Real Estate Q & A

Your typical home inspection costs will range anywhere between $300 and $500 depending on the size and features of the home. After you move into your new home, you want to begin living in it and not spend time and money repairing it. Your home inspector will provide you with a personalized report of any repairs needed, suggestions on how to maintain your home, and also provide you with the knowledge that you are not purchasing a “money pit.”

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Real Estate Q&A with Dave Kimbrough

By Special to the Sentinel Dear Dave I have about 150K that I am wanting to invest in a rental property while the market is still considered a “buyers’ market”. I was all set to find my property and my Realtor suggested that instead of buying the property with cash, that I use that money

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Explanation not likely for prospective buyer rejected by co-op board

Ilyce Glink & Samuel Tamkin Explanation not likely for prospective buyer rejected by co-op board Q: I was trying to buy a co-op. I found a property and paid fees for appraisal, fees to my attorney and to the bank attorney, and some money to the co-op board for them to release some information. Read

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Q & A – Benefits of Buying From a Sponsor

Jay Romano Q & A – Benefits of Buying From a Sponsor Article http://www.nytimes.com Is it possible to buy a co-op from a sponsor as an investor for the purpose of renting it out? How about doing this with more than one apartment in the same co-op? Read Article | Comment it

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Q&A: Purchasing foreclosures

  Jamie Smith Hopkins Q&A: Purchasing foreclosures Article http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/ Buying a home is complicated. When it’s a foreclosure, though, the questions really multiply — whether you’re trying to purchase an REO (real-estate owned) property from a bank or you’re thinking of bidding at a foreclosure auction. Read Article | Comment it

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Lender could end up paying if all fees were not revealed at buyer’s closing

Ilyce Glink Lender could end up paying if all fees were not revealed at buyer’s closing Article Ilyce R. Glink is an award-winning nationally-syndicated journalist who writes about real estate. Q: My wife and I purchased a house in Florida last April. This past weekend we received a letter and an invoice from the law

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Expenses incurred buying a house can be a risk

Samuel J. Tamkin Expenses incurred buying a house can be a risk Article SAMUEL TAMKIN is a Chicago-based real estate attorney with more than 20 years of experience working with residential and commercial clients. Q: I tried to buy a house. I applied for a loan, and the bank processed it as a Federal Housing

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