Red Flags! – HOA & CIC
– Ron Hoy – Executive Vice President In today’s world, many home owners live in a common interest community (CIC) or home owner’s association (HOA). [Read More...]
Real Estate
California Legalizes Granny Flats
‘Accessory Dwelling Units’ Can Be Attached or Separate from Main House By Dennis Allen While this law is only for California at this point, we expect other states to [Read More...]
Tax Breaks Every Homebuyer Must Know
The tax landscape changes yearly. Congress meets occasionally to review and adjust the tax code, so homebuyers must stay on their toes to understand year-to-year tax changes. [Read More...]
The Gift of a Down Payment: The best holiday gift of all?
Even a 3 1/2% FHA down payment is not the easiest thing for everyone to obtain, and with the dream of homeownership so close to coming true, it feels like it is one of the [Read More...]
High Tech Ways to Sell Your Home
In this market where sellers have the upper hand because of tight inventory, some new high-tech marketing techniques now making their way into the real estate market might [Read More...]
8 Ways to Potentially Bump Your Home’s Sale Price
1: Make Floor Plans Work Harder | Potential bump: 4% to 6% Bigger isn’t necessarily better in today’s market, but strategically increasing the amount of living space is [Read More...]
6 Seller Secrets For This Spring’s Real Estate Market
Each year, it seems the housing market takes on a different tone – and whether it’s going to be a sellers’ market with inflated prices and bidding wars, or a buyers’ [Read More...]
The Biggest Real Estate Blunders I Avoid
If you have ever purchased, or sold a home, you may have a few things you wish you did differently. Mistakes are easy to make, but we definitely learn from them. Take a look [Read More...]
Buying a New Home This Winter? Time to Melt the Competition Away
The 2016 U.S. housing market should see the strongest level of activity since 2006, says a recent report from Realtor.com. For buyers, that means a tougher, more competitive [Read More...]
6 Tax Facts Every Home Seller Should Know
1. If you’ve owned and lived in your home for two of the five years prior to selling it, you can generally exclude up to $250,000 of the gain from your income ($500,000 [Read More...]
My Select Life - By the Select Group 