by Jon Boyd | Feb 14, 2021 | Energy Efficiency, Heating and Cooling, Tech, Thermal Imaging
In Michigan now Mini-Split Heat Pumps are starting to become popular for people looking to add efficient and targeted heating or cooling. We first saw wall-mounted mini-split (or ductless) heat pumps about 15 years ago in this area even thought they had been used in... 
by Jon Boyd | Oct 26, 2017 | Condominiums, Home Inspection, Tech, Thermal Imaging
We recently helped a luxury condo buyer and during the home inspection, the buyer noticed a mysterious hiss sound in the hallway to the master bathroom. Between the buyer’s sensitive ears, the inspector’s curiosity and our thermal imaging camera, we were... 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 | Creative, Electrical, Home Ownership, Tech
I was visiting a friend’s home this weekend and he showed me what the dish service people did for his mounting. He lives in an area where roof mounting isn’t practical, and wall mounting won’t work because of the type of construction of his home. So the... 
by Jon Boyd | Jan 31, 2016 | Buyer Agency, Creative, Home Buying, Tech
Hey Real Estate Professionals – How about we all start to use some intelligent, useful, time-saving file names for all the scanned documents we are passing back and forth these days? Here is the problem: Every day I receive documents from lenders, title companies and... 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... 