Building Our New Home, Part 1
Posted on Nov 7, 2011 by Cari McGee in Buyers, Real Estate Industry, Sellers, Tri-Cities Market
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 [...]
Why the Real Estate Appraisal System is Broken
Posted on Sep 6, 2010 by Cari McGee in Buyers, Real Estate Industry
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 [...]
Facebook Funny
Posted on Jun 23, 2010 by Cari McGee in Real Estate Industry
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 [...]
Can Social Media Ruin Your Loan Application?
Posted on Jun 3, 2010 by Cari McGee in Buyers, Real Estate Industry
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 [...]
Yet Another Short Sale Nightmare
Posted on May 22, 2010 by Cari McGee in Buyers, Real Estate Industry
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 [...]
Cracking the Real Estate Code
Posted on Apr 21, 2010 by Cari McGee in Real Estate Industry, Tri-Cities Market
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 [...]
Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended and Expanded
Posted on Nov 6, 2009 by Cari McGee in Real Estate Industry
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 [...]
15,000 Reasons to Buy a New House
Posted on Feb 6, 2009 by Cari McGee in Real Estate Industry
Another agent just called a colleague of mine to ask if his clients could delay by about a week on the purchase of the home they’d agreed to buy. The clients didn’t want to buy the house until they were sure they’d get that $15,000 tax credit portion of that the stimulus package promises, and [...]
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