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Buying a Home with EXIT Realty
For most families, choosing a new home is the biggest financial decision they will ever make. There are many complicated decisions involved in choosing your new home. To protect your interests and assure that you make the best possible decisions, it's important that you have an agent on your side who is an expert in the local real estate market. Call us today (910) 270-2221 or visit one of our locations.
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Tips & Articles
Verifying Your Down Payment, Closing Costs, Assets, Income and Debts
A critical step in the mortgage loan application process is to verify the sources for your down payment, closing costs and assets, as well as documenting income and debts...
Real Estate
Are you looking to buy or sell a home or other piece of property? The real estate market is a difficult one, and should not be entered casually. With the right information, you can make your venture a success, but all to often lack of foresight and failure to do the proper exploration leave consumers in unfortunate situations that are difficult to rectify.
Homeowner Warranties
A home warranty pays repair or replacement costs for the mechanical systems and built-in appliances that break down in a home.
Is Your Identity at Risk?
How can someone steal your identity? Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, Social Security number, credit card number or other identifying information, without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. Identity theft is a serious crime...
Before You Buy Inspect!
Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you will make in your lifetime, so you should be sure that the home you want to buy is in good condition. A home inspection is an evaluation of a home's condition by a trained expert...
Protecting Your Home
One of the crimes most frequently reported to the police is residential burglary. It's also the most preventable. It doesn't take much or cost much to out-smart most burglars...
Buying vs. Renting Your Home
Is now the right time for you to buy a home? You have many options to consider and choices to make. Buying a home is a big responsibility, financially and emotionally, but, most people want to own a home...
Down-Payment Strategies
For many Americans, "coming up" with a down-payment for their first home purchase can be a major roadblock -- and quite often the reason for renting, rather than owning, a home.
Let's Have a Garage Sale!
Garage sale, yard sale, tag sale, estate sale, basement sale, house sale, porch sale whatever you call it, they're fun to have and, better yet, have the potential to add substantially to your personal bottom line!...
Understanding Your Homeowner's Insurance ...before it may be too late
For nearly all consumers, owning a home represents a large investment. But suppose your home is vandalized or damaged by a storm? Having insurance can protect you from such unpredictable losses...
Tax Benefits For Homeowners
We all know the old adage about nothing being certain except death and taxes. However, on a more positive note, you can also be certain of tax benefits if, that is, you are a homeowner.
Is Your Home Office Tax Deductible?
You can deduct certain expenses if your home office is the principal place where your trade or business is conducted or where you meet and deal with clients or patients in the course of your business...
Title Insurance, Who Owns What?
Owning a home is one of the most important parts of the american dream, but having the deed to a piece of land does not necessarily mean the property is yours free and clear...
Is Real Estate Investing Right for You?
Investing in property is simply another form of investment. Buyers can invest directly by purchasing property individually, or indirectly by investing in a managed fund or timeshare...
Choosing the Right School for Your Children
For many families, a move to a new state or community means making difficult choices. Choosing from among the wide array of options of appropriate day care for younger children or schools for the older ones can be a complex and time-consuming chore...
Get Your Budget in Gear - How to Create a Household Budget
Many people spend their income without any planning and end up broke before month's-end. Then, they borrow to make ends meet and wind up with more problems because they fail to repay their debts promptly...
How Much Home Can You Afford?
The single most important part of buying a house is figuring out how much you can realistically afford to pay. You'll have to take a good look at your budget, debts, credit reports, and credit score...
Money Savings Tips
For most Americans, saving money is a necessity of everyday life. We clip coupons, watch for sales, and hope there's not too much month left at the end of our paycheck. Today, the challenge is how to reduce spending on a longer-term basis. Here are some money-saving tips for everything from vacationing to laundering!
Use Your IRA for Real Estate Investments
Are stock market woes preventing you from building wealth in your retirement account? If so, you might be interested in a small, but growing, trend among individual retirement account owners-investing their retirement funds in real estate...
Is Your House Making You Sick? Improving Your Indoor Air Quality
Many people spend a large portion of time indoors - as much as 80-90% of their lives. We work, study, eat, drink and sleep in enclosed environments where air circulation may be restricted...
Landscape Design: 20 Mistakes to Avoid
Eye-catching and beautiful home landscape design is certainly attainable for do-it-yourselfers, but there are some common "misjudgements" that should be avoided if all-around satisfaction is desired...
Should You Have Your Ducts Cleaned?
Most people are now aware that indoor air pollution is an issue of growing concern and increased visibility. Many companies are marketing products and services intended to improve the quality of your indoor air...
Landscape Lighting is a Bright Idea
If you take pride in your grounds - the trees, the shrubbery, the beautiful garden - why not enjoy them by night as well as day? The right outdoor lighting allows you to derive the full benefits of your costly landscaping after the sun goes down...
Mold: The Fungus Among Us
In fact, more and more homeowners are becoming concerned about the levels and types of mold that can potentially be found almost anywhere in the home. Here's a brief overview on the why's and how's of-yuck!-mold...
Monitor Your Credit Report and Help Guard Against ID Theft
You probably know something about the problem of identity theft - situations in which a con artist uses someone else's name, Social Security number or other personal details to make purchases, take out loans or commit fraud in the name of an innocent victim...
Child Safety Around the Home
Ensuring safety for your child is a parent's utmost concern and responsibility. In these high-tech times of fast-paced lifestyles, paying extra attention to your child's well-being may sometimes prove challenging, yet never-the-less crucial...
The Most Essential Do's and Don'ts for Choosing the Right Contractor
Americans spend billions of dollars on construction and home remodeling each year. Many homeowners have discovered that improving their present residence with an updated kitchen, an additional bathroom, new windows or a new roof can be a more prudent investment than purchasing a new residence...
Choosing the Right Lawn Care Service
Many people choose to hire a professional company to help maintain their lawn. Lawn care companies offer a range of services, from fertilizing and pest control to aerating, mowing and renovation...
Money-Saving Tips On Home-owner's Insurance
When shopping for home insurance, there's much more to consider than how much your coverage will cost. Your agent or insurance company will determine how much it would cost to replace your home and many of the items inside...
How to Create a Smooth Move for Your Family
Moving to a new community may be one of the most stress-producing experiences a family faces. Frequent moves or even a single move can be especially hard on children and adolescents...
Coping with Stress
Stress is a fact of life, but it need not be a way of life. There are many things in life that you can't control, but very few that you can't learn to manage, including the negative aspects of stress...
Appealing or Peeling?
Painting your home may seem like a daunting job, but the rewards of a fresh coat of paint go a long way. Keeping up on the condition of your interior and exterior walls guarantees not only pleasant surroundings, but also less to worry about in the event of a sudden move...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources. In addition, it generates a host of environmental, financial, and social benefits...
9 Steps to Owning
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First Time Buyers
Mortgage Shopping
The same care and consideration you give to finding the right house should be applied to your search for the right mortgage lender. For most home-buyers a major determining factor in selecting a lender is the cost of the mortgage loan. But how do you determine the cost of a mortgage loan?...
Inspection Tips
When interviewing a home inspector, ask the inspector what type of report format he or she provides. There are many styles of reports used by property inspectors, including the checklist, computer generated using inspection programs, and the narrative style...
Foreclosure Listings
Buying Foreclosures/REO's
There is a lot of interest in buying bank owned properties these days. A lot of information, some good and some bad, is floating around about the subject. Often the information offered is for sale, with the promise that you can make a lot of money with little effort once you know “the secret formula”. The fact is that there are no secrets, and to make money does require effort....
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