Edith Lank
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Leave during open house; you'd be a distractionJul 31, 2016 6:00 am - Q. Our Realtor listed our house two weeks ago and now she is planning to have an open house next weekend. She has asked us to leave the house and go somewhere for those ...
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Seller wants to pull listing after cousin expresses interestJul 09, 2016 5:00 am - Q. My wife and I are both in our 70s. We have arranged to move into senior housing, but now we have a problem. We put our home - where we have lived for almost 50 years ...
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Prospective buyers should request an appointmentJun 25, 2016 1:00 am - Q. Would you help me settle a disagreement with my husband? Our house is listed for sale, and our real estate agent put a "For sale" sign out front. Twice now, people ha...
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What to do when your mortgage is paid offJun 18, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I am a senior citizen, and I still live in the house my husband and I bought more than 30 years ago. A few months ago I made the last payment on the mortgage. The ban...
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Investor offers for out-of-state propertyJun 11, 2016 5:00 am - Q. Our deceased parents left us a home in a state in which we no longer live. We have no intention of returning there. We renovated the house out of respect for our pare...
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A home's tax valuation differs from the market valueJun 04, 2016 2:00 am - Q. We are getting ready to sell our house. We bought it in 1967. Our tax bill says it's worth $260,000. Is that how much we should ask for it? Should we hire an appraise...
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How much to offer for a house is an inexact scienceMay 21, 2016 1:00 am - Q. We are looking for our first home, and we would like some guidelines on how much to offer when we find the house we want. How much bargaining do sellers expect? Any a...
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Potential buyers often ask for contingenciesMay 14, 2016 4:00 am - Q. We put our house up for sale last week with a Realtor we think is pretty good. One thing she told us was to be prepared for something she called a contingency, that o...
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Investing in land can be a mistakeMay 08, 2016 1:00 am - Q. My wife and I have thought for some time about becoming real estate investors. Do you have an opinion on buying vacant land? I assume location is the important factor...
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Federal program may finance home renovationApr 30, 2016 1:00 am - Q. My family has outgrown our two-bedroom farmhouse, but we're attached to it (it's a lovely rural lot). We'd rather renovate it and add more rooms than move. The home h...