Answers by Lawrence Hemsley

The buyer or seller is responsible for tree removal.

Owning a home is a great way to accumulate wealth over time. Home appreciation is REAL. For example, in 2016, I worked with a first time home buyer who was in his late 50s but he had never purchased a home in his life. During the whole process he was worried about the initial cost of the home and a future dip in home prices. I explained to him several times that as long as he ls buying for himself to live in for the long term there should be nothing to worry about. He ended up purchasing a home for $326,000. Today we are in 2023, seven years later and he still lives in the same home that is now worth $526,000. His equity in that house is well over 40% due to appreciation and monthly payments made on his mortgage. Paying down the mortgage was like putting money in a savings account every month. If you ask me, owning your own home to live in is the single best investment a person can make, even in your late 50s.

A buyer should always have a home inspection conducted. As an agent I can assist with setting the inspections up.