As the holidays are approaching, many people are busy decorating their homes, lighting the tree, and marking their calendars to visit friends and family. With all the busyness of the season, you might be wondering if now you should even attempt to sell your home. Any potential home buyers are also busy attending get-togethers or traveling […]
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Selling Your Home During the Holidays
As if the holidays weren’t stressful enough, adding selling your home to the list of gifts to buy and foods to cook and family to see can seem like the final straw. However, there are a few advantages to selling your home at this time of year, such as more serious buyers and less actively-marketed […]
5 Easy Tips to Winterize Your Home
You’ve already pulled out the heavy jackets and long pants to get ready for the colder days ahead, but is your home ready for winter? The colder months are quickly approaching, and you want to make sure that your home stays warm and inviting when the below-freezing temperatures and heavy snowfalls set in. How to Prepare […]
Can You Purchase a Home Even With Student Loans?
As more millennials are preparing to buy a home, one issue is making it difficult for many — student loans. The Project on Student Debt calculated that just about 7 in 10 college graduates in the Class of 2014 had student loan debt, and on average each student had about $29,000 in loans. With mortgages often amounting […]
How to Prepare Your Home for the Holidays
It’s already November, but major retailers have already stocked their displays with twinkling lights and shiny ornaments, so you know what that means: The holidays are here. Easy Holiday Home Decorating Tips Whether you plan to host holiday get-togethers with friends, family, and neighbors or plan to visit your loved ones this year, you can […]
Relocation Can Be Tricky
In this blog, I will highlight two of the biggest stressors you may encounter as a relocator. The typical relocator is someone who is relocating due to their employment. If this is you, you are in excellent hands! My past experience in recruiting professionals to Erie and assisting professionals, particularly, resident physicians, with their moving needs has allowed me to […]
3 Tips to Help Your Pup During Your Move
What does it mean to be Pre-Approved?
One of the most frequently asked question that I have been receiving over the past month is “What does it mean to be Pre-Approved?”. This is such a great question! As many of you know, the first thing I recommend a home buyer do is speak with their lender and receive pre-approval for a mortgage. […]
5 Easy Ways to Save Big on Energy Costs
Winter is almost here in Erie, and that mean’s it’s time to put on a few sweaters and leave off the thermostat to save money—right? Actually, you don’t have to take drastic measures to save big on energy this season. How to Reduce Your Erie Home Energy Bill Have a digital thermostat? Have a working fireplace? Whether your […]
Unique Ways to Decorate Your Home for Halloween
Halloween is just around the corner. Have you thought about decorating your home this year? It might seem like all of the options for Halloween decorations are the same year after year: carve a pumpkin, light the luminaries, and set out a bowl of candy for trick-or-treaters. But with just a little paint and creativity in the right places, […]