Category Archives: For Buyers

Please Don’t Cheat On Your Agent

Are you cheating on your REALTOR?

We are open and honest with our readers, our clients and anyone who takes the time to contact us with questions about the New Orleans real estate market.  We’re more than happy to discuss our feelings about the market, lending, appraisals and any other topic that someone wants our opinion on. Invariably, during these conversations,…

New Home Owner Scam Alert

Don't fall for this scam!

If there’s one thing you can say about scam artists, it’s that they are nothing if not creative and persistent. We received an email from one of our clients that purchased a West Bank home last year.  She’s been getting repeated notices that she should request a copy of her deed and property profile and…

New Orleans MLS is Making Agents Do What They Should Have All Along

How hard is it to take a few pictures?

If there is one thing that is a certainty about most REALTORS®, it’s that they don’t like change. They complained when they had to start putting their listings online They complained when legal descriptions became mandatory They complained when they were required to upload disclosures to the MLS so agents didn’t have to chase them…

Where Does Your REALTOR® Fit on the Technology Scale?

Is your REALTOR® keeping up with technology?

It’s no secret that I love, love, love technology.  It makes my day to day tasks faster, easier and trackable. I can send an entire package to a buyer or seller for electronic signature and have it routed directly back to the other agent and myself in minutes instead of the hours it can take…

What Home Buyers Need to Know About National Real Estate Sites

Searching for homes for sale in New Orleans

In this day and age of real estate, you can find listings of homes for sale on literally thousands of websites.  There are brokerage sites, agent sites and then there are several national real estate sites.  The big three are Realtor.com, Trulia and Zillow, but often home buyers don’t know exactly how they work or…

Take Advantage of the Rain

Use the rain to your advantage when house hunting

So here we are with yet another day of thunderstorms and steady rain in New Orleans.  What’s that got to do with buying a house?  Plenty, if you know what to look for. Take advantage of all of this wet stuff and you might save yourself from making a mistake in choosing a neighborhood. Drive…

What To Look For in Your Final Walk Through

New Orleans homes for sale

So, your loan has been approved, the appraisal has come back just fine and you are preparing for the closing on your new home.  Congratulations! The last item on your to-do list before the act of sale is the final walk through. The final walk through is the time to be sure that all agreed…

My Agent Is Busy Today

Finding your New Orleans home

Because we have one of the best home searches in New Orleans, we are contacted by a lot of people who have questions about a home for sale they have found on the internet. Typically, those questions are about additional pictures or information on a home owner association or just to ask about a neighborhood….

Big House, Little House…Some Neighborhoods Have it All

Why you want to research a neighborhood

Zoning, or lack of, can result in vastly different homes in the same neighborhood, especially in older areas in and around New Orleans. In Belle Chasse, you’ll find some beautiful, newer homes just down the street from trailers.  In Gretna, you’ll find huge turn of the century houses down the block from single shotguns. I…

Home Buyer FAQ: Do I Still Need a Down Payment?

Saving for a down payment on a house

Recently, someone searched “no down payment” homes and landed on our site.  Truthfully, it makes me more than a little bit nervous when someone is considering buying a home without having the resources to not only come up with the down payment but also to put some money aside for potential problems once they do own…