Should You Buy a Home Without Air Conditioning?

by | Aug 30, 2022 | Real Estate

Air conditioning used to be considered a luxury, but it is becoming essential for health and safety. As many parts of the world experience record-setting temperature highs and heat-related fatalities, air conditioning is increasingly seen as a basic human need, like...

Interest Rates Are Not What You Think

by | Aug 19, 2022 | Mortgage, Real Estate

Math and Emotion For the first time in four years, the Federal Reserve increased its target interest rate in March. Though this was widely expected, the drama was intense. Former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli said that the rate hike will have a “devastating...

Imagination is the Enemy

by | Aug 1, 2022 | Real Estate

Because imagining is often fun, we like to think that it doesn’t require work. However, imagination involves a lot of effort. Use your imagination right now to see yourself looking through listings on a real estate app; imagine going through each listing and...

Don’t Update Your Kitchen

by | Jul 22, 2022 | Real Estate

Many people rush to update their kitchen when buying a new home. Though it can be tempting to rip everything out and start anew, it might be a terrible idea. According to the site Remodeling, the national average for a significant kitchen remodel over the last year...

Reinforced vs. Unreinforced Masonry

by | Jul 12, 2022 | Real Estate

Unreinforced masonry is stone, brick, or cement construction that supports itself, without any other framing to add strength and reinforcement. For example, a building made of only bricks, mortar, and poured cement without any steel or wood frame for support, is...

Property Servitude

by | Jul 9, 2022 | Real Estate

Property servitude is not what it may sound like; it does not involve servants. Servitude in this context refers to someone having control over a property they do not own. That is, the property is owned by one party, but a different party has control over that...