Buying – Info For Canadian Buyers
What Every Buyer Should Know About Online MLS Listings
Philosopher Francis Bacon is quoted as saying “Knowledge Is Power.” Today’s Internet certainly delivers a lot of knowledge and frankly from what I see on a regular basis–a lot of junk. I’m amazed at how much inaccurate information is ...
Qualifying Your Real Estate Agent Upfront
Working with a busy and experienced real estate agent can benefit both buyers and sellers. Top agents have the distinct advantage of having experience negotiating hundreds of transactions for clients from around the world. Top agents also visit...
Knowing What Others Don’t (And How That Can Benefit You)
The more I know, the better I can serve both buyer and seller clients. I learn something most everyday and many days I’m researching answers and facts to new questions and situations that come up. What I’m speaking to here is that the mo...
The Perfect Storm For Canadian Buyers
The combination of drastically reduced home prices in the US, a strong Canadian Dollar in relation to the US Dollar, and low interest rate financing options seems to have created the perfect storm. And this particular storm offers warm sunn...
New Visa Proposed In U.S. For Canadian Home Buyers
A new bill introduced in the US Senate last month just might bring more Canadian’s south of the border and for longer periods of time. The VISIT-USA Act proposed by Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) proposes two diffe...
What You Ought To Know About Rental Property Insurance
Many home and condo owners choose to rent their properties to short-term renters (less than six consecutive months). While this can be a great income opportunity, you'll want to check your homeowner policy for coverage. If it won't cover yo...
How Important Is Location Here In The Desert?
If you’re a first time home or condo buyer in the Palm Springs area you might be interested in a series of articles that I posted online over the last few months that are linked from our Information For Buyers web page. Location is nea...
Buying A Palm Springs Area Home: The Missing Rolls Royce
I recently sold a luxury property at a La Quinta golf club. About 90-days later Zillow™ displays the property sale on their real estate website as being sold for $675,000. What Zillow doesn't mention is that in addition to their stated $6...