by Jon Boyd | Nov 17, 2019 | Construction, Home Buying, Home Inspection
This is a Northside home where the water had backed up and flooded the laundry room area. The water seemed to be clean and not sewer water. The seller called a local plumbing company and the plumber who arrived looked very young to me. He looked at the flood around... 
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 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 | Oct 26, 2017 | Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership
We had a home inspection of an Ann Arbor luxury home built about 50 years ago. When the inspector was on the roof he discovered a lot of problems with the chimney. It was actually coming apart on all four sides. This was quite a surprise as the seller hadn’t... by Jon Boyd | Mar 31, 2016 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Ownership, Mortgages
As an Exclusive Buyer’s Agent office we show a lot of property. And, we get opinionated. This month I seem to be running into a lot of listing agents who are happy to tell me over the phone what a wonderful large or deep lot their listing has, but then they are too... 