Cari McGee

Well, it’s up to 63 comments, so far, but there might be more by the time you read it. People helping other people out with their home-buying with great ideas and things to consider. Enjoy!

I have to admit that when I have a fix-it problem around the house, my never-fail tip is to call the handyman.  But for those of you without a handyman’s # on your cell, or a husband like mine is awesome on a lot of levels, but home repair is not his milieu, then check [...]

…well, I never really left it, actually.  I’ve been crazy busy this week. One of the things I’ve been dealing with is a laundry list of requests from some buyers that sellers I am representing need to evaluate.  One of the things that a buyer will do when they are skittish or nervous or have changed [...]

In real estate, clients naturally ask about the demographic makeup of a community.  And, an agent cannot tell about the demographic make up of the community for lots of reasons, but the most important being that it’s against the law. Therefore, I’m thankful for ZipSkinny.  You type in the zip code that you want to know more [...]

Or anywhere, else, for that matter. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the Consumerist? Zoom-in heat map for foreclosures across the country.

My brothers used to threaten to burn my Little House books when I picked up Little Town on the Prairie to read for the twenty-third time. One brother drew body parts on my Raggedy Ann doll.  The same brother would tie my Fisher Price Little People to paper napkins acting as some sort of parachute contraption and [...]

I showed a house last week and then again this past weekend.  It’s a rambler with four bedrooms, very nice floor plan, wonderful view from the living room picture window and a HUGE backyard (the lot is 6/10 of an acre). It is located in a golf course community and they are asking LESS THAN [...]

First, a little about me.  I’m not a coffee drinker, so instead of stopping at Espresso World on the way into work for a carmelly-coffee thing, I run by McDonald’s and get a large diet Coke with extra ice.  Our local McDonalds’ offered an a la carte large soft drink for 89 cents.  With tax it [...]