Monthly Archives: January 2024
HELP OUR HOME INSPECTION WENT WRONG
Dear Dave, We have our home under contract and the buyers ordered a home inspection. The home inspection report contains four substantial errors in the areas of heating, cooling, plumbing, and sewer. The inspector misidentified a sprinkler valve as a sewer service cap and reported a possible “active sewer leak” in that area which is... Read More
NO TUB IN THE PRIMARY BATH
Dave, We are in the process of designing our new home and looking over many floor plans and we have noticed that many don’t have a bath tub in the master bathroom. We are now considering only putting a shower in our primary bath, as neither of us are “tub” people and rarely, if ever, take... Read More
RENTAL RENOVATIONS WITH A BIG RETURN
Dave, I have a rental house that needs a little updating. I’m considering working on the kitchen, but not going overboard. Do you have an opinion on the key features someone would be looking for in a modest rental? Or, are there other features that renters might find to be more important? The house is... Read More
2024 REAL ESTATE MARKET PREDICTIONS
Happy New Year! Much has changed over the past 12 months and last week we revisited my predictions for 2023…..some hits and some misses, but isn’t that the way it always goes? This week we are going to look through the windshield at what I see coming for 2024. So here we go! Let me... Read More
HOW DID THE 2023 HOUSING MARKET SHAPE UP
So typically we do a weekly question and answer on the “Ask Dave” column, but this week we are going to review my 2023 predictions to see how I scored with my crystal Ball…..and next week I will provide my 2024 predictions! To be honest, good riddance to 2023 as 2024 feels overdue so we... Read More