by Jon Boyd | Oct 21, 2019 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying
I’ve known Mike Crowley for ten or twelve years. He is a smart, focused, hard working exclusive buyer’s broker working in Spokane Washigton. Obviously his market there is a bit different from what we see here in the Western Wayne, Western Oakland,... 
by Jon Boyd | Apr 19, 2019 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Moving
There is a lot of conversation inside the industry right now on listing agents doing photo editing on their listing photos. Some photo editing can really be misleading, but some can actually be useful for us on the buying end. The comment I commonly hear from our... 
by Jon Boyd | Apr 18, 2019 | Buyer Agency, Moving, Seasonal
Even though we are a relatively small brokerage our buyer focus gives us some good insights into the market. We’ve been feeling the challenges of trying to find nice homes and good prices for our buyer clients again this year. Is it worse than the last couple of... 
by Jon Boyd | Apr 2, 2019 | Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership
We recently helped a couple purchase a home with a nice bathroom featuring a separate tub and shower. The tub was what we call a spay tub, whirlpool tub, jetted tub or a bubble tub. A popular manufacturer for these tubs is the Jacuzzi company. But not all of these... 
by Jon Boyd | Mar 16, 2019 | Buyer Agency, Construction, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Moving
In this first video, we see a mostly finished bathroom in a high-end home after the painting contractors have just finished. Unfortunately, the quality of the painting work is sub-standard. I don’t think the builder was going to be upset about this as the paint... 