by Susanne Novak | Feb 10, 2012 | Market Updates
Many buyers ask me where they can find contractors to fix up the Columbus home they just purchased. They also wonder, if they need to pull a permit for their remodeling job. As you can imagine, there are thousands of contractors in Columbus, but good ones are hard to...
by Susanne Novak | Feb 5, 2012 | Market Updates
Last week I received a letter from the Supreme Court of Ohio. You can imagine how surprised I was. The Court’s Dispute Resolution Section scheduled a telephone mediation conference concerning the valuation of a house we owned. We originally filed a complaint...
by Susanne Novak | Jan 29, 2012 | Neighborhoods
If you want to sell your house quickly in today’s recovering real estate market, you need to satisfy 3 important criteria. An experienced Columbus real estate agent will make sure that you meet these criteria, when you put your house on the market, and advise...
by Susanne Novak | Jan 16, 2012 | Market Updates
Over the past 6 months the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again targeted the elimination of lead based paint in homes for sale. Based on their stats 1 million children are affected by lead poisoning. When you sell or rent a house built before 1978 you...
by Susanne Novak | Jan 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Many people feel that real estate agents make “easy” money. A Realtor will show you a few homes for sale, submit a contract and, when the deal closes, they get 3% of the purchase price. On an average priced home for sale in Columbus that’s...