Buyer Tools

The Home Buyer Tax Credit: Who Qualifies

March 2, 2010

The Home Buyer Tax-Credit is getting more popular as we approach the Tax-Credit Deadline.  As that deadline draws near, many home buyers are wondering who qualifies to get the tax credit.  One common misunderstanding is that you have to be a first time home buyer…truth is, you don’t have to be a first time home [...]

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Poll Question: Text Message or Flyer???

February 22, 2010

When you’re looking at homes for sale in Boise, Meridian, Eagle etc., you often times can get a flyer off of the sign in the flyer box. BUT Today you can text a code number thats listed on the sign and get a text message sent to your phone with pictures, details and even a [...]

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Advice on Negotiating Short Sales

February 11, 2010

How to Negotiate a Short Sale Lots of questions come up about how to negotiate with the bank on a short sale and with 30% of the Homes for sale in Boise, Meridian and Kuna etc. listed as short sales ,  I thought I’d address the issue here as a reference for you! One quality of [...]

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What is the MLS?

February 1, 2010

The MLS is the real estate industry’s favorite acronym.   For those of you that know what the MLS means, congrats, but for those that don’t know what the MLS means, this article is for you!  For example, if you’ve used my Boise MLS Home Search feature, then you know what I am talking about.  [...]

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