Lee Redwood's Blog

Earlier this year, the market date website Trulia.com dove into the battle of the sexes, to see who came out on top in the world of real estate – men or women? The results are in, and the ladies win. First, there are more women than men in real estate across the board.  In every region across the...

You’ve finally saved enough for a down payment and are ready to give up your apartment and become a homeowner. Strangely enough, one of the first things you should think about when you are ready to buy a house is will you be able to sell it when the time comes? You may think you are in there for ...

Buying a foreclosed property can seem like an easy way to save thousands of dollars on the price of a home.  But the process isn’t always easy.  Foreclosures come with a whole different set of circumstances that must be considered and navigated. 1. Get A Pre-Approved Mortgage Getting a mortgage p...

  No one enters a marriage expecting it to fall apart. And yet, a staggering 50% of all unions do just that, resulting in heated arguments and costly divorce proceedings. Not even a wedding involving a tiger as a wedding gift is immune to North America’s marriage meltdown (who knew?); indeed, the...

It goes without saying that a foreclosure will damage your credit rating but how much damage depends on your financial situation before the actual foreclosure.  The good news is, the damage isn’t permanent, and a foreclosure won’t ruin your credit rating forever. What is a foreclosure? A bank for...

As women’s voices get louder and louder in the real estate market, here are five things a woman’s eye is looking for when buying a home. 1. Open Concept Women are drawn to spaces that are integrated for family and entertaining.  They don’t want to be stuck in the kitchen.  They want to have acces...

How to prepare for hidden moving expensesMoving is always an exciting (and exhausting) experience. Whether you’re relocating across town or across the country – à la Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom – you’ll need to plan ahead and financially prepare for the task at hand. And while reality televi...

One of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make is where you are going to live. Once you go through the effort of finding a location and buying a home, you’ll most likely be there for several years, maybe a lifetime. And so will your neighbors. ‘Good fences make for good neighbors’ may be an old sa...

As the world moves toward greater energy consciousness and how to be energy efficient, people often wonder if all of those expensive green initiatives really increase the value of their home. These initiatives range in cost and energy savings, from buying more efficient appliances and increasing ...

There are times when re-financing your mortgage makes good financial sense. If you have been in your home for a considerable number of years, you will have a large amount of money hidden in the walls and ceilings – not in actual cash, but in the equity that you have been pumping into homeownershi...