Cedar Rapids Real Estate Blog

If you're a seasoned home seller like myself (I've sold four homes of my own, and am about to sell my fifth), you should have by proxy learned some hard lessons about what not do so in the sale of your home.  Most home sellers learn these by experience, and in this case, experience unfortunately means loss of money.  Home ...

Once a year, I like to blog about me.  This is the only time that this blog will be all about me, but I think it's important to know who you are working with, especially when it comes to one of the largest transactions you will ever undertake in your life.  If you want to cut to the chase and miss a great article, you can go to ...

Statistics always play a huge role in the real estate game, but now, they are huge!  Almost weekly, there is a report on the national news of the great decline in the housing market and how everything is collapsing because of sub prime lender tightening of the belt, higher interest rates, foreclosures looming in the near future, etc. Well, ...

One more resource for relocating to Cedar Rapids: www.zipcodestats.com   and www.zipcodefacts.com (2 domains, one great resource). This beta site offers desirable demographic information for buyers. You can search by city, area, state, and zipcode; or simply browse by state or zip code. If you select a state or zip code, information has ...

I will never forget the week I moved to Austin, Texas from my hometown of Cedar Rapids.  I felt so alone, and lost in a city that would later become like a second home to my family.  Being a former elementary school teacher, I am an information gatherer.  Any and all information about new and foreign places enables me and gives me ...

My definition of a great location might be totally different according to your definition because you and I are not alike.  If I was sixty years old and you were thirty-five years old, our "idea" of location would vary greatly because of our needs at our certain stages of life. Finding the right neighborhood for you is important ...

If you have ever been on the fence about buying a home, now might be the time to slide off that fence and buy!  Interest rates are nearing an all time record low, and I'll get to that in a minute. If you are considering buying a house whether it be first time or not, here are some things to consider.Seller's know that on average, ...

Pheasant Trail, Marion  -  2755 44th St, a 1,629 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm ranch. Now $214,900 Folks, this is a quality built Jeff Rudish Development home.  Rudish Development builds quality, not quantity.  You might not see his name everywhere in town, but when you do, you can trust that every detail of this home's ...

This will be a short blog to provide you with the facts about a wonderful company and Realtor that work hard to provide you with A+ service and satisfaction now, during the same, and for a lifetime, after the sale.  How many Realtors vow to keep in touch with you forever after the sale or purchase of your home?  Not many, I know.  ...

When I first got into this business, I spoke to an older agent and he gave me the best advice I could have ever received.  He said, "Christopher, you can do fifty thing good in this business all year long and survive.  Or, you can do two or three things great and have a great career."  I took the latter advice and chose to ...