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Prospective Home Seller: “Can I Get More For My House If I Put On a New Roof?”

More than WHAT? My short answer to the question, “Can I get more for my house if I put on a new roof?” is, “yes, you can.” That is, if by “more,” you mean, “more than what you could have gotten for the home without a new roof ” especially if the current one is...
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Home Seller: “Can I Get More For My House If I Put On a New Roof?”

More than WHAT? My short answer to the question, “can I get more for my house if I put on a new roof?” is, “yes, you can.” That is, if by “more,” you mean, “more than what you could have gotten for the home without a new roof ” especially if the current one is...
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Home Inspection “Cheat Sheet”: Now 10(!) Different Types (Or is it 13??)

Buyer Inspection #11:  “Meet-Contractors-to-Get-a-Head-Start-on-Remodeling”  If you didn’t know how many different kinds of home inspections there were these days, here’s a good starting point: look at the pull-down menu on MLS (photo, above). The tally? No fewer than 10. As formidable (scary?) as that list may appear, at least in my opinion, it omits three (at least)...
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Prepping For Sale: What to Spend $$$ On — and What NOT To

Criterion:  “Context, Context, Context” (and Consistency) One of the biggest decisions would-be Sellers have to make — besides choosing a Realtor and a list price  🙂 — involves what to spend money on getting their home ready for sale . . . and what not to. The trick to making that decision is applying the right criteria....
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“Can I Get More For My House If I Put On a New Roof?”

More than WHAT? My short answer to the question, “can I get more for my house if I put on a new roof?” is, “yes, you can.” That is, if by “more,” you mean, “more than what you could have gotten for the home without a new roof — especially if the current one is...
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“So, THAT’S How Plumbers Take Notes . . .”

Getting a Main Sewer Colonoscopy Ever want to know how plumbers — or in this case, the contractor checking out a home’s main sewer line — take notes? By writing with a Sharpie pen on a plastic glove. The contractor — Ron the Sewer Rat — has worked for several Buyer clients just this Summer...
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