“The Digg Effect” refers to the massive amounts of traffic that Digg would send to the sites hosting it’s front page articles. For those in the crowd, Digg is a social news aggregation site where articles are submitted and then the general populous “Diggs” them up or down.  The algorithms are unknown and changing, but the general idea is that enough people Digg your stuff fast enough, you end up on the front page of [...]

In Part 1, we talked about finding an agent, getting pre-qualified, and finding a home.  Now we’ll talk about what to do once you find a few homes you want to walk-through. Step 4: Walk-throughs So give your agent a list of homes that you’re interested in.  Your agent has likely found a few homes to show you as well.  The more you can see, the more informed your decision will be, so don’t shy [...]

So my wife and I have been in the process of looking for homes for the last 3-4 months.  We found one that we liked, and are now a few days away from closing, but we learned a few things along the way, and I thought that perhaps some other first time home buyers might benefit from it. Step 1: Get a real estate agent that you trust. Sellers pay a percentage of the sale [...]