by Jeffrey R Keller | Nov 2, 2023 | real estate contingency
Many homeowners are held back from purchasing a new home because they want or need to sell their current home. Many potential buyers have heard about home sale contingencies, but fewer have heard the phrase “Settlement Contingency”. By putting yourself in...
by Jeffrey R Keller | Aug 19, 2023 | mortgage loan
Many home buyers have heard about adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs). They typically have the advantage of lower mortgage payments than fixed-rate mortgages. This enables the home buyer to get a larger mortgage and buy a more expensive home. An ARM comes with the risk...
by Jeffrey R Keller | Aug 4, 2023 | investment real estate
Short-term rental income, such as is typical from Airbnb & Vacation rental real estate, is typically higher per day than from conventional long-term home leases. For many investors, the opportunity short-term rental provides for using depreciation losses to reduce...
by Jeffrey R Keller | Oct 25, 2022 | buying a home
Unfortunately many first time home buyers believe that if a house is offered for sale with a specified offer date, they have to make their offer on that date, or perhaps later if it isn’t sold. There are no laws that prevent home sellers from accepting a...
by Jeffrey R Keller | Nov 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
In 2018 Zillow announced “Zillow Offers” which gave home sellers an opportunity to sell their home directly to Zillow without listing their home for sale on an MLS. With the Covid-19 pandemic leading to restrictions on holding open houses it would seem...