Adventures in Historic Homeownership – the Yucky Stuff

What, what, WHAAAT? There’s yucky stuff in home ownership, Jules? How could that possible be? One of the pitfalls into the money pit that CAN be historic homeownership is the sewer line, the mother of all yucky stuff. Anyone who knows me knows that I LURRVE old houses. Along with that love comes a price [...]

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Ooltewah & East Brainerd Market Stats for October 2009

These stats are pulled from the 37421 & 37363 ZIP codes All Ooltewah & East Brainerd Residential Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as of 11/5/09: 720 Pending or contingent listings (under contract) as of 11/5/09: 155 Residential listings closed (sold) during October 2009: 76 Number of months to sell current [...]

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As Is – What’s it mean?

With foreclosures and other ‘distressed’ sales abounding these days you see a lot of listings with two little bitty words: AS IS So what does AS IS mean, Jules? It means that the seller doesn’t want to hear you (or actually me, your agent) whine about all the little things that are wrong with the [...]

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Six questions to ask before you buy a wreck

Should you buy a house that needs repairs? Short answer: No Long answer: It depends Longer than you want to hear answer: I often work with buyers who are seduced by the siren song of the house that needs a lot of work. ‘Lot of work’ means different things to different people. A couple of [...]

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