Listen More, Talk Less

Listen More, Talk Less

The role of buyer agent is an honor. I have had the privilege of steer-heading like I’m the one buying the house: I want to vet each lender, I want to open every drawer, I want the inspector to show me where the filters go, and I want very much to put my pots and pans...
Date the Rate, Buy the House, Win Big

Date the Rate, Buy the House, Win Big

Though out life, a person experiences a multitude of different occasions when it seems like everyone knows more than them: · Teetering away from the wall while dad holds his arms promising to not let you fall · Sounding out words in the level one reader as...
Watching Your P’s, Q’s and $$$

Watching Your P’s, Q’s and $$$

When buying a home, there seems to be a million-n-one rules: don’t change jobs, don’t buy a car, don’t accept large sums of money, don’t don’t don’t. The relief of getting the keys and doing what you want is palatable. Why? Because it’s not JUST A KEY. It’s a key to...
Share the Load; Share the Memories

Share the Load; Share the Memories

So it’s been a minute since I’ve penned … Well … anything. I’ve been doing dishes. And running many many loads of laundry. Plus stopping to pull weeds when what I really went outside for was to get the mail. Kids are out for summer and all my methods and sanities went...
How Pennies a Day Equals a Downpayment

How Pennies a Day Equals a Downpayment

Planning to purchase a home is daunting and often resistance comes in the form of timing … when the rates arebetter, when there are more options, when more money has been saved. I get it! However, as author Priya Ardis aptly shares, “If you keep waiting for the right...
Knowledge is Powerful

Knowledge is Powerful

Life is full of changes … some daily and others over the course of time. One day you’re making sandwiches for a little one’s lunchpail, and the next breath you’re loading up boxes of clothes and mementoes that are taking up preciously needed space. I get it; managing...