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"As a first-time homebuyer, I was nervous about the entire process. Step by step, Joe made it easy and fun. His expertise in the Columbus real estate market is a tremendous asset. He is highly recommended!" - Nicolette Horan, March 08
"I wanted to say thank you again, so much, for all your hard work. I know that you really put a lot of time into this transaction and I really, really appreciate it. I'm so happy I got the house and it all worked out and I just wanted to say thanks again, you did a great job and i really appreciate it. I will put that on the survey when they send it to me.
If there is ever anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to give me a call. I will refer every single person I know to you. I'm going to go get my dog and we're going to sit on the floor of our new house and have a glass of champaign. Thanks a lot Joe" -- Michael Mamp, Feb 08
Archive for the 'For Home Buyers' Category
Columbus gets 20 Inches of Snow — And I Show Homes During a Blizzard
March 10th, 2008 categories: Columbus News, For Home Buyers
I often tell people moving to Columbus that it rarely snows here. And when it does, it doesn’t snow very much but Columbusites still freak out and the News still sensationalizes what snow we did get. Well, according to official measurements at the Airport, we got 20 inches of snow Friday and Saturday — the […]
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A Trip to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Weekly Real Estate Auction
January 29th, 2008 categories: Columbus News, For Home Buyers, Real Estate News
Every Friday, the Franklin County Sheriff auctions off foreclosed properties. The owners, for whatever reason, have abandoned their homes and stopped paying the mortgage. Every week many, many homes are on the auction block. Anyone can go and bid on a property. Here is where you can find out which properties may be at the […]
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You Have to Walk Around Your Potential New Columbus Neighborhood to Get a Real Feel
January 26th, 2008 categories: For Home Buyers, Real Estate News
You’ve narrowed down your favorite Columbus Neighborhoods in which you’re considering buying a home. You love spending weekends just driving around those neighborhoods and looking at the architecture, going to open houses, checking the mileage to the school, church and park. Don’t just drive around!
Stop the car and get out and WALK around your […]
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Buying a Home in Columbus? Sometimes it’s just About The House
January 19th, 2008 categories: For Home Buyers
I wrote my first offer of the year the other day for a wonderful client I’d first met only a couple weeks ago. We looked at 12 homes in person and he saw everything else in his price range online via the web site I’d set up for him.
His favorite house was in what […]
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10 Columbus Midtown Homes under 10 X $10,000
December 21st, 2007 categories: For Home Buyers, Real Estate News
Happy Holidays. I’ve made a list, and you can check it twice, of ten homes under $100,000 and over 1,000 sq ft within 3 miles of Broad & High streets. These are only single family homes, there are also 17 more condo choices. I had to really whittle down the list for […]
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43209 - last 3 months - nice chart
December 20th, 2007 categories: Bexley, For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Real Estate News
I love charts and graphs. Love them. I don’t make too many because, well, it’s time consuming. I ran across this chart this morning. Despite not being as accurate as it could be, I love this first chart – asking price vs sold price with recent sales above and below the average asking price. This […]
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Want to buy a house? It Costs You Nothing to Use an Informed Realtor (me)?
December 19th, 2007 categories: For Home Buyers, Real Estate News
Seriously. Just like yesterday’s post, I find buyer’s don’t initially know or understand this. Why would you though, if you haven’t run across this information somewhere and you haven’t bought a house before?
So I work for free when I represent buyers? No, I have kids to feed. This is how it works in Columbus:
The […]
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Want to see A House? Don’t call the Realtor on the Sign!
December 19th, 2007 categories: For Home Buyers
Call me. I can set up an appointment to see any house for sale in Central Ohio. I am always surprised how many would-be buyers do call the realtor on the sign. It makes sense — you want to see that house, that agent is selling the house, you call that agent.
That agent also represents […]
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