7 Things to Know About Homeowners Insurance in 2022

What is Homeowners Insurance? Homeowners insurance is a type of property coverage designed to protect the homeowner, mortgage lender, occupants, and even your family’s belongings against a number of u...

11 Frequently Asked Home Appraisal Questions

The Home Appraisal Process You may be wondering, how is an appraisal and appraiser scheduled? While you as the borrower are typically responsible for paying the appraisal fee, the lender typically ord...

Property Investing in the Era of Airbnb

Why Airbnb is Different Than Traditional Property Investing In the past, the only way to make reliable money off of a residential investment property was to A) own a single- or multi-family home and B...

What first time homebuyers are looking for in a home

Generalizing preferences about a generation that the Pew Research Center estimates at more than 73 million Americans is no easy task (nor do we recommend it), but we can use cultural values, character...

How Much Do I Need to Earn to Buy a Home?

After renting property for a while, you may be considering buying next time. The advantages of homeownership are focused around the fact that you now have an asset that can hold or gain value, and be ...

Older Americans 'Age in Place,' Millennials Struggle to Find Homes

With more seniors than ever aging in place and choosing not to sell the family home, an estimated 1.6 million fewer properties are now available in a market already experiencing a critical shortage, a...

The 5 Major Factors That Cause Home Prices to Fluctuate

1. Economic change One of the biggest influences in real estate fluctuation is the health of the economy. This is typically measured by indicators like employment data, manufacturing activity, the pri...

How the Pandemic Affects Buying a Home

In this time of crisis, people are returning to the roots of their humanity and looking to the nostalgic pastimes of generations ago like baking sourdough bread and gardening. The home has once again ...

Tips for Buying a Home in a Seller’s Market

Believe it or not, this is what buying in a seller’s market can be like. These so-called “hot markets” are where housing inventory is low and prices are relatively high. And while these conditions are...