Counseling Excitable Sellers Especially after a flurry of initial showings, it’s easy for Sellers to get ahead of themselves, and assume that the sales process will be faster and simpler than it often is. So, I like to remind my clients to expect a marathon, not a sprint, and that it’s a “done deal” when ...Read More
Pre-Closing Clean-Up — or, “Can’t Get No (Mortgage) Satisfaction” It could just be a consequence of handling more estate sales lately, but it does seem that I — and my clients’ closers — have been running into more issues with what I’ll call “financial ghosts.” The typical scenario involves a sale being handled by the (adult) surviving...Read More
A Realtor’s Perspective While the Realtor serves as the deal “quarterback,” there are many other professionals involved with a residential home sale. They typically include a lender or mortgage broker; a home inspector; and a title company and closer. Of the three, title is easily the most obscure, but hardly any less important: a defect...Read More
“Avoid Fridays” Don’t fill up your gas tank just before Memorial Day weekend. Don’t move at the end of the month. And, if you can avoid it, don’t close on a Friday. Why? The title companies are swamped then, especially this time of year. Edina Title, which is representative, is literally seven times busier on...Read More
