As a California transplant, and I’ve always been passionate about the environment. Rhode Island has some of the most beautiful coastline and waterways, I’ve seen and everything is right around the corner.
Since 2007, I’ve been a certified green real estate professional. A little known fact is that 8,000 pounds of waste are typically thrown into the landfill during the construction of a 2,000 square foot home.*
I specialize in older homes with all their flaws and foibles. Historically homes were built to last, and when you are in the market looking at homes, like I am, you often see one hundred-year old homes in far better shape than 30-40 year old homes built in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
When asked, builders expect today’s homes to last under fifty years, due to available construction materials and methods. Rather than recycling, the greenest use is re-use. There are homes in Rode Island that predate statehood.
If you are looking for a little bit of history, let’s find you a green, Rhode Island, historic home.
I work throughout Rhode Island with offices in Newport, Barrington, the East Side of Providence and East Greenwich. Thanks a lot for stopping by!
Short Selling Isn’t the End of the World, but it’s not for wimps either. Buyers and sellers should realize that short sales in real estate transactions occur for a variety of reasons and don’t always indicate a seller in poor financial health.
Any buyer who purchased a home in competition from the early 2000’s to late 2007 may now have realized that they overpaid. Discovering your home is worth less than you thought isn’t the worst thing. if you are in a neighborhood you love and can afford your mortgage, you can wait it out and enjoy your home. But let’s say you just got a huge promotion to your dream job in another state and now you need to sell. You’ll need a professional agent with experience in short sales to take you though the process and with as little pain as possible.
The good news is that the recent settlement between the state attorneys general, Justice, and the five largest mortgage servicers, creates a straight-forward path to short sale transactions. There are penalties in place for lenders that don’t follow the new mandates.
An important new protection includes the requirement that Mortgage servicers give a decision to a borrower within 30 days of receiving their completed short sale package. Just that stipulation alone is huge! This means that buyers can make short sale offers with confidence and sellers will have the piece of mind to take the next steps in their lives. You will need a professional agent with a plan and the determination to get your home sold and closed as quickly as possible. Hire me and we’ll get you moving!
I work throughout Rhode Island with offices in Newport, Barrington, the East Side of Providence and East Greenwich. You can reach me by clicking the link below and if you liked this video, don’t forget to like it so that you’ll never miss another real estate video from me. Thanks a lot for stopping by!
