by 1ringtorulethemall | Jan 31, 2016 | Appraisals, Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Tech
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 1ringtorulethemall | Jan 31, 2016 | Creative, Electrical, Home Ownership, Tech
I was visiting a friends home this weekend and he showed me what the dish service people did for his mounting. He lives in a area where roof mounting isn’t practical, and wall mounting won’t work because of the type of construction of his home. So the alternative was...
by 1ringtorulethemall | 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 1ringtorulethemall | 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 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...
by 1ringtorulethemall | Nov 30, 2015 | Electrical, Generators, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Seasonal, Solar Energy, Tech
This is from a press release last month: Select Solar And Generator, a Michigan solar panel installer, has signed a contract to design, install, and commission a solar roof for Jon Boyd, a local home buyer’s broker and nationally recognized home buying expert. The...
by 1ringtorulethemall | Sep 30, 2015 | Generators, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Solar Energy, Tech
As a local expert on solar homes I was pleased to see the Appraisal Institute announced their conclusion on the topic of solar’s impact on property valuation: Solar Electric Systems Positively Impact Home Values To determine the actual number for the value impact is...
