The American Dream didn't come with a warning label. Many homeowners discovered that mortgage insurance protected the lender, not them, and that short sales and foreclosures could have financial consequences long after they left the home.
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“If Buying a Home Is So Personal — Why Is the Industry Becoming So Impersonal?” Part 15 of the Transparency Series. If you are new here, you can go back to the first of my Transparency Series. Originally, this article was going to focus only on inspection referral pipelines. But the more I wrote, the more I realized something important: It’s not...
Part 14 Rust = Dysfunctional? Says Chuck in a Truck And in Colorado, no state license is required to perform a home inspection. The Word Problem A home built in 2000 is younger than me — we both have to maintain what we have. But rust does not define dysfunctional. So when I reviewed a recent inspection report on an older Denver home and saw 76 out of roughly 100 items labeled...
What Buyers Should Know Article 12-Real Estate Transparency in Denver Transparency… what is it, really?Because in Denver real estate, it’s a word that gets used often — but what it actually looks like behind the scenes isn’t always as clear.This article is part of an ongoing series focused on Denver real estate transparency, and one theme continues to come up:what feels simple...
Part 11: How Far Does Your Information Travel When You Are Buying Or Selling A Home. The Part No One Really Talks About-But Should Most people assume their information stays between them and their agent. But in today’s real estate process, it can move through more systems than most people realize.When you buy or sell a home, you expect a few things.Privacy around your...
Not Every Agent Wearing a Cape Can Fly There is no shortage of real estate agents. Most people probably know 10. But are they all the same? You be the judge. When Things Get Real in Real Estate Most people think the hard part is finding the home.It’s not.The difference between agents shows up when things get real — inspections, negotiations, and...