When you have made up your mind about a Louisville real estate sale and are ready to go ahead and sign the papers, one of the things you need to check first in the house is mold.
Mold is bad, very bad. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you walk away from a Louisville real estate sale just because the house has mold.(more…)
Moving to a new home can be a daunting task. However, much of the anxiety associated with moving can be resolved by educating yourself on the process so you don’t commit common errors.
Moving is a big deal, potentially fraught with peril. Learn how to avoid common moving mistakes in this article.(more…)
Selling real estate isn’t always easy, and no matter how much care and attention you might put into presenting your home beautifully for potential buyers, there are always going to be things that make selling difficult that are beyond your control.
Some hurdles are very tough to overcome when selling your Louisville home, such as having a large electrical tower nearby.(more…)
Many factors go into deciding when to buy your new home but two of the biggest—home prices and mortgage rates—are great now but are moving in the wrong direction going forward.(more…)
I’ve written a data-driven article about the current Louisville new construction landscape for InsiderLouisville in the past. But today, I want to write about this topic from a personal perspective.
Are you a designer? Hands-on on personality? New construction in Louisville could be exactly what you’re looking for.
As a first time Louisville home buyer you may not know exactly what to expect when it comes to house prices or types of homes. It may come as quite a shock to find out exactly what you can afford and what is out of your price range when you’re just starting out.
First-time homebuyers have many questions. Make sure you get all your questions answered before buying your first Louisville home.(more…)
On this website, I want to give you great advice on anything and everything that relates to real estate, home improvement, or interior design. Here, I can talk to current real estate agents, other industry professionals, or even someone thinking about entering the business.
In order to be the best real estate agent, you need to have knowledge, a strong work ethic, and be truly trustworthy.(more…)
Sometimes there is no way to avoid selling vacant Louisville homes. If you have had a sudden job transfer or need to leave the area quickly for one reason or another, your house may have to be vacant while you are trying to sell it.
Selling a home that is vacant is always more challenging as many buyers have a difficult time imagining a room’s purpose.(more…)
If you live in an area that receives a lot of large hail during certain storms, your personal property and your home could be damaged during a storm. This is why it might be important for you to do everything you can to understand how the claims process works.
This home’s roof looks picture perfect but sometimes hail damage is hard to identify. It’s important to have an inspector you can trust.(more…)
Now that I’ve been in “the biz” for 7 years, I thought I’d try to organize my experience into best practices for real estate agents, in the hopes that… (in my best Meryl Streep voice) if I can help even one of you that it’ll all be worth it!
As you’ll see in the real estate agents’ best practices listed below, staying positive is huge. Never forget to smile! Yeah, I know… I use this stock photo too much.
In a news release issued this week, Louisville was added back to the NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI). There are 125 markets on the list.
Louisville new construction is starting to pick up as Louisville is added to the IMI.(more…)
We may not have the same number of first-time Louisville home buyers as we did when the government was offering incentives but there are still many searching for that first house to call home.
Are you a first-time Louisville home buyer? If so, you should be having fun. If it’s not, you’re doing it wrong. Or, you need a different Realtor.(more…)
The Louisville real estate market is showing great signs of recovery but we are by no means, “out of the woods.”
Louisville building permits for single-family homes so far in 2012 have surpassed all of 2011. Economists predict there will be a 300% increase by 2015.(more…)