Planning on selling or buying a home anytime soon? Realtor commissions are something you should understand first. The current market rate of a realtor’s service is 6% of your home’s selling price. That means if you sell your house for $200,000 – the realtor commission is $12,000 of your money. This equates to the first […]
Owning a Home
Negotiate the Price of Your Professional Services for your Home.
Getting a roof replaced, your house painted, windows installed, or a dead tree removed from your yard? Be sure to get multiple quotes and negotiate your price. This is one tip that can save you $100’s if not $1000’s of dollars over the course of your home. Let me give you a couple of examples […]
Being a Landlord, Is it Worth Owning Rental Property?
Some finance bloggers talk about being a landlord as if it is very easy, but is it? A lot of people are searching for ways to increase their income and many people find investing in rental real estate and being a landlord as a viable way of increasing wealth over the long term. The idea […]
Renting Versus Buying a Home
Renting versus Buying, one of the most debated topics you will ever see. I would like to offer my experience. First off let me disclose that I am a 25-year-old home owner. I purchased a house for $126k in a Cincinnati, OH suburb. The school district is solid and the commute is manageable downtown. Lets […]
How to save 18.8% to 22.6% at Home Depot or Lowes
Want to save money at Home Depot or Lowes? Save thousands of dollars with this technique. 18.8% without being a contractor. Impossible right? I did say this was “Epic” finances didn’t I? Let me give a brief reason why this was so important to me, I bought a house that needed rehabbing. How much rehabbing? […]