-cline.pissedconsumer.com/sibcy-cline-refused-to-disclose-violent-criminal-next-door-20131204461533.html So, I wanted to take a moment to…
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