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Is the Listing Agent Paying Attention? Here’s a Yellow Flag (Five, Actually)

Real Estate’s Equivalent of the Mattress Tag Want a, umm . . . sign that the listing agent (representing the Seller) isn’t exactly paying close attention? Or, at the very least, isn’t a stickler for detail. It’s when all those yellow flags marking utilities in the front lawn stay put, week after week (month after month?). When...
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Calling 811 Ahead of Landscaping Work . . . or Risk Calling 911 Later

Contractor:  “Uh-oh, I Think I Just Hit Some Kind of Line!” When someone lists their home, their Realtor is responsible for having the utilities (gas, electric) marked before the “For Sale” sign is installed (confession:  at bigger brokers, our front desk automatically takes care of that for us). But, what if the owner is (re)doing their...
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