November 2012
  

 

 

 

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10 High Impact Home Improvements You Can Do for $10K or Less
8 home flaws that buyers can overlook

  

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Every November, we step back and reflect on what we're most thankful for.  This month begins the whirlwind holiday season, and that means time for family gatherings, friends, and feeling grateful for the many blessings in our lives.

 

Housing prices are stabilizing, and even increasing in some cases.  The current market presents consistency, which makes it a great time to consider buying or selling a home.

 

If you or someone you know have a new home on your radar screen, give me a call.


 

Kristi

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10 High Impact Home Improvements You Can Do for $10K or Less

By Tara-Nicholle Nelson

 

For all the focus we put on transactions - buying and selling -the truth is that for most of your life as a real estate consumer, you'll be a homeowner. And because your home is so much more than just a transactional asset, a widget to be traded and tweaked only for financial reasons, it makes sense to spend some portion of your time, energy and money making it really work for you.

 

Unfortunately, what too many of us do is wait until we can save up or pull out tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a major move: build on an addition, gut and remodel the kitchen, turn the basement into a media room extraordinaire. And many times, that means we never do the project, or we only do it when it's time to sell and move.

 

The fact is, there are numerous remodeling projects that can crank up your enjoyment factor at home, for the much more accessible sum of $10,000. Here's my hit list of the top 10 things you can do for 10K, if you're in your home and planning to stay put for a while:

 

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8 home flaws that buyers can overlook

By Aaron Crowe of HSH.com  

 

No house is perfect. No matter how hard you look or how many homes your real-estate agent shows you, getting everything you want when buying a home - and getting it in perfect condition - is impossible.

 

If you've ever toured homes for sale or watched hard-to-please homebuyers on HGTV's "House Hunters," you know there are always kitchen cabinets that are outdated, pink walls to be repainted or bathroom wallpaper that looks 100 years old.

 

After shopping around for the lowest mortgage rates, you don't want to walk away from a house you like because it needs a few minor repairs, real-estate experts say. The price of the repairs should be factored into what you're paying for the home, and mortgage lenders can help you pull money out of a home sale.

 

So before you decide to cross a house off your list, here are eight minor home flaws that shouldn't deter you from buying a home.

 

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