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Home Search Online – Where Should I Start?
Thinking of buying your new abode? Nowadays with Internet domination when it comes to the home search, it’s so easy to begin your home search online. With just a few clicks, you can see different options with price and pictures in your favorite...
Best Home Design Trends for 2018
Looking to spruce up your home—either to prepare it for sale or… just because “it’s about time”? There are a number of changes you can make to spruce up your home that will not break the bank. Apply the 2018 best home design trends to your next home...
Top Paint Colors to Spruce Up Your Home this Season
Thinking of sprucing up your home this season? If you don’t know where to start, updating the home with new paint colors will bring a new vibe and freshen up the home without hurting your wallet too much. Colors affect moods and give the effect and ambiance...
Selling Your Home? How to Prep on a Budget
Selling your home soon, but you don’t want to spend thousands of dollars to prep your home for sale? Here are great ways to attract more prospective buyers and save money at the same time: Clean the exterior and interiors of your home. General...
Here’s What You Need to Know If You Buy a Home Now
Are you ready to buy a home? Brace yourself, because it may take more than just a few days. With the housing inventory a bit low this season, finding the perfect home and getting your offer accepted can take some time. Believe it or not,...
Latest Trend: Bamboo in the Home
Bamboo in your home? Believe it or not, many homes now have been opting bamboo in the home as a design element or material. Why use bamboo? Bamboo is an eco-friendly, sustainable material great for building structures and it’s cheaper than wood. Here...
Is your home outdated and unwanted?
Does your home have outdated and unwanted features? We all want the latest design trends in the next property we buy, but 70% of homeowners admit they have outdated features in their homes. Will you sell with an outdated feature or update the house to...
Who’s buying homes these days?
Are you buying homes? Who do you think are buying homes nowadays? Buying your house is both a financial and emotional decision that involves many factors. For most home buyers purchasing a home is one of the largest financial transactions they will make. We...
Wire Transfer Fraud Warning
Everything in your real estate transaction is going smoothly and you are ready to send your money to escrow. Just a few steps in the transactions and you will have your dream house. Even though everything seems to be going well, you’ll need to be very aware...
What Coronavirus Means For Your Mortgage
So many people throughout the United States and throughout California are impacted by COVID-19, the coronavirus. Many homeowners like yourself are probably full of questions, worries, and concerns about mortgage payments in light of the Coronavirus situation. We hope...
Buyers and Sellers – Surviving the Home Inspection
It's very important for both a home seller and buyer that the property fare well on the inspection, for it means no serious issues have been discovered. But what exactly are the things to watch out for? What’s in the Home Inspector’s Checklist? This depends on...
Make Sure You’re Not Doing These Four Things To Your Pool
Despite cities slowly opening, most are still keen to stay safe in their homes and spend their vacation indoors. The stay-at-home order doesn’t mean that summer is canceled this year- in fact, there’s a sudden demand for backyard swimming. Before taking a dip, we...
Socially Distanced Real Estate: How We Do It
The coronavirus has reshaped the way a highly personable industry—like real estate—does business. FaceTime tours, Facebook Live Q&As, and 3-D virtual tours are just some of the new norm activities done to attract buyers and sellers during quarantine. Here are the...
Finding Harmony: Feng Shui Basics for Your Home
You may already know about Feng Shui (pronounced “fung shway”) as it has gained popularity through celebrity enthusiasts like Gwyneth Paltrow and Marie Kondo. While this ancient Chinese belief—that the way your house is built or the way that you arrange objects...
How Broadpoint Properties Handles Fair Housing Law
How Broadpoint Properties Handles Fair Housing Law All of us at Broadpoint Properties are outraged about the recent murder of another Black person by Minneapolis police officers and the continued violent response by police against protestors. We have to speak out. We...
I Wish I Knew These Before Moving Into a New House
Moving into a new home can be exciting and sometimes, we overlook the little details that are actually important in the long run. We hear these questions time and time again from our tenants and homeowners that we think everyone should know before settling in. ...
How Lighting Can Enhance Your Space
Interior lighting is something most of us probably don’t think about much but makes a huge difference in the overall look of your home. Lighting can make us look amazing, alter the architecture, make art important, raise the ceiling and change the atmosphere of a...
How to Make Sure It’s the Right Neighborhood
There’s a reason why in real estate the phrase “Location, location, location” is always said. In real estate, we use the term “external obsolescence”, meaning a depreciation in the value of a home due to factors that exist outside the property itself. And the...