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10 Ways To Stay Safe When Selling Your Home May. 24, 2022
DEAR MONTY: I recently listed my home for sale. There have been several showings. Yesterday I had a ... Read More
Five Low-Cost Ways to Add Value When Selling a Home May. 17, 2022
Dear Monty: We are considering a lifestyle change that involves selling our home. There is advice ev... Read More
Warranty Deed versus Quitclaim Deed May. 10, 2022
Dear Monty: We want to give our son a quitclaim deed to our house, which he rents from us. We still ... Read More
Eight Reasons to Have a Pre-sale Home Inspection May. 03, 2022
Dear Monty: We are going to sell our home soon. In preparing the house, we are interviewing real est... Read More
Five Steps To Treat Children Fairly in an Estate Home Sale Apr. 26, 2022
Dear Monty: My mom's home was transferred to me from the court in probate for a certain amount. I am... Read More
Rethink Avoiding Your Agent to Sell Directly to a Friend Apr. 19, 2022
DEAR MONTY: I am selling my home through an agent, and I verbally agreed to a price from a guy who l... Read More
Agent and Lender Fraud? Apr. 12, 2022
Dear Monty: We are suspicious of our home sale. We found out our agent (No. 2) and the buyer were fr... Read More
How to Survive a Home Inspection Apr. 04, 2022
Dear Monty: We live in Florida. A real estate agent told us that all real estate agents here are tra... Read More
Four Steps for Dealing with Homebuilder Warranties Mar. 29, 2022
Dear Monty: I have a home that's 2 1/2 years old, and I have a situation in which my master bedroom ... Read More
A New Real Estate Agent Questions Her Decision Mar. 22, 2022
Dear Monty: I am a new agent. A relative asked me to co-list their home with an agent they knew. We ... Read More
Family Real Estate Matters Require Written Agreements Mar. 15, 2022
Dear Monty: I live in a two-family house that my sister and I inherited. It was free and clear of a ... Read More
New Startup Companies To Help Make Moving Easy Mar. 08, 2022
ATTENTION DEAR MONTY EDITORS: IN THE FINAL GRAF, RICHARD MONTGOMERY REQUESTS THE URL FOR "Here is a ... Read More
How To Make a Competing Offer on a Home Mar. 01, 2022
Dear Monty: I am interested in buying a home. However, I just found out today that there is another ... Read More
What's the Chance There's a Home Defect? Feb. 22, 2022
Dear Monty: The house seller wants me to release him from all claims after closing. This action soun... Read More
Family Real Estate Transactions Need Independent Guidance Feb. 15, 2022
Dear Monty: I have two brothers, Bill and Jerry. Bill and Jerry purchased a property together in Oct... Read More
Eight Essential Tips When Dealing with City Hall Feb. 08, 2022
Dear Monty: We bought our home in 2018. My mother purchased the plot directly behind our property an... Read More
Five Variables When Saving a Home Down Payment Feb. 01, 2022
Dear Monty: Our New Year's resolution for 2022 is to save up a down payment to buy a home. We are no... Read More
The Wrong Way to Transfer a Real Estate LLC Feb. 01, 2022
"My father died last year owning four residential properties in our area. Three of the properties we... Read More
Home Buyer Wants to Void Contract Jan. 25, 2022
Dear Monty: We signed a contract to purchase a home last week. We had been looking for over six mont... Read More
Is It Ethical to Negotiate the Agent's Commission? Jan. 18, 2022
Dear Monty: My wife and I are in the process of downsizing. We have shopped neighborhoods and have c... Read More
