Charlotte is one of the tightest real estate markets in North Carolina– and some may go as far as to say in the country. For-sale inventory in the Charlotte region tends to hover around a 2.2-month supply. This means that if no new homes were to come onto the market, all of the existing homes […]
Things to Consider When Buying A Home
Whether it’s your first or second home, buying a home is one of the biggest purchases most of us will make – so it’s critical to know what is important when you’re making the decision. While this decision is a matter of your personal preference, there are other things to consider such as the neighborhood, […]
Why I Ask my Buyers to Get Pre-Qualified Copy
You have been wondering, maybe even dreaming of owning your own home. You just aren’t sure how it works, how you could afford it, what you have to do. I was there once. When my husband and I bought our home, many moons ago, I was not in real estate, and I had the same […]
Selling Your House and Keeping Your Valuables Safe
Look around your home. No, not at your big screen TV, or the china in the cabinet. Look at the less obvious things. Your laptop sitting in an office. The bucket of lose change you keep on your dresser. A beautiful jewelry box filled with priceless heirlooms and sentimental treasures. These could all fall prey […]
Should I Get a Survey?
There are so many expenses when you buy a home. Some of those things are optional, such as: home inspection, radon test, lead based paint test, well & septic tests, and surveys. So, how do you decide what to do when something is “optional?” Today I want to specifically focus on one, the survey. How do you […]
Buyers, Did you know that my services are FREE?
There is no such thing as a free lunch, but you can get a free Realtor(R)! I recently took a call from a gentleman who was looking at investment property. He wan’t calling on my listing but found me online and wanted to ask how much a house was listed for that he drove by […]
Broken Home
Divorce is rarely an easy thing do go through. It is usually the final step along a trail of tears that winds through the wilderness of broken vows, broken hearts, and broken dreams. Roughly one million marriages end in divorce each year in the United States and many of those newly-divorced couples end up with […]
I’ve Seen it All, but not EVERY house!
Let’s get one thing straight: I’m a real estate agent not a shape-shifting, time-traveling superhero who can be everywhere at once and has encyclopedic knowledge of every home for sale right up here (psst! I’m tapping my forehead to indicate my all-too-human brain). That said, I am a really good real estate agent with a proven track […]
It’s Ok Deer, or maybe not
I have seen some strange things showing houses. No, the picture to the left is definitely NOT the most strange! Some things I have seen include: Rows and rows of mason jars with what appeared to be witches brews, like “eye of newt” type things A king size bed that glowed and had lots of […]
How Do I Get in to See that House?
I recently had a client ask me: “How do we get in to see that house?” It reminded me that Real Estate can be so confusing, so how do you get in to see that house? You drive by a house with a sign in the yard that catches your eye, or you find it […]
