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7 Crucial Steps to Take When Listing Your Vacation Home on Airbnb
Owning a vacation home isn’t only your own personal escape hatch from the real world. Thanks to the explosion of short-term rental sites like Airbnb, VRBO, and HomeAway, having your vacation home up on such sites can also net you some serious cash! After all, the tide...
Home of the Week: Ipswich ranch expansion bears fruit — literally
The kitchen/dining area stretches from front to back. The owner added a second master suite and an orchard to the property. Search the latest listings to buy or rent at realestate.boston.com. Homebuyers: For access to all listings and to find a real estate...
Luxury Home of Week: For $5.2 million, a Modern Queen in Newton
It has six bedrooms and 6.5 baths. 'Everything that you see there is custom. ... It looks period, but everything there is new.' See inside at realestate.boston.com. Selecting the Right Homebuyer's agent Unlike most other real estate agents, a MABA home buyer's broker...
Biggest sales: A five-floor condo in Beacon Hill for $6.3 million
All of the bathrooms are marble. The home has been updated renovated with modern luxuries, including smart thermostats and a home automation system for lighting, music, security, and video. Homebuyers: For access to all listings and to find a real estate agent that...
How Do Mortgage Brokers Get Paid?
So, you’re looking to buy a home. This is an exciting time filled with home tours, wish lists, and looking forward to making new memories in a new house. But finding a lender and getting a mortgage can be a difficult and confusing task. Many people don’t have the time...
12 must-see open houses in Greater Boston (Dec. 21-22)
Including four properties for under $500k. From a one-bedroom condo in Wakefield ideal for commuters for $239,000 to a new five-bedroom Brookline town house for $2,695,000. | realestate.boston.com Homebuyers: For access to all listings...
What Does Active With Backup Offers Mean?
Like any other type of business, the real estate world is filled with lingo that might not be discernible at first blush. Terms such as “pending” or “contingent,” commonly seen in online listings, may be familiar, but what about “active with...
What Is a Butler’s Pantry? The Multifunctional Space Between the Kitchen and Dining Room
Let’s say you’re searching for a home and you see “butler’s pantry” listed in the amenities. It sounds fancy, right? Well, we’re sorry to burst your bubble, but a home that comes with a butler’s pantry doesn’t include Jeeves, the tuxedo-clad steward, waiting with...
The Tell-Tale Signs of a Home Flipper’s Hasty Renovation
There’s plenty of appeal in buying a home that has been recently renovated and is move-in ready. But it’s not always easy to tell whether a property has been upgraded in a thoughtful, thorough way that will retain its integrity. Some...
What Is a Plat Map? A Survey That Can Tell You a Lot About Your Property
When you buy a house, you will inevitably receive what will seem like a mountain of paperwork pertaining to your new digs. One of the documents your title company office might include is a plat map, and it’s chock-full of information about...
How to Get a Mortgage on a Vacation Home: It’s a Whole Different Game
You’ve spied a cozy bungalow for sale in your favorite beach town, and it hits you—wouldn’t it be great to purchase this oasis yourself? Yet before you get ready to make an offer, consider this: A mortgage on a vacation home works light years...
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Buying a home is like buying a car, on steroids. It’s the biggest investment you are likely to make so the stakes are incredibly high. I knew that having an agent represent me was a good idea.
What I hadn’t grasped was how important it is to find one who is not connected with the selling side in any way—through an agency that also represents sellers, as most do, at least in Mass. In researching buyer agents, I found Tom through the Mass. Assoc. of Buyer Agents (MABA).