Guest Post by Sean Zalmanoff with USA Mortgage Single Premium Mortgage Insurance allows you to buy a home with just 5% down and get rid of paying dreaded Mortgage Insurance forever. Let’s look at...
New York Times What Get For… featured one of my listings this week. 2942 Russell Blvd priced at $279,900 was listed with two other homes (one from Savannah GA and another from Seattle WA). Russell...
Lately I have encountered more houses that NEED work and more people who WANT to do work. On that note, I asked loan officer Mark Anderson of Paramount Bank to write a post regarding some...
Whew! One more semester completed and ONLY one more to go. This Spring (2011) will be by my final semester at SLU in the Urban Planning and Real Estate Development Master’s Program. All that remains...
Getting your house ready for market is perhaps one of the toughest parts of the process. It takes a lot of effort to get a house show-ready. It begins with packing and cleaning. But can...
When I am getting ready to put a new listing on the market, determining the right listing price is one of the most important tasks. In order to properly price a home for sale, REALTORS®...
Yesterday I went out with one of my new clients to look at rehab possibilities. I always think the first day out with a new client is interesting. It’s a learning process for both of...
Below is an example of a note I just sent along with an offer. To be honest I am not sure if this works or not, but this is what I have been sending along...
Last summer I was hired to help some Shaw residents sell their house. They had moved here for graduate school. It was time to put the house on the market and move on to the...
Recently one of my past clients invited me to visit City Garden Montessori. She has been a St. Louis City resident and advocate for a long time, but had been sending her oldest son to...
I have two new listings coming up in Tower Grove East. When finished both will be 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths with 2nd floor laundry. Additionally each will have a two-car detached garage. The kitchens will...
First a little history: FHA stands for Federal Housing Administration, an entity created by the The Housing Act of 1934 which was designed to increase home ownership by operating different loan insurance programs. So when...