Bonita Bay Group and Bonita Bay Residents-An Issue

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I purchased a Toyota Sienna from a property developer who also owned one of the most beautiful homes that I have ever seen.  A few months after the purchase, this Toyota Sienna started displaying the Check Engine light and it was diagnosed with the P0420 Code disease.  A Bonita Bay sticker . . . → Read More: Bonita Bay Group and Bonita Bay Residents-An Issue

Warren Buffett on Leverage

Think of a home as an interesting opportunity, then follow Warren Buffett's quote

Designer-builder John Abrams of the South Mountain Company describes three factors that are driving the popularity of large size homes:

“First, with less of a sense of community and public life in our culture, the home becomes a fortress which . . . → Read More: Warren Buffett on Leverage

Home Buying and Remodeling Hype

The costs of buying a home over 30 years

Zac Bissonnette writes about real estate and remodeling hype:

Your home is not an investment: Really, it isn’t. An investment is something that gives you money and an expense is something that costs you money.  Therefore your primary residence is an expense.  Real estate . . . → Read More: Home Buying and Remodeling Hype

How to neutralize home staging tricks

1. Home Staging Trick: Some home stagers may try to make small rooms look larger by renting small couches, tables and chairs.  Furniture from the kids’ section may be placed to highlight size.  Part of the furniture (for example side tables, coffee table), the television and large pictures may be removed from a small . . . → Read More: How to neutralize home staging tricks

Sarah Susanka Defines a Beautiful House

Sarah Susanka Photo: Cheryl Muhr

In an article titled, Remodeling on a Not So Big Scale, published online at Washington Post website; architect, author and breast cancer survivor, Sarah Susanka notes that,

“We’re re-embracing a value from the 1950s and earlier where people weren’t constantly thinking of moving up.  In many ways, . . . → Read More: Sarah Susanka Defines a Beautiful House

How to hire a real estate agent

I set up an appointment with a seller’s real estate agent for a residential property.   She was representing a major real estate brokerage in the Cleveland area.

I drove up to the house at the scheduled time.  The real estate agent stepped out of the house and introduced herself.  She was dressed formally . . . → Read More: How to hire a real estate agent

Walden of Aurora, Ohio

Manny Berholz's Walden of Aurora

Walden includes Walden Golf and Tennis Courts, Inn Walden, Spa Walden, Club Walden

A few years back I watched an interview of Mikhail Kalashnikov on the History Channel.  Mikhail Kalashnikov is the designer of the famous (and also the infamous since it is also used by terrorists) . . . → Read More: Walden of Aurora, Ohio