by Jon Boyd | Oct 17, 2023 | Construction, Home Buying, Home Evaluation, Home Inspection
In our market in southeastern Michigan, most homes have basements, and there are a lot of basement problems. One time we were looking at six Ann Arbor homes on our first time out with a first-time homebuyer couple. Four of the six homes either had current basement... by Jon Boyd | Oct 12, 2023 | Home Buying, Mortgages
These days lenders are having a hard time. Interest rates are high and prices are high so the loan demand is low. (Refinances are almost non-existent.) So when you apply for a loan and your lender checks your credit, the credit reporting companies are selling your... by Jon Boyd | Oct 9, 2023 | Home Buying
If you are looking at homes to buy, it is likely that at least some of the homes you view will be staged. That means someone has gone into that home and decorated it specifically to get it sold as fast as possible for the most money possible. Now, there is... 
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... 