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5 Costs to Consider When Buying a Home
Home prices are on the rise nationally. Record low inventory coupled with high demand is pushing prices up. If you're looking to buy a home remember that there are additional costs beyond the selling price and it's important to weigh all the "little extras" when determining your budget. Here are some top costs to consider while you are in the home buying process. But you can rest assured that your Realtor will help you every step of the way.
Hiring a home inspector
Home inspections, are a great resource for you when buying your home. Once you're under contract, you want to make sure your dream home is as perfect as, well, you dreamed it would be. Hiring a home inspector gives you the opportunity to find out if there are any little problems you can't see with your own eyes. A thorough home inspection can identify current and potential problems, or, better yet, give the home a clean bill of health. But it is not free. The average home inspection
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Inside Look at the Life of a Real Estate Agent
In a previously recorded podcast, we sat down with Bettendorf sales manager, Matt Schwind, to uncover his motivation for becoming a Realtor. His "why." Although Matt no longer sells, he shares with us what initially drew him to real estate and why he has stayed for 29 years!
Ruhl&Ruhl: Is it correct to say that you did not start out in the real estate world?
Matt Schwind: No, I didn't. And very few people do. When I started, it was almost exclusively a second career for people. And it was a second career for me, too. It's interesting, people come from lots of different professional backgrounds, and mine just happened to be radio. I was looking for a job that I could do for a long time and not get fired from, because I had seen so many people in my previous job at the radio station who had been there 10 - 15 years, and they hand them a box and they say, "See you." Because...
