Author: MBOR President

My wife and I have two (2) kids attending WVU. I think kids reach a certain age where they no longer hear the parental commands: be careful. We challenged our…

Carly Andreatos was just days away from buying her first house when an email came from her attorney’s office.  In it, she found directions for wiring her down payment and…

As I illustrated last week, the REALTOR® profession can be a pretty dangerous career path. The adage ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’ holds true in…

Labor Day, a new school year, the start of football season, and the first day of Fall (9/22) are all notable dates in September.   Something you likely do not know…

A few weeks ago, I shared the spotlight on our local  mortgage lenders and the advantage to working with local professionals instead of ‘discount’ online lenders.  This week, I’ll shift…

Think about when you see an address of a home you are interested in seeing.  You send it to your REALTOR® and anxiously await when you can tour the home. …

If you’ve bought, or are in the buying process, in real estate in the last 12-18 months, you’ve likely been a participant of a multiple offer situation.  A multiple offer…

In support of our local business owners, several years ago  my wife and I declared Friday night as ‘Local’s Night’.  Every Friday we would wrap up the traditional work/school week…

Number of bedrooms. Number of bathrooms. Fenced (or fence-able) back yard. Finished basement. 2 stall garage. Your budget.  Close (or far) from town. These are all examples of definitive  responses…

As we close out the disclosure series, I’ll circle back around to the Amityville Horror example I started last week. Though extreme, thanks to decades of films and documentaries of…