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Avoiding a Failed Appraisal

In 2009 Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac changed the regulatory guidelines for residential appraisals by establishing the Home Valuation Code of ...

The Problem With Appraisals Right Now

First, let’s start with the basics. A residential purchase appraisal report is a professional, objective opinion of value. Although the b...

Stuck At Home

You have probably read or heard about the state of our local real estate market. If you have not, it is about as hot as it can get. The R...

News from The Front Lines of Real Estate

Real estate transactions are rarely easy, but they have become even more hectic during the global pandemic. Active inventory has hit hist...

What Pandemic? The Reno/Sparks Real Estate Market is Red Hot

Several months ago, I predicted that our local market would eventually experience a strong recovery. I was close, but I didn’t see this c...

Is This the Right Time to Buy or Sell a Home?

Many of my active buyers and sellers took a pause back in mid-March. Several of them are questioning whether they should re-enter the mar...

How Is the Reno/Sparks Residential Real Estate Market Fairing?

That is the question of the day and at this point the short answer is that the market’s holding up quite well under the circumstances. Su...

An Open Letter to My Partners at Nevada Home Connections

It was early 2014 and I was exploring my options for re-entering the real estate business as a salesperson rather than a branch manager o...

Reno Sparks Real Estate Statistics for March 2020

The Reno / Sparks Assn of Realtors released their March statistical report a couple of days ago and based on these trends alone, one migh...

Seven Tips for Buying a Home in a Hot Market

This post was originally written back in early 2018 and there are many similarities in our market today. As we head into the primary buyi...

4 Good Reasons Home Buyers Should Attend Their Inspection(s)

Home inspections are not legally required in most home purchases. Although, depending on your location, certain types loans may require v...

Reno / Sparks 2019 Residential Real Estate Report & Predictions for 2020

The 2019 year end report is quite revealing this year, read on if you'd like to learn more. Median Price: In the first quarter Reno & Spa...

10 Important Real Estate Statistics From 2019

It’s that time of year when many of us prepare business plans for the upcoming year. Like most, I look at forecasts and my personal perfo...

Buying a Home in Reno? Consider These Environmental Hazards

When relocating from other regions of the country, people tend to bring their past homeownership experiences with them. For example, Cali...

How Will the Next Recession Affect Housing in Reno & Sparks?

I should start by saying that I cannot predict the future. However, I do feel it’s important to keep an eye on the experts’ forecasts, bo...

The “Process” of Finding the Right Home

For most people, buying a home is thought of or remembered as an event. However, when I assist my buyers in their quest to buy a home, I ...

Condos & Townhomes, What’s Difference and How Do I Buy One?

Let’s start with the basics. The term townhome refers to a style of construction and not necessarily a type of ownership or management. A...

Should I Wait to Buy a Home?

A couple of weeks ago I reported on the fact that the Reno/Sparks real estate market is cooling a bit. A recent update from the Californi...

It's Been A Cool Summer So Far, The Reno Real Estate Market’s Cooling Too

I put a couple of affordable houses on the market in early June of 2018, both attracted multiple offers. This year I listed two equally a...

Decoding Real Estate Advertisements & Remarks

Real estate agents are known for stretching the truth in their advertising. For example, the phrase “partial city view” might be re-defin...

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