by Jon Boyd | Sep 17, 2024 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying
So, you’re buying a house, and of course, the real estate industry tells you it’s easy: just sign on with a buyer agent, and they’ll do everything for you. But wait—before you sign anything, consider this: not all buyer agents are created equal, in fact there are huge... by Jon Boyd | Dec 6, 2023 | Buyer Agency, Mortgages
Interesting event in the office this week. We routinely shop and negotiate with lenders for our buyer clients. Last week, we were looking at loans for one of our luxury home buyers whose loan amount will be close to a million dollars. This is in the... 
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 | 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... 