If you are a buyer, that’s fabulous news! You’re in the driver’s seat. You call the shots. When you say “jump,” sellers ask “how high?” Sellers bow down before you and strew rose petals under your feet. You can make out like a champ if you negotiate like a chess wizard, and here are strategies [...]

Dig through your old photos or get out your camera and get snapping ! Introducing a MWValley & Western Maine-wide photo contest themed “There’s No Place Like Home.” Long time Valley resident and Real Estate professional of 25 years, Bernadette Friberg of Badger Realty is hosting this contest in the spirit of promoting community connections. [...]

There’s actually a pretty simple explanation for this seemingly strange phenomenon. To help explain why, YOU Magazine turned to Sue Woodard, president of publishing and content for Mortgage Success Source, and a nationally-recognized speaker and teacher in the mortgage industry.But, like Sue says, you need first to understand a couple of important financial concepts:1) Big [...]

In an recent article published by Elizabeth Weintraub, Foreclosures, short sales and REOs remind me of, “Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my!” The latter are dangerous animals but different from each other — just as foreclosures and short sales and real-estate-owned (REOs) are distressed sales but different from each other. To read more: http://homebuying.about.com/od/4closureshortsales/qt/04074clshslreo.htm