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Learn how to decide how much you should put down on a house. Here is some down payment advice that might help you keep some cash in your pocket.

Owner financing explained, also known as seller financing or seller carryback, is a creative alternative to traditional mortgage financing for real estate.

Whether you're a young family just starting out or an established one looking for a place to raise your children, you will find Tallahassee a welcoming and family-friendly environment that's sure to meet your needs.

What does it mean when somebody says: 'marry the house date the rate? Wonder what this means?

Are Home Prices Dropping? Will Rising Mortgage Interest Rates Bring Falling Home Prices? If you have been waiting for falling home prices, this is a very important video for you. Do you buy a home now or wait for 2023?

Follow these 9 home buying tips to get your offer approved ahead of other buyers. These 9 tips for buying a home today will help you overcome multiple offers on a home.

Watch this short video before you buy a house to ensure you know whether to buy a home now or wait! This is the smart way to get a good deal on a house today.

As you prepare to buy a home, you'll want to follow this advice for home buyers. These real estate tips will help you ensure your real estate contract binder deposit is not forfeited to the seller due to mistakes made along the way.

Before you decide upon a specific mortgage amortization on a home loan, take a look at this quick case study that compares a 15-year loan with a 30-year loan and a 40-year amortized loan.

If you are planning to buy a home now, or in the next few months, there are some fees and expenses you’ll need to pay in addition to your down payment that you should know about. Other than your down payment, all money you spend when you buy a home are called “closing costs,” and you should know about them ahead of time. Even experienced buyers can be surprised at all the costs that are associated with buying a home today. This short video will cover what you need to know so that you can (one, be prepared,

Need some downpayment advice? Want to know what to put down on a house? There are issues you might not have considered when determining a home down payment, but my home buying tips include a side-by-side comparison of some options that will help you make the best decision.

If you plan to buy a home now or in the next few months, let me tell you about a critical document that you absolutely must get from the seller before you start spending any money on inspections or repairs. The document that I’m addressing is the SELLERS PROPERTY DISCLOSURE, and you should not just HOPE that the seller will include it in the marketing documents. Instead, demand to see this document with a current signature and date from the seller on the day the contract is executed. As you will discover in

10 Mistakes Homebuyers Make In The Home Mortgage Process | Home Buyer Tips - If you are getting ready to buy a home and you are financing your purchase, I am going to cover a list of ten things you are going to want to avoid until after you have closed on your home. The home mortgage process is very structured, loaded with rules and guidelines that you must follow in order to be approved. Remember, a bank is going to lend you hundreds of thousands of dollars, so it's not too shocking that they want you to f

Wondering whether to buy a house or rent a house in 2022? I have created a simple real estate case study to help you make your next move confidently

Could homeownership today still be a smart hedge against inflation? This is a study of real estate during inflation.

How To Buy Your First Home - Step By Step - The home buying process from start to finish. Walkthrough the entire homebuying process, great for first time homebuyers and anyone buying a home this year. This is Home Buying 101.

This is what I have observed regarding the HGTV impact on buying a home and selling a home.

Join us as we embark on a journey through the wreckage, unearthing wisdom that could safeguard your investments and set you up for unprecedented success.

Are home prices falling? Will house prices fall soon? Home prices are soaring, buyers are having to pay above most sellers' asking prices, and the housing market feels just like a feeding frenzy during Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.

Is now the best time to buy a newly built home? Or should you wait for prices to drop? Today's report on timing the new construction market has the answers you seek!

Price per square foot is a measurement of a home's value, but the price per square foot alone is not an effective way to determine the price a home will sell in today's housing market.

It's possible to find an affordable Florida vacation home, but you have to be prepared. Follow these 8 smart tips so that you can own your piece of Florida paradise without breaking the bank.

This video examines the most common real estate law problems and provides guidance on avoiding legal issues when buying or selling a home.

We are experiencing the strongest seller's market on record, so you have to be prepared to make the right kind of offer if you want to buy a home today. And it's not all just about how much to offer, there is so much involved when making the "RIGHT" offer in a seller's market. I have shared my experience of selling thousands of homes in a seller's market, both with working for buyers and with working for sellers. I have shared 3 important home buying tips to enlighten you on what matters most to sellers so

It's all about supply and demand. The real estate supply and demand dynamic tells us everything we need to know to forecast home sales in any given area.

If you want to know where homebuyers chose to live in 2021, then this video was produced specifically for you. Follow along as I share the top-ten selling communities in Tallahassee in 2021, with insight on what it costs to live in each neighborhood as well as the number of homes that sold.

This video explains why fixer uppers are the new gold. If you need a home renovation guide full of great home renovation tips, this is where to start your home renovation journey.

Moving from one home to another has enough stress and chaos built into the entire affair, and the home inspection is often the biggest stressor. Here's how to avoid home inspection stress!

If you mishandle the negotiation on a home, several things will possibly happen, and all of them are bad. First and foremost, you’ll leave money on the table through either the sales price or the terms that are negotiated. Today, buyers are losing out on homes they want to buy and it’s often due to poor positioning in the negotiation. And while we are in the midst of a historic sellers’ market, I’m seeing sellers leave money on the table even when they have multiple offers! #realestatenegotiation #homenegot

Contract assignability allows buyers to give or sell their rights to another buyer, and that creates opportunity. Tune in to discover four reasons to assign a real estate contract (including contract assignment profits)

When you are selling a home or buying a home, a critical member of your support team is your transaction coordinator. Here's what to expect!

What is the difference between a real estate appraisal and the fair market value of a home? If there is one practice that confounds both home buyers and home sellers alike it's the fact that the majority of real estate transactions close at the mercy of an appraisal conducted for a purpose that most consumers do not consider. Understanding these differences will save you money when it comes to buying or selling a home, and it will help you appreciate the need and value of a real estate appraisal. But here’s

What Is A Real Estate Hotsheet? - When agents are new to the real estate industry, they are trained to monitor the " MLS Hot Sheet" every morning in order to stay informed of the inventory changes. So what is a real estate hot sheet, and can non-Realtors get access to it? ?? Link to the current real estate Hot Sheet: https://www.TallahasseeHotSheet.com Up until now, the hot sheet was proprietary information only available to paid members of the MLS. But recognizing that inventory is so low in the Tallahass

If you are planning on buying a home now, or within the next three to six months, you are going to have all sorts of questions pop up for which you’ll want answers. Among the most important of these will have to do with figuring out what a home is worth. As a matter of fact, I was recently asked this question “Who is primarily responsible for determining the market value of the home you want to buy?” Questions about valuation are very common from buyers of all experience levels because nobody wants to overp

What Is The Definition Of Distressed Property? I received this question from "Rich" who asked: Joe, what is your definition of a "Distressed Property" - foreclosure, disrepair, time on market, location? That's a great question because we have a ton of people who have registered to receive our regularly updated list of distressed properties for sale in Tallahassee, so I know the topic is very popular today. In fact, it’s not uncommon for people just entering the market to buy a home to be focused on distress

Why Use A Buyer's Agent For New Construction? - I was recently asked about the benefits of having a buyers agent for new construction. Specifically, she asked why she should use a buyer's agent for new construction? My short answer is that you should always hire a well-trained advocate to help you buy any real estate, including new construction homes. This video though will specifically address several benefits of having your own advocate when purchasing a brand new home, whether it has already been built

You might have heard that we have a huge seller’s market right now in real estate. Do you know what that means? This real estate frequently asked question comes up from time to time when somebody is buying a home or selling a home. They want to know if its a buyer’s market or a seller’s market. Is now a good time to buy a home in the Tallahassee real estate market? I have prepared this short video to demonstrate the conditions that make this a seller’s market, and then we’ll show you the numbers and how we

What Is A Swimming Pool Worth? Recently, a customer buying a home asked me a simple question. She inquired “how much does a pool add to the value of a home?” Pretty simple question, right? Well, by the end of this short video, you’ll know the not-so-simple answer (and why this is so important).

This real estate frequently asked question is from a recent home buyer. If you are about to buy a home in Tallahassee Florida or beyond and you’re trying to better understand how the real estate negotiation process will work, then understanding how to better control the negotiation is going to keep some of your hard-earned money in your pocket!

What You Should Know About School Zones When Buying A Home - Buyers always ask about school zones, even when they do not have school-aged children. They understand that homes in the highest-rated school zones often fetch the most money, so they believe they are putting themselves in the best position for a future sale by purchasing a home in an acceptable school zone today. Unfortunately, this logic is flawed. If you are buying a home with no need for a school yet plan on including your opinion of the publi

If you plan on buying a home, or selling a home, you’ll want to understand the local nature of real estate and use it to your advantage.

If you want to know where homebuyers chose to live in 2021, then this video was produced specifically for you. Follow along as I share the top-ten selling communities in Tallahassee in 2021, with insight on what it costs to live in each neighborhood as well as the number of homes that sold.

Whether you're a young family just starting out or an established one looking for a place to raise your children, you will find Tallahassee a welcoming and family-friendly environment that's sure to meet your needs.

This luxury home market report shows that high-end homes are selling better than ever. 7 essential graphs that tell the story of the luxury home market.

Living In Tallahassee. The top-ten selling builder communities in Tallahassee in 2022, with insight on what it costs to live in each neighborhood as well as the number of homes that sold.

Real Estate: Patio homes are growing in popularity in Tallahassee as much of the new construction sold in tract housing neighborhoods are on lots much smaller than homes built before 2000.

The lack of home affordability has become a widely discussed issue in the media - the shortfall in new single-family home permits and multi-family property permits and construction exacerbates the current housing crisis.

Just as you find in most local US housing markets, the number of homes for sale in Tallahassee remains far too few, measuring below 900 properties and just above 500 when you remove those already under contract with buyers.

Home prices are rising. Mortgage interest rates are rising. Are people earning enough money to buy homes today, or is the home affordability crisis getting worse?

Joe Manausa gives an update on the economic outlook for Tallahassee and the US housing market. Includes housing market forecast, housing market activity, and new construction analysis, and reveals how Tallahassee compares with the overall US housing market.

How do we know there is a major housing crisis brewing? Look no further than building permits! This video examines building permits in detail, as the issue of home affordability is going to become one of the most prominent topics for many years in the national media.

7 different housing market rumors are perpetuated as “FACT” in various forms of "hype." Discussion of this "housing market news" has been ongoing for years, so today, I want to put them all to rest.

The pace of this video moves fast, and I cover more than ten key real estate trends, so you might want to go back to any graph that you want to spend more time on.

This is a simple millennial housing case study that will clearly show that the millennials will face a housing market like no other generation going back to post-World War II.

I've been asked recently for my opinion on the number of homes being built in the US. Specifically, people are wondering if the ghost of 2006 has come back to bring more homes to the market than what can be consumed?

Report includes three graphs that show just how far home prices have risen as we move towards conditions where home affordability might become the greatest challenge the housing market has EVER embraced.