Property Mangement Companies - What to look for

We haven’t fully given up selling our house, but we’ve entered into a contract with a property management company.  Our old house is for sale and for rent at the same time.  The really good news is that we have a potential tenant already and if all goes well, they should sign a lease this [...]

How to sell your home fast…or not

Back in September, I wrote an article providing tips on how to sell your home fast in a buyer’s market.  These tips and suggestions were not only things I had personally done to the home we’re trying to sell, but also tips and suggestions from multiple real estate agents, friends, family and a significant amount [...]

Good bye house

As I sit here in my favorite easy chair, typing away on my laptop in the cool quiet morning, I’m surrounded by cardboard.  All of our belongings are safely packed away in various sized cardboard boxes.  Our shelves are bare, cabinets empty, and surprisingly there are no toys on the floor.  It’s all so weird.  [...]

A good home inspection is worth the money

I spent the evening reading through the inspection that was done on our new home in the mountains.  The inspector that performed the inspection did a very thorough job and put together a report that included tons of pictures (included in this article).
What surprised me was that our mortgage company didn’t require an inspection, only [...]

Real Estate Investing 101

This is a guest article by HIB who blogs at Happiness is Better about personal finance, real estate investing, early retirement, and being happy.  If you enjoy this article, make sure you head over and subscribe to his blog.
Real estate investing is a relatively simple business. It requires a lot of hard work - unlike [...]

How to sell your home fast in a buyer’s market

As everyone should know by now, the housing market has tanked. The down market is discussed on the news, in our local and national papers, and is a popular topic for personal finance and investment blogs. A quick search of pfblogs.org returned more than 1,400 results for “housing market”.
Believe it or not, [...]

Why we used a real estate agent

Those of you that are frequent readers of Gather Little by Little know that we are have been in the process of selling our home, buying another one and moving over the past 2-3 months. Currently our home is up for sale, and we have a contract on a 4 year old home in [...]