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Is the best home search ap for smart-phones’s getting even better?

July 15th, 2010 categories: About Me?, For Home Buyers

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a geek about mapping and home search solutions. The more intuitive the better. Cool factor is nice too. A while back, I wrote about Realtor.com’s new iphone ap and called it the best home search ap for smart phones on the market.
While following a Real Estate conference in [...]

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Columbus Taxes, Suburban Schools – Columbus School Board extends “win-win”

May 7th, 2010 categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers

Every once in a while, I will have a buyer who specifically is looking for a home that has Columbus Taxes but is located in an area where the children go to a School System that is not Columbus– for example, Westerville, Hilliard, Dublin.
As I write this, there are at least 135 such schools actively [...]

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Clintonville Charmer! and the Lack of Originality in Columbus MLS Remarks

March 1st, 2010 categories: About Me?, Clintonville, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers

You’d be amazed how often I read the remarks on a new listing, check out the history of the listing in the Columbus MLS, and find the EXACT same remarks the previous agent used. It’s uncanny. Sometimes the remarks are in the entirety, sometimes it’s most of the old remarks with a few fresh ones [...]

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Buying a Columbus Foreclosure? Fannie Mae and Maytag Team-Up for Free Money and Appliances

February 17th, 2010 categories: Dublin, For Home Buyers, Mortgage/Finance

(Click Here to check out more on this unique round house in Dublin once featured on HGTV’s Extreme Home’s)
Closing Cost Assistance and Appliance Incentive for Fannie Mae Homes
Fannie Mae is offering a 3.5% incentive* for buyers who purchase and close on a Fannie Mae-owned home between January 28 and April 30, 2010. Buyers purchasing properties listed [...]

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Will The Columbus Housing Market be worse in 2010 than it was in 2009?

December 17th, 2009 categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Market Updates, Real Estate News

Robert Hahn wrote an article that appeared on Inman News recently that was ripe with 2010 predictions regarding the state of Real Estate in the country. It is a good read and I liked his take on many of the subjects. Aside from mentioning the Jets not going to the Super Bowl, Hahn predicted that [...]

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One of my listings was featured on the Today Show this morning

December 4th, 2009 categories: About Me?, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Olde Towne East

Click Here to See the Today Show Segment.
Sometimes, having a Realtor with a stellar web presence pays off. While it probably won’t create a sale, and despite the objections regarding the color of the dining room and the potential addition of an eat-in table in the kitchen, today’s airing of my listing at 1224 Fair [...]

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Finally Official! Columbus Home Buyers and Sellers can take advantage of Extended Tax Credit

November 6th, 2009 categories: Bexley, Clintonville, Columbus News, Condos & Lofts, Downtown, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, German Village, Grandview, Market Updates, Mortgage/Finance, Olde Towne East, Real Estate News, Short North, westgate

This afternoon President Obama signed the bill into law that will extend the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit to contracts signed by April 30 and closed by June 30.
I’m surprised that they left the two month window but I think it’s very smart. Still, even if it were this week, I would not try to [...]

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