Connecticut Real Estate Information

• Buyers closing costs breakdown
• Closing on a house for the buyer
• Explaining escrow for buyers
• Homeowners insurance for the buyer
• Real estate buyers closing costs
• Title insurance for the buyer
• When buyer closing goes wrong

• Brokers and agents for the buyer
• Choosing a good buyers agent
• Getting a good deal
• Home buying one step at a time
• Home value by square foot
• How buyers agents are paid
• Players on the buyers team
• Real estate agent contracts
• Use an agent or go it alone
• What a buyers agent does
• Where to find the right agent
• Working with your agent

• Anatomy of a buyers offer
• Buying a home negotiation strategy
• Contingencies are the buyers friend
• Do i need a home warranty
• Finding home listings
• Handling a bidding war as a buyer
• Home buyers game plan
• Home inspection checklist
• Home inspections guide
• How to approach a fsbo seller
• How to back down after signing
• How to read a listing
• How to value a house
• Making an offer on a house
• Making counteroffers to the seller
• Navigating open houses for the buyer
• Real estate purchase contract essentials

• Avoiding buyers regret
• Best times to buy
• Buyer location checklist
• Buyers real estate wish list
• Buying foreclosures and fixer uppers
• Buying old vs new
• Can you afford to buy
• Choosing your home type
• Coming up with down payment
• Credit reports explained
• Falling in love with a home
• First time vs old hands
• Get help
• Home buyers regrets
• Home remodeling decision
• Home types defined
• Mortgage pre approval
• Own vs rent
• Where to move

• Closing on a house for the seller
• Escrow for the seller
• Inspections during escrow
• Paying real estate commissions
• The sellers closing documents
• Timing the closing for the seller
• Title issues for the seller

• Clean it up before selling
• Enticing buyers with a home warranty
• Home pricing strategies
• Home repairs and touchups
• House repair checklist
• Picking the best comps
• Pricing your house for sale
• Questions to ask before pricing
• Real estate pricing checklist
• Remodel before selling
• Staging your house
• Tell all disclosure for the seller

• Entertaining purchase offers
• How to pre market a home
• Legal consequences of negotiations
• Negotiating goals for the seller
• Open house checklist
• Photographing your house checklist
• Seller purchase agreements and contracts
• Sellers marketing tools
• Selling in a slow market
• Showing your home
• Structuring a sellers counteroffer
• Tips for seller negotiations
• Where to list your home
• You should be so lucky multiple offers

• Buying and selling at the same time
• Choosing a real estate listing agent
• How to negotiate with a listing agent
• Questions to ask when interviewing a listing agent
• Seller vs agent when things go wrong
• Should i go fsbo
• What a sellers agent does
• When to call a listing agent

• Do you need an architect
• Hidden costs of remodeling
• How to choose a contractor
• How to keep costs down
• Maintaining your home to retain value
• Managing remodeling finances
• Types of contractors
• When things go wrong
• Working with a contractor

• Basic mortgage questions
• Choosing a lender
• Home equity loans and lines
• Qualifying for a mortgage
• Refinancing your home
• Types of lenders
• Understanding mortgage types

• Foreclosure fraud
• Home equity fraud
• Home improvement fraud
• Loan servicing fraud
• Mortgage fraud

• Home buyers fearbusters
• Home sellers fearbusters
• Questions for your buyers agent
• Questions for your listing agent
• Resources for buyers
• Resources for sellers