Did the Appraiser Goof? A client trying to refinance his mortgage recently ran into an infrequent but not unheard of problem: a low appraisal. My client was convinced that the appraiser goofed because ” amongst other things ” the appraiser listed the home as only having one Bathroom, not two. Unfortunately, the second Bathroom is...Read More
Sizing Up ” Quickly ” Restaurant Real Estate (the Inside Kind) OK, so I can’t prove that Realtors get better tables at restaurants. But, I’ve got a hunch that they/we at least know where they are. Casing the Room, or “Location, Location, Location” That’s because the ability to quickly size up the key spaces in a...Read More
Practicing Gender Diversity in the Restroom Oh, to go back to a simpler, more innocent time — like three(?) years ago — when bathroom gender battles occupied the nation’s spare moments. You know, not subjects like border walls, Trump tweets, environmental plundering, and Russian collusion. So, who should be able to use public bathrooms? Correct...Read More
Sizing Up — Quickly — Restaurant Real Estate (the Inside Kind) OK, so I can’t prove that Realtors get better tables at restaurants. But, I’ve got a hunch that they/we at least know where they are first. Casing the Room, or “Location, Location, Location” That’s because the ability to quickly size up the key spaces in...Read More
Did the Appraiser Goof? A client trying to refinance his mortgage recently ran into a not-uncommon problem: a low appraisal. My client was convinced that the appraiser goofed because — amongst other things — the appraiser listed the home as only having one Bathroom, not two. Unfortunately, the second Bathroom is in the basement. Because...Read More
Save for a certain plumbing fixture, you’d scarcely know that the room pictured above is actually a Bathroom. In fact, it’s rare to use one of the 18 allotted MLS photos to showcase a home’s Bathrooms, if only because other rooms are usually, well, more photogenic. However, when a home has a Bathroom as appealing as this...Read More
