by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership
I’ve posted before about the concern with poison drywall from China. It is a big problem in Florida and a number of other states. You can find more legal information about the Chinese drywall here. And it looks like there have not been problems reported to date in... by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Tech, Ventilation
I heard an interesting story yesterday from a home inspector that works in the Washtenaw County area. It was about one of those enlightening moments in his career and it happened ten or twelve years ago. He was at an inspection and he was talking to the home buyer... 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 | Appraisals, Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Mortgages, Seasonal, Tech, Ventilation, Windows
It is funny what you learn and when you learn it in the real estate business. As an exclusive buyer agent, I’ve been in thousands of homes with new or updated windows. In fact, window discussions are very common for us because it does have a significant impact on the... 