by Susanne Novak | Nov 15, 2010 | Buyer Tips
The second installment of the video series to help you buy your first home is called Shopping for a Loan. Most Columbus real estate agents will tell you that you need to be pre-approved for a loan even before you start looking at Columbus OH homes for sale. So,...
by Susanne Novak | Nov 10, 2010 | Buyer Tips
So you want to buy your first home. It may be overwhelming. Where should you start? Let me help you! This is the first of three short videos from HUD about buying a home. These videos give you a simple overview of the home buying process, from finding a home, to...
by Susanne Novak | Apr 13, 2010 | Buyer Tips
Everybody talks about the home buyer tax credit that will expire at the end of April 2010. So, you signed a contract on one of the Columbus OH homes for sale in anticipation of this deadline. You also filed your annual tax return way ahead of April 15 (that’s...
by Susanne Novak | Apr 4, 2010 | Buyer Tips
You may wonder why utilities can become a problem, when you try to buy a home. In quite a few Columbus OH homes for Sale utilities have been shut off. Many buyers and their Columbus real estate agents end up struggling with utility issues just days before they plan to...
by Susanne Novak | Feb 16, 2010 | Buyer Tips
Foreclosures are common place in today’s real estate market. Just look at the Columbus MLS and you will see that out of the 14,766 Columbus OH homes for sale a full 10% (1,476) are listed as foreclosures. Foreclosures range from $1 million properties in Dublin...
by Susanne Novak | Feb 4, 2010 | Buyer Tips
On Feb. 2, 2010 a NBC reporter called. He was preparing a report on HUD homes in Columbus. I showed him a couple of Columbus OH homes for sale and explained the pros and cons of buying HUD houses. Here’s the video from the evening news: You can learn everything...