Real Estate Blog & Advice

Well, this is definitely a new one!  The police showed up at my open house 🚔 You can imagine my surprise when I saw the officer coming up to the front door. I suppose the first thought I had was that he was coming to check out the house and had just got off duty.  I...

I imagine that the first thing you're thinking about is the words hazardous waste in the title of this post. ⚠️ I can assure you this is not a story about plutonium, a flux capacitor, or anything that is super dramatic. Sorry if I already lost you.  Yesterday, I...

If you happened to have read previous blog posts then you may have heard a bit about this saga. Here is where things have been going with this story.  Everything about this story is about how important it is to have the right representation 👨‍💼 In Utah, once a Seller...

I mean, really! You have got to be kidding me! 🤯 Yesterday, I received a call from the Listing Agent I am working with for the purchase of a home for my Buyer client. He did not have good news to present to me.  My Buyer is under contract to purchase this home in Salt...

It was a story that was told all of the time growing up.  My dad, the oldest of 3 brothers, was required to pain the house by his dad. The way the story was told, it sounded like he had to paint the house once a year! 🖌️ So, when we bought this house and hated the...

One simple question ended up equaling $3,000 going to my first-time homebuyer clients.  I'm not sure that it hasn't happened before, but in my experience it is one of the harder issues to get a Seller to acquiesce on.  The issue was one that we see throughout the Salt...

It all started with a fake Gucci watch in New York City's Chinatown ⌚ I was about 15 or 16 years old and in New York with some classmates for a school theater trip. 🗽 I had been to NYC previously and I was mesmerized by the haggling of knock-off goods on the street....

Why do I keep saying Realtors suck? Here's the perfect example.  I was out with a Buyer and saw a few homes. 🏡 The Listing Agent of one of the homes we saw reached out to me after I sent feedback. He thanked me for the feedback and asked a few questions about my...

And this whole time I thought they loved candy corn in Utah! 🤣

Multiple offers!?  At this time of year? In this part of the country? Localized in Salt Lake City? I'm borrowing from The Simpsons in case you aren't a die-hard Simpsons fan.  Yes, it actually happened that this property had multiple offers after being listed for 2...

More stories from my series of "Why Realtors Suck"  I was with my new Buyer the other day touring some homes he had wanted to see. This Buyer likes to work on his cars and wants to make sure he is in a neighborhood that won't have an issue with this.  One of the homes...

It's about little surprises and creating great relationships!  I received this text from my Buyer who is currently under contract on a home.  These Buyers are in their due diligence period and they had a few home inspectors they were reviewing. After contacting a few...

The time has come! Your home no longer fits your needs, or a life event happened and you need to move. Whether you're moving down the street, across town, or across the country there is probably something that needs to be done to have your house ready to sell.  I'm...

I heard from my friend, Ben, yesterday. 📱 Ben lives outside of Utah and had a real estate question. 🏡 By the way, thank you to everyone from around the country that trust's me with your real estate questions! I get questions from all corners of the country and have...

It's probably no surprise that clients often ask me about using Opendoor. It can sound like a dream, right? Here's an easy way to receive an offer to purchase your home without having to go through the hassle of listing with a Realtor.  I was referred to a couple who...

Sometimes it's all about the small things that help sell your house.  I was out with a new Buyer on a Saturday as we were touring our first homes.  It was cold and rainy that day. I felt like a mail delivery person! Neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night shall keep...

I'm ashamed to admit this.  Living in Utah for over 20 years and this was the first time I vacationed in Moab. Now, to be fair, or maybe to just excuse my laziness, I had been told that Moab is really for Jeepin'. As a Jeep owner that does sound fun, but I made...

I met Caryn through my dear friend Lauren. Caryn needed to sell her house because she was retiring and was looking to downsize. We had some time before we were set to list Caryn's home. She had a lot of life events happening and we planned about a month and a half...

Lately I've been meeting with a lot of Seller's who had their homes listed with other Realtors and they didn't get it sold. I've also been meeting with potential Seller's who have a lot of reasonable questions in today's market.  About a week ago I met with Victor at...

I've been working with a new set of Buyers and we were viewing properties on a Monday afternoon. They liked one of the homes we saw, and we all had opinions of the color choice of one of the bedrooms.  The color wasn't quite brown.  But it wasn't quite yellow either. ...

I received a call from a friend who runs an Estate Planning company, and my friend sent me a text as I was listening to her voice message.  The call came to me because this Estate Planning company knows that I specialize with Seniors (55+) Real Estate needs. Many...