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Is Ditching the Listing Agent Risky? Sep. 10, 2024
Dear Monty: My home is for sale through an agent. It has been over 12 weeks with no offers and few s... Read More
How To Buy a Small Parcel From Your Neighbor Sep. 03, 2024
Dear Monty: We intend to negotiate a lot line adjustment with a neighbor. The size of the parcel is ... Read More
9 Reasons Selling a Home Is Easy Jan. 16, 2024
Dear Monty: We are selling our home in 2024. We know of your involvement in PropBox. You state that ... Read More
Four Potential Solutions for Occupancy Problems Aug. 22, 2023
Dear Monty: We just lost the home we wanted. We have been looking for over a year, and finally, a ho... Read More
Four Steps for Every First-Time Home Seller Aug. 01, 2023
Dear Monty: We have outgrown our first home. I searched for "the best way to sell my house" online. ... Read More
Negotiation Is the Important Key Jul. 18, 2023
Being informed is the best tool you can use during negotiations. Knowledge about the home's conditio... Read More
Is The Theory Behind MLS Still Valid? Jul. 04, 2023
Dear Monty: My neighbors are trying to sell their home. They have used two different agents and have... Read More
Can a Homebuyer That Waived a Home Inspection Sue? Jun. 20, 2023
Dear Monty: We lived in our first home for about three years and sold it almost two years ago. We ha... Read More
The Future of Home Selling Is Near Sep. 20, 2022
Dear Monty: You wrote an article about technology replacing real estate agents last fall. It was a v... Read More
How To Decide to Convert Your Home to A Two-Family House Aug. 23, 2022
Dear Monty: I need to find out if I can convert my single-family home into a two-family. The second ... Read More
Five Options to Consider When a Real Estate Agent Violates the Rules Aug. 16, 2022
Dear Monty: Can a real estate agent from the brokerage agency of the seller outbid your offer withou... Read More
Six Options When Your Offers Are Losing Jul. 05, 2022
Dear Monty: We have made offers on four homes. Our agent says that people are buying them for cash a... Read More
Five Options to Sidestep Dealing With a Relative Jun. 14, 2022
Dear Monty: We are planning on selling our home soon. My wife's sister has a son that is a real esta... Read More
Five Low-Cost Ways to Add Value When Selling a Home May. 17, 2022
Dear Monty: We are considering a lifestyle change that involves selling our home. There is advice ev... Read More
Warranty Deed versus Quitclaim Deed May. 10, 2022
Dear Monty: We want to give our son a quitclaim deed to our house, which he rents from us. We still ... Read More
Eight Reasons to Have a Pre-sale Home Inspection May. 03, 2022
Dear Monty: We are going to sell our home soon. In preparing the house, we are interviewing real est... Read More
Rethink Avoiding Your Agent to Sell Directly to a Friend Apr. 19, 2022
DEAR MONTY: I am selling my home through an agent, and I verbally agreed to a price from a guy who l... Read More
Agent and Lender Fraud? Apr. 12, 2022
Dear Monty: We are suspicious of our home sale. We found out our agent (No. 2) and the buyer were fr... Read More
A New Real Estate Agent Questions Her Decision Mar. 22, 2022
Dear Monty: I am a new agent. A relative asked me to co-list their home with an agent they knew. We ... Read More
What's the Chance There's a Home Defect? Feb. 22, 2022
Dear Monty: The house seller wants me to release him from all claims after closing. This action soun... Read More
