Real Estate Closing

So What Is a Closing? “Going to closing” is a term that home buyers will hear often throughout the home buying process.  Another term often repeated is the “closing table.”  In many cases it can takes weeks before  it becomes clear what is meant by those terms so the following explains these terms. Going to closing…

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Choosing the Right Home

Where do you go from here?  For starters, what do you want in a home?  And where do you want to live?  These may seem like simple questions, but for some people, these are the 2 hardest questions that they’ll ever have to answer before the search begins. What do You want in a Home? Of…

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Homebuyers and the Bidding War

That’s the title of an article that I read yesterday on Realtor Magazine online. Immediately I thought surely their real estate agents have been sending this message with tremendous emphasis.   The fact is that it should not be any surprise and in my opinion “caught off guard”does not accurately describe what’s happening. Speaking from personal experience, I have…

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Duck, Duck Duck

Oh so you’ve never heard of this game. Well I’m not surprised. Up until now, people have thought that Duck, Duck, Goose was the only game in town. But let me tell you, when it comes time to buying a home in Birmingham Alabama, it’s no game and you’ve got to make sure that you have all…

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