Stepped-Up Security Side Effects Sometimes, you just want to know if the lender has scheduled the appraisal. Unfortunately, in today’s environment of heightened online security, that can mean formally registering at the lender’s “portal”; waiting for a temporary password via text; then navigating an unfamiliar format to find the document(s) you’re looking for. Or, if...Read More
The Key-Less (Clueless?) Realtor There may be a good explanation why a full-time, professional Realtor doesn’t have a smart key . . . but I don’t know what it is. For the uninitiated, a lockbox is how Buyers’ agents access an MLS-listed, “For Sale” property. While there are two kinds of lockboxes — electronic and manual...Read More
