The Stimulus Bill: 4 Housing Protections You Should Know

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The Stimulus Bill: 4 Housing Protections You Should Know

In 2010 at the height of the Great Recession, 2.8 million properties filed for foreclosure. The good news is several of the key provisions of the stimulus package is attempting to avoid that repeat, as millions file for unemployment due to COVID-19. You have likely heard about the $1200 checks many adults will be able to received, but included in that bill (known as the CARES Act) are several protections everyone from renters to home-owners to investors (and even soon to be homeowners).

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Post Inspection: 7 tips for What To Do Next

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Post Inspection: 7 tips for What To Do Next

It’s the day (or night) after the inspection. Anxiety levels are running high on both sides the transaction. As the buyer, you’re waiting on the report and are bout to be shocked by the sheer length of the report regardless…., and the sellers and their agent are hoping they don’t hear more than a 👍🏼

A typical inspection will last a couple hours, the inspector will take a lot of notes as well as pictures to ensure the report is thorough.

Inevitably, (good or bad) the report hits your email like a ton of bricks. After sorting through the disclosures you remember signing, disclaimers and all the print/pics of 50-plus pages of descriptions, photos, subsections and educational primers of each part of the house, you (the buyer) is left to try to make sense of this document and determine what in the hell you’re supposed to do from here. Now is the stage most people have these questions:

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