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Credit Repair

Credit Repair so you can Buy a Home Are you a first-time home buyer or someone who currently owns a home, but wants to buy another one, but you have Bad Credit? The good news is, you're not alone. There are many different people in your situation and with a little time and effort you'll be well on your way to regaining a healthy credit score. Let me clear one thing up before I continue...Have you...

Debt to Income Ratio Explained

Debt to Income Ratio Explained Debt to Income Ratio, in the most simplest terms is how much you owe (debts) divided by how much you earn (income) per month. In order to calculate your debt to income ratio all you have to do is add up all your monthly expenses, including credit card and car payments, utilities, housing costs, student loans, and any other recurring expenses you might have, then divide...

Frozen Pipes

Frozen Pipes - What do I do? When people look back in history, they will see that Charleston experienced two very colder than usual days on January 7 and January 8, 2014. It was so cold that the power company had to utilize rolling black outs just to keep up with the demand for energy to heat up people's homes. Another unfortunate thing to result from the unusually cold weather was that a number of home...

How to Negotiate a Lower Home Price

You did it!  You found the house of your dreams, and you're ready to make an offer, but where should you start?  Here are 6 tips on how to negotiate a lower home price and get you into your dream home. 1. Keep Your Emotions in Check! Don't let the seller know how interested you are in the house!  I see it all the time...a buyer will walk into an open house and they instantly fall in love.  They start...

How to Price Your Home to Sell!

How to Price Your Home to Sell! Whenever I speak to potential clients interested in selling their home, our conversation will inevitably turn to my opinion on what I think they should price their home at.  More often than not, homeowners will have a totally different estimation of the value of their home, based on their belief that they have the best house on the block and that's why it should be...

How to Mulch

How to Mulch I am by no means an expert when it comes to laying mulch, but after 3 days of buying and spreading 135 bags of mulch I think that should make me at least a specialist!  Full disclosure: I did not open and spread all 135 bags by myself, I had the help of my father-in-law and brother-in-law (who probably hate me by now).  While putting the mulch in, I thought that maybe it would be a good...

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