Home Buying Tips

• How to avoid buying bad real estate
  Ask any experienced residential real estate attorney about his or her most difficult case. The answer will probably involve a "bad house." While not exactly a legal term, a bad house is one where the buyer alleges the seller knew about a serious structural defect, but failed to disclose it to the buyer before purchase. Continue article...
• Does Home Remodeling Always Pay Off?
  Perhaps you've heard stories about homeowners who've greatly improved their net worth by remodeling homes and selling them. Continue article...
• Tips and tricks for refinancing your home mortgage
  Thanks to today's ultra-low interest rates, the home mortgage business is booming at a record pace. Continue article...
• Property Lines Not Always As They Appear
  Fences do not always follow the boundaries of the property. This will only be the case if the seller had the property surveyed and had the fences built on the property line. Often, sellers do not go to the expense of having surveys performed when they put in fences. The fences end up where the owners think the property lines end. Sellers may replace old fences that were built by previous owners who may not have known the location of property lines. Continue article...
• Unhappy customers can do more than write to HUD
  The great majority of loans today are serviced by firms that don't own them. The servicer is paid by, and is beholden to the owner of the mortgage. Borrowers have no say in who services their loan, and if they get poor service, about all they can do is write a letter of complaint to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Therefore, it is hardly surprising that servicing does not generally meet the needs of borrowers. Continue article...
• For-sale-by-owner fallouts
  Why most do-it-yourself sellers give up after 30 to 60 days. Continue article...