When purchasing a new home, a home warranty is often part of the offer package. A home warranty is a contract that helps cover costs of repair or replacement of some home systems and appliances. A home warranty might be right for you if you’re purchasing a home with older systems and appliances. Do Your […]
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4 Simple Mistakes Many Homebuyers Make
After many years in the real estate business, Merit Real Estate has witnessed our fair share of mistakes that homebuyers have made. In an effort to keep you from making the same mistakes, we’ve created a list for your reference. Homebuyer Mistake #1: Buying a Home Before You’re Ready If you haven’t sold your […]
Home-Buying Red Flags
Purchasing a new home is likely the largest single investment that you’ll make in your lifetime. It can be scary and uncertain when you’re making such a huge commitment to not have a clear picture of what you’re buying into. Even with home inspections, there are still some red flags that you should look for […]
How To Make The Best Possible Offer On A New Home
One of the biggest challenges in buying a new home is the offer process. If your offer is too low, it may get rejected, while making a high offer could result in too high of a purchase price and ultimately costing you too much money. Our agents have been in your shoes and we want […]
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Strategies to Survive Holiday Spending While Saving for a Home
Holiday spending can be extremely stressful time, financially, for many people. However, that stress is magnified if you’re trying to save for a financial goal – like purchasing a home. We want to help you develop strategies and tactics to cope with holiday spending while still meeting your financial goals. Budget Our number one tip […]
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Death on a Property
March 28, 2016 California law dictates that a seller must disclose a death on a property within 3 years of the sale. Some may think “Why?” and other may think “Why only 3 years?” Both of these are valid questions, so I wanted to shed some light on the topic, from my perspective. And I […]
How to Win a Bidding War
February 10, 2016 There’s no denying it, we are in a very hot real estate market here in Southern California. How does this translate in to our daily routine in the real estate industry? Good times for sellers, rough times for buyers. I can’t remember the last time I had a […]