Nashua Telegraph Runs Story Quoting Me On Listing Language

A writer for Bankrate.com interviewed me one or two months ago for an article he had been working on regarding real estate language.

In particular, the subject was stuff seller's agents will say about their listings to try to catch the interest of home buying consumers. Hint: They are often not true.

These phrases were collected from our nationwide organization (naeba.org) and the are completely real.

Here is what you want to think about:

If a real estate agent regularly directs words like these to buyers, why would you ever want somebody like at being your buyer's agent or designated buyer's agent?

Constantly exagerating and pushing properties is not something you want to deal with when you are making a serious decision about buying a home. You want trusted, rational advice.

Just a thought to mull over as you look for for Saline real estate.

Here is the article.

I thought this was especially interesting since I lived in Nashua as a small child before I moved to this area.

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Interesting Site for Do-It-Yourself Legal Documents

On occasion we I have need for basic legal documents.

Often you have a choice of joining some online legal club on a trial basis or go to a local attorney.

Well I've just come across an alternative. Legaldocs.com allows you to draft a legal document online and then download it in a Word format so you can edit it at will.

I wouldn't ever type in real information on a web-based form generator, but I can type in Bob Buyer and Sally Seller and then change it on my desktop.

Note, I don't actually recommend this for anything to do with real estate, but when you are buying a $100 used computer it doesn't make much sense to have an attorney draft a sales receipt.

Fun With A Buried Oil Tank

OK,

It really isn't fun. But it is educational and it does prove the benefit of having a thorough home inspection.

More to come on this topic soon!

Here are some links:

Here is the extreme crazy expensive residential oil tank issue:
http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=faebd04d-2991-442c-b181-2ed6f34a817c

Here is a site from an Oregon company who had decomissioned a bunch of tanks:
http://www.danatanks.com/cgi-bin/danat.cgi?photo_page_button=yes


Here is the state of Michigan's resource page:
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3311_4115_4238---,00.html

Here is the state of Michigan's list of qualified experts:

http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3311_4115_4238-9723--,00.html

Finally, the state's statement on home heating oil tanks:

http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3311_4115_4238-9379--,00.html

Radon system outside the home

Good Video on Tax Credit For 2009 First Time Home Buyers

The National Association of Home Builders put together a nice video on the $8,000 Tax Credit.

Sewage ejector crock

I'm at a home inspection today at a country home.

There is a bathroom in the basement and that means there is a sewage
ejector pump in a sewage crock.

Here is a photo.