Author: Phyllis Cronbaugh

Many different types of individuals and families buy homes every year from college graduates acting on a dream, growing families needing to find more living space, to those who have owned multiple homes over the years and are now considering a maintenance-free senior community. Where do you fit into the larger scheme of things? Where do you fit in? The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) says that 2016 marked the best year for existing home sales in a decade with over 5.45 million existing single-family homes, townhomes, condos and co-ops sold, surpassing 2015’s sales of 5.25 million.[1] Additionally, over...

General Question – Real Estate Inspector Myths “So, Phyllis, when is the real estate industry going to do something about these unqualified home inspectors that won’t reject homes that are about to collapse?” This question came from a networking friend and another person in the group followed it with, “I know someone whose house was rejected by an inspector because there was a little bit of peeling paint on one side of the house.” They were coming at me from both sides of the fence. I stammered, “Well, home inspectors don’t reject homes, and yes, there are some poor...