by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Ownership, Mortgages, Moving, Uncategorized
The national association most of the top buyer agents belong to (naeba.org) just posted this press release: AVONDALE, Ariz., March 31, 2009, /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — As fewer transactions are split up between a relatively fixed number of real estate... by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Electrical, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Moving, Seasonal, Ventilation
Homes that have been “abused” We sometimes talk about homes that have suffered from abuse from their owners. A friend of mine ran across this example in a home he bought recently. The furnace had been run for years without a filter. Here is what he saw when he opened... 
by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Seasonal
In the business of helping home buyers, I am often working on Sunday afternoon. When I don’t have appointments though, I like to take a Sunday afternoon nap in front of the woodburning fireplace. Yesterday my life took me in a different direction. You see we live in a... by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Appraisals, Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership
Being an expert involved with the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (naeba.org) has given me some interesting national exposure. A month or so ago I spoke Jay MacDonald of Bankrate.com about the exaggerations we see in the listing information. As the Ann... by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Ownership, Mortgages
It is funny how much we depend on technology in the Ann Arbor real estate business these days. About an hour ago I started having problems with our MLXchange system. (That is the database of property used by the Ann Arbor Area Board of REALTORS.) Today the MLXchange... by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Moving
I just read an interesting post a real estate blog called Active Rain, on the private “Member Only” side. It was about a real estate agent bringing in an offer from a buyer and trying to get the listing agent to respond in a professional way. This is certainly a... 