Frustrated with your terrible tenants? Here are five tips to help landlords avoid nightmare scenarios from our friends at BiggerPockets.
With the end of the world coming, Movoto made a guide for ourselves–and all the procrastinators out there–on how to survive with just seven days to spare.
With the onslaught of real estate websites, home buyers now must decide which to use. Movoto stacked up the competition to see how the sites compare.
Buying a home can be challenging. With this comprehensive guide, first-time home buyers can learn how to save up to $2,000 with a simple tax credit.
Movoto analyzed some of the largest cities in the country to learn which have seen the largest decrease in inventory over the past 12 months. Cities on the West Coast lead the pack.
Learn how to turn your home into a cat friendly haven from author Bob Walker. Beware: Cute cat pics await you.
Do you know the difference between interior designers and decorators? Movoto Real Estate set out to answer this question, in style of course.
Where do nudists go to buy homes? We spoke with clothing-optional realtor Jackie Youngblood to learn the ins and outs of nudist real estate. (Don’t worry, it’s safe for work.)
This week Doug Clark and Mike Baird of “Flip Me” make their return to the small screen for a second season. Movoto Real Estate spoke with Clark about how to get into the house flipping business.
Recently, Movoto Real Estate interviewed more than 100 homebuyers about their experience immediately after they purchased their homes. Our goal was to better understand the homebuying process from beginning to end. What we found will shock agents. (Hint: Homebuyers love the Internet.)
Here, you’ll find Movoto Real Estate’s own interpretation of common real estate jargon that we’ve heard about (or unfortunately had directed at us). Feel free to consider it a guide for maneuvering your next housing adventure, or for use if you’re in need of a good laugh. Forget memes and Tumblr—a glimpse at our infographic should give you a glorious moment of uncontrollable giggles. It did for us.
Last month the brains at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released its annual report that details the nation’s housing trends. There is a lot of information to comb through for real estate junkies, but one area that has caught the media’s attention is a bonafide American trend.
We all think of having a yard sale the same way we think about working on a big project with our peevish colleague: it’s annoying, inconvenient to organize, potentially problematic, and requires commitment and bargaining. But with our list of helpful tips on how to approach the event, you’ll successfully unload those discarded goods onto other people (or excel at your assignment).
The value of having professional photos taken for your house listings has been thoroughly documented. A well-composed photo using professional quality equipment can make a huge difference in how potential buyers perceive your listing, as the Wall Street Journal reported two years ago.
Knowing the value of a home is the first step in selling a house. But this can be a difficult task. It’s not enough to have a rough estimate. An agent is a trained professional who understands local housing markets and makes educated guesses as to what a home is worth. One important tool a real estate agent has at his or her disposal is a Comparative Market Analysis.
With spring coming and a number of staffers at the Movoto Headquarters soliciting for help schlepping cardboard boxes and floppy futons into new apartments and homes, we started thinking about what it would cost to do away with paper-thin walls and inattentive landlords. What we found was in 8 of California’s 11 most prominent metro areas, renters on average spend $480 more per month for their units than homeowners in similar homes.
It’s expensive to rent–really expensive. More than you think.
Who doesn’t like something new? New things look good and come with fewer worries. You don’t have to worry about the treatment they got from previous owners, because you’re the first. This goes for new homes, too. Buying a newer home, there’s not as much to assess, it seems. That’s the main advantage. You don’t…
How to make your house more appealing before a buyer has even walked through your front door. Psychologists say that we make up our minds about a person within the first fifteen seconds of meeting them. And the same is true when viewing a house. It’s likely a prospective buyer will have made…
Many real estate developers purchase derelict houses for an unbelievably low price, knock it down, rebuild it and either flip or rent it. Although this can be incredibly profitable for some people, others may unearth problems during the building process which cause them to make a loss on their development project. If you’re considering building…
Are there any advantages to buying an older home like this one in Boston from 1900? An old house could be rundown, it could need repairs and it could have unforeseen problems. But there’s a reason why it’s made it more than 100 years. It’s well-made with expert craftsmanship. And it’s got old-world charm. Fireplaces to…
