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Raleigh Real Estate

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After a few weeks of looking for that perfect house we finally find, “The One.” We write up the offer and the sellers accept. What comes next? How can you be sure this house is worth your hard earned money? What are you really getting yourself into? This is where the home inspection comes into play. The inspection period of the sales transaction provides you with an opportunity to do your “due diligence” in investigating the neighborhood, schools, and the house itself. Most people hire a licensed home inspector to go through the house with a fine tooth comb. On the day of the inspection you and your Realtor will meet the inspector at the... Read More →

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A local mindset is coming: Choose your new house carefully because your attitude to traveling will evolve. We moved to Durham from the hustle and bustle and dustbowl of Phoenix, AZ. In Phoenix it takes a minimum 20 minutes in the car to get anywhere; some of my closest friends lived 45 minutes away. When we got to the Bull City we brought this travel mentality with us. What we quickly found was that the people we made friends with, who had lived in the Triangle for years, did not share our notion of commute. When we’d tell them we lived in North Gate Park you could watch them workout the drive time calculation. If they lived more than 12... Read More →