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Luxury Residences Being Auctioned – As Low as 60K!
July 21, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
I want you to know about a golden investment opportunity in Durham, NC real estate. Sheldon Good & Company will hold an absolute real estate auction of 34 luxury residences in The Landing at Southpoint. Check out the brochure detailing the auction. Ten of the 34 luxury residences definitely will be sold, regardless of price, [...]
This Month I Started a War…And Made Two People Happy
June 28, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
This month I started a war – and made two people very happy. Here’s the story. One of my clients – I’ll call her Amy – wanted to purchase a lower cost townhome in Chapel Hill near UNC, where she worked. She was prequalified for a $102K loan. We found a townhome complex with twelve [...]
That Vacant Look
June 21, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
It happens more and more. People buy a house in one community before they sell one where they’ve lived before. Or an aging parent is moved into a condominium, and the large family house is left standing vacant. If you presume your vacant house is still insured, you might want to check your policy again. [...]
A Tale of Two Homeowners: Should You Sell Your Home or Rent It?
June 14, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Once upon a time, Family A needed to move out of their house and move to a neighboring town across the river. Of course they needed to sell the house they were living in. How else could they produce a substantial down payment? Just over the hill and down the lane lived Family B that [...]
What Curb Appeal & Unappealing Bathrooms Have in Common
June 7, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Have you ever gone into the restroom in a restaurant – and then decided that you’d rather eat elsewhere? “Oh, yuck. If the bathroom is this gross, what does the kitchen look like?” You take a look at the area you can see, and make an assumption on how clean the kitchen is. Prospective buyers [...]
Green Cleaning Your Real Estate
May 17, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Cleaning your house shouldn’t be harmful to the environment or to you. Have you read cleaning product labels lately? Products like furniture polish and oven cleaners contain neurotoxic chemicals that can cause headaches, irritability and other unpleasant reactions even with limited exposure. It’s enough to make you say “Cleaning house gives me a headache; I [...]
Common Problems with Selling a Property
April 26, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Selling your home takes a delicate balance of skills. There are times when a good REALTOR® has to be painfully honest to tell you what needs fixing or cleaning or that the price you had in mind isn’t realistic. Yet I believe being a REALTOR® in the Chapel Hill and Durham areas is one of [...]
Q and A’s: Comparative Market Analysis
April 18, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Q. Who needs a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)? A. Buyers: Now that you’ve found the perfect house to buy, a CMA is a your best tool to reveal if the asking price is a fair one and what would be a strategic offering price. A. Sellers: Now that you’ve decided to sell your home, a [...]
Appraisal vs. Home Inspection: Whose Game is It Anyway??
April 4, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
An appraisal is a financial assessment or a market value of a house done primarily for the lender. Is the home worth what the seller is asking and how much the bank will be loaning out? Inquiring lenders want to know. So they ask a good appraiser to tell them. The home inspection is a [...]
Shopping at Li Ming’s Global Mart in Durham
March 29, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Remember the great new international grocery store that just opened up in the old Circuit City building in Durham‘s Westgate Plaza? Li Ming’s Global Mart specializes in Asian food and stocks a great variety of items necessary for Asian, Hispanic, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. Their location in Durham is very convenient so I dropped [...]
