U.S. population growth in general and growing wealth in our top 25 percent are the fundamentals driving sales of second homes, land, and land...
Curtis Seltzer
I learned the word “choicy” many years ago in southern West Virginia. I understood it to mean a person who was a bit choosier -- more careful in...
I talked with an old friend last week about selling a large New England farm that's been in his family since the 1930s. The farm is in a pretty...
My understanding is that "more or less," was originally conceived and used to reflect the inherent imprecision of early surveying instruments and...
A buyer’s market exists today for much of our real estate. Too many properties for sale and not enough buyers have cut asking prices in some -- but...
“Due diligence” is the process of careful investigation that buyers use to identify the values, issues and problems embedded in whatever they’re...
No buffalo roamed on Hawthorne Street in Pittsburgh where I grew up.
1. Boundaries lines. Do the boundaries of the seller’s property on the ground follow the boundaries as described in the seller’s deed?
Saturday morning before things start is a good time to begin most anything. Like a first draft of this column. I was in front of the screen by 6...
1. Local lawyer. Every buyer should talk with and retain a local lawyer before buying country property.