Earlier this week, I got a phone call from someone eager to sell their vacant land – fast. They claimed they just wanted to break even, nothing more. Sounds generous, right? It’s not. It’s a scam, and a surprisingly common one at that. Here’s how it usually plays out:...
Over the years, I’ve watched plenty of folks move to the mountains with grand plans of a forever home – only to realize a decade or two later that their knees didn’t sign up for the staircase marathon, or that their charming woodsy retreat has become a little too “off...
A reader of this column, who likes to watch for foreclosure opportunities, sent me what seemed to be a convincing article about an FHA loan delinquency bubble shared to social media. After fact-checking it and cross-referencing it with sources from HUD, FHFA and the...
This may shock you, but I recently turned down a listing. Amid the skeptical raised eyebrows from my faithful readers – and perhaps gasps of panic from my fellow real estate agents – I’d like to explain why. After all, in any real estate market, “she who has the...
One of my buyer clients had a total brain meltdown this week. After nearly a year of house hunting – with his exacting standards and strict price point – the search felt endless. Then, like a plot twist in a rom-com, I unearthed the perfect home from my network: an...
It’s 6 a.m. and my husband has just left for his commute down the hill. I take my first sip of coffee – hot, sweet, topped with Italian sweet cream foam – just as I check my emails for any overnight transaction fires. One email immediately catches my eye. A client had...
