Blog - John Stallings

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About Architectural Control Committees

My blogs are intended to be informative, but this may digress into a rant because it is based upon the personal and expensive experience of Frank, a house renovator to whom I sold a foreclosed house in a gated, upscale neighborhood, giving it promise as a good investment of $148,200. Because I found the house […]
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Multiple Offers: Making Your Offer Stick

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OFFER STICK The real estate market is as hot as the summer sun. It is a seller’s market and inventory is low. Multiple offers are common, and Sellers are fielding offers in excess of the listing price. You are a buyer. You need an edge. Here are some tips. INCREASE […]
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Predicting a Recession

It is in social media, the evening news, real estate oriented publications and in my email just today. It is speculation about another recession in the real estate market and how bad it could get. Can speculating about a recession cause a recession? Being convinced the markets are obviously going to crash doesn’t it make […]
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Staying Cool in Famously Hot Columbia

Columbia is hot. You might say famously. Here are four DIY, low cost, high impact projects to keep the home a little more comfortable and your electric bills a little lower this summer. 1. CLEAN YOUR WINDOWSILLS: This one is so easy, you can delegate it to the kids and at a cost of less […]