Cari McGee

I wrote a word  at the end of the last post, but the word so well describes how I feel about getting our home ready for the market, I’m going to use it again – Ugh. There is so much to do!  We need to paint the interior, replace all the flooring, and change out [...]

This is the first (of I have no idea how many) in a series I’m going to write about building our new house. Some things you should know up front – we are not the builder. (Thank Heaven! Neither Matt nor I possesses the skill-set necessary to build a house!) We are using a production [...]

There are a lot of decisions that are made that don’t affect me.  Laws are passed every day about men or children or people who live in Missouri, and because I am not a man, or a child, or a Missouri resident, that law doesn’t affect me. So, when the Home Valuation Code of Conduct [...]

One of the best part of life is when humor comes up in unexpected places. On Facebook, I am friends with a woman named Mary, and I “like” the HBA (Home Building Association of Tri-Cities). A couple days ago these status updates were up back-to-back – Ha! How perfect is that? I don’t know how [...]

When I was a kid I always wanted to read minds. In fact, in the What Super Power Do You Have? quiz I took on Facebook, I think that was what it said was my gift. I just want to know what people are REALLY thinking. So, FYI, lenders are using Twitter and Facebook and [...]

I know I’ve written about this before – but short sales are a misnomer if ever there was one. They get their name from the fact that the homeowner is a little “short” on funds to pay off the loan, even if the house sold at full price. Even if the escrow and title fees [...]

I love working in this market.  We not only are selling homes and have a somewhat stable economy, but we also have about 700 agents, about 500 of which are full-time, and so that’s a nice number of agents to get along with and know. On Sunday, I presented an offer to some clients.  The [...]

All is not lost!  If you haven’t bought your first home yet, and you were bummed that you had missed out on the tax credit, no need to worry.  You now have until April 30th to get an accepted offer on a home and move in by June.  Woo-hoo!!! Here’s the main point of the [...]