When it is raining outside, it may be hard to convince yourself to leave the house, let alone drive around and go into several other people’s homes to find one to purchase. There are several good reasons why you may want to grab that umbrella though. You can: Beat the crowds. Chances are other people […]

When making an offer on a home, a buyer is asked to provide earnest money to the seller. When I made an offer on my first home, I remember earnest money being set at $500. Now, it is not uncommon to have the earnest money set as high as $10,000. The thought of providing $10,000 […]

When purchasing a home in Colorado, not many buyers realize there are three different relationships you can have with the real estate broker. In each relationship, the broker performs generally the same functions of helping you find your next home and then guiding you through the purchase process, but each relationship defines what responsibilities the […]

It was 112 years old: a charming little house in the Big Tree neighborhood of Casper, Wyoming- the historic part of town where streets were lined with beautiful old homes and big cottonwood trees that shaded the sidewalks. In the middle of this area was the house my husband and I fell in love with, […]