Most buyers think that once they find a home online, the hard part is over. It’s not. That’s usually where things start to get complicated — beginning with a single word on the listing: its listing status. A client recently sent me a property they found online. Looked great. Marked active. Seemingly ready to go.…

Buying a home is never really about the part you can see on the tour. It’s about what sits behind the walls and inside the paperwork — and nowhere is that more true than in the disclosure package. A while back I was working with buyers who were serious — pre-approved, motivated, watching the market…