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What is Buyer Agency?

Research shows that 88{16e476496f5f3a73cb19f20a476d08f8bca71b0bf9338242f1d2bf6ed337f382} of buyers use a real estate agent to help them buy their home.  What are the perks to buyer agency and why should you care?  When you sign a contract with a realtor to represent you as a buyer, you are securing your own interests throughout...

Checkbook? Calendar? Where Do You Spend Your Resources?

I’ve often said that you can tell what’s important to somebody by looking at their checkbook.  If you open somebody’s debit/credit card statement you can tell where they spend their resources, time and money.  For example, if every day you stop at Starbucks and buy a $6 coffee, (and you...

How to Know the Price is Right

We as real estate agents spend a lot of time researching properties and comparable sales to determine what we believe the market will bear.  In a market that is dramatically going up and down, this becomes a little bit more art and a little bit less science. Ultimately it starts...

Lessons From A 2-Year-Old

Children ask ‘why’ A LOT. If you’re anything like me, you end up either coming up with a very creative reason why you are doing something, or you end up diving into deeper contemplation about why you are actually doing it. Why are you taking a shower? Why are we...

Not For Sale By Owner

When you sell a vehicle or home, you often need to determine if you will sell by yourself or use a third party (dealer or real estate agent).  In terms of selling a vehicle, if you decide to sell to a dealer you net yourself a lower amount of money...

“Here Comes Santa Claus”

Christmas for children is often wrapped up in watching and waiting for Santa Claus.  Is he here yet?  How much longer?  Do I hear his reindeer?  This weekend you can give your family an early glimpse of our jolly old friend at the Byron Center Christmas Parade! Saturday December 3...

Trunk or Treat

October . . . to my children it means free candy.  As much as we try to give them exposure to other fall favorites, something about dressing up and receiving sugar in a bucket is unbeatable to little kids.  As adults, we enjoy snapping and sharing cute photos of them...

Going Green This Fall

Is your family going green this year? And no, I'm not talking about cheering for the Spartans. I'm talking about making small changes in your home that can have positive effects on the environment around you as well as your home's environment. Going green in your home isn't as challenging...

Getting Ready for School, the West Michigan Way

How can the summer be ending already? It's starting to feel like fall breaking into the air here in Michigan, doesn't it? The had to throw on a sweatshirt the other night when I was mowing the yard, the kids are getting a little more antsy each day they're home...

Everything You Need to Know About Your Closing Day

Closing on your home is the moment when you will become the official homeowners of your new home. But, as first-time homeowners, do you know everything that will be expected of you at your date of closing? We believe that its incredibly important for you come to your closing meeting...

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