Cari McGee

My husband, Matt, and I are building our new home. This is the eleventh in a series of who-knows-how-many. I’m writing from the perspective of a buyer, and an agent, since I am both in this case. Actually, I think this is the last post on this subject!  Eleven posts and six months later – [...]

My husband, Matt, and I are building our new home. This is the tenth in a series of who-knows-how-many. I’m writing from the perspective of a buyer, and an agent, since I am both in this case. The home inspection occurred on a Saturday morning, beginning at 9am.  Home inspections generally last around 2 hours, [...]

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This is so unbelievably cool!  I wish I had known about this competition before we built our house! There is a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy wherein contestants are judged on ten individual components of building: architecture market appeal engineering affordability communications comfort hot water appliances home entertainment, and energy balance The [...]

My husband, Matt, and I are building our new home. This is the ninth in a series of who-knows-how-many. I’m writing from the perspective of a buyer, and an agent, since I am both in this case. Ya-hoo!!!  We sold our house!!!!! Okay, actually, a buyer offered, we counter-offered, and the buyer accepted our counter [...]

What an interesting year! No federal tax credit, record-low interest rates, and a booming Tri-Cities economy combine to create an fascinating picture. Two seemingly disparate facts tell the 2011 Tri-Cities real estate story. #1 – Total sales for the year – 2,734, which is the second lowest total within the last ten years. (The lowest [...]

I can’t believe it – I’ve been posting Friday Photos for a year now!  What began as a way to climb out of the February doldrums turned into a year-long adventure that took me all over our great community!  I hope you enjoyed trying to figure things out from a different perspective.  I will still [...]

My husband, Matt, and I are building our new home. This is the eighth in a series of who-knows-how-many. I’m writing from the perspective of a buyer, and an agent, since I am both in this case. We had two important walk-throughs last week and the week before.  On the 11th, we met with the [...]