The standard, pre-printed real-estate purchase contract that brokers representing sellers use with buyers always includes language that refers to...
Curtis Seltzer
Both sales and selling prices of vacation homes fell in 2008, according to member survey data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR)...
“Time is of the essence” is common boilerplate in the standard, pre-printed real-estate contract brokers use between buyer and seller.
Three big helicopters flew in low and fast over Devil’s Backbone, the 4,000-foot-high Appalachian ridge that is the eastern rim of my end of...
What do you know you know, and how do you know you know it? How do you confirm what you think you know?
Americans say they buy country property for many reasons—investment, recreation, business, relaxation, second home and retirement.
What is a standard real-estate contract? It’s a term that’s widely used. When brokers list property for a seller, they provide potential buyers with...
Outbuildings are to country property as legs are to a centipede. Each functions better when all are in working order and you have some to spare.
A purchase-offer contract for real estate starts when the last required party signs the document, lasts for the escrow period and ends when the...
I had a bit part 46 years ago in my high school’s senior class musical, “Brigadoon.” Since I can’t sing, dance or act, I was cast as a dry goods...