Shane Steely's (ssteely) Blog

Often times when I am working with both sellers and buyers, I have to explain the reasoning behind either offering a Home Warranty (if working with a  seller) and purchasing a home warranty (when working with the buyer).  More times than naught, it is the seller that doesn't truly see the added v...

So, I picked up my mail from the office this morning to see a letter from a former client I helped get into a single family residence earlier this spring.  I had spoken with them just a month earlier (in my 3 month follow-up call) and nothing was mentioned, so I can only assume, the news they sen...

Ok, so the home across the street is for sale now.  The nice old lady passed away a couple of weeks ago and her only heir from TX came in, sold off everything inside and listed the home w/ a family friend.  My teammate Tom and I walked through it shortly thereafter and were dumbfounded as to how ...

Kansas City of all places, is an interesting market where we are seeing increasing home values and seemingly improving market conditions.  Its still a buyers market, however much of the inventory out there is horridly overpriced, needs renovation or repair or (especially) updating, and little mar...