Home Buying
Buying or Selling Your Home Could Trigger Anxiety: Here’s How to Cope
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. What better time to discuss how to cope with anxiety! For sure, buying or selling your home could be a trigger for most. Even the most mentally healthy individuals will likely experience some anxiety with such an important transaction. According to mental health researchers, more than ever before, more adults…
Read MoreRelocation Guide – Part 3: Preparing, Selling, Buying
Where Will You Live? Deciding to relocate is a huge decision in itself, and finding a place to live once you get there is a whole other can of worms. As we said before, having a real estate agent in the city where you will be relocating will be essential to a smooth transition. If…
Read MoreRelocation Guide – Part 2: Neighborhoods In and Around Grand Rapids
Moving to Michigan, more specifically in and around the Grand Rapids Metropolitan area, is a great decision, and no one can help you better with your transition than locally founded Broker, Scot Kellogg, and the real estate agents at 616 REALTY. Scot is a Grand Rapids native who not only knows the area and state…
Read MoreWest Michigan’s Cottage and Lakefront Living Show
West Michigan’s Cottage and Lakefront Living Show: Don’t Miss It Michigan is the perfect place to bring your lakefront property dreams to fruition with its numerous smaller lakes and the Great Lakes on three sides. If you have the dream of one day owning a lakefront cabin, house, or cottage or better yet, you already…
Read MoreRelocation Guide – Part 1: Find A Reputable & Hyperlocal Real Estate Brokerage
Relocating to a new town or city, not to mention a new state can be very exhilarating, but it naturally might also fill you with angst. The more preparation you can do before the big move, the easier the transition. By reading this and future additions of our relocation guide, you can ease into the…
Read MoreDon’t Miss the 44th West Michigan Home & Garden Show
The show is coming to Grand Rapids March 3-5 at DeVos Place, and it has a little something for everyone. Whether you are looking to freshen up the indoors space of your home or expand on your outdoor oasis, this show will provide you with more ideas than you will know what to do with.…
Read MoreWhat You Need To Know for Buying a Home in 2023
Buying a home comes with a lot of uncertainty. Let’s face it, it is one of the biggest financial and emotional decisions you will make. That need and desire to get it right certainly puts a lot of pressure on you and any decision that you will be making. You need to have the information…
Read MoreMichigan Real Estate Trends in 2022-2023
Need some drama? The real estate market in Michigan has been a willing provider over the past couple of years! Never a dull moment it seems! With low inventory and high demand, the prices soared, inspections were waived, and home buying was a challenge for the gritty and tenacious. This year and the predictions for…
Read More8 Tips for Buying a House During a Housing Shortage
Trying to buy a house is incredibly frustrating right now amid such a steep housing shortage. Even if you’re in good shape financially, you have to be very careful and clever to land the home of your dreams. With that difficulty in mind, here are a few tips for navigating the current housing market. …
Read MoreMyth or Fact: 20% Down Payment
Myth or Fact: 20% Down Payment How many times have you heard the 20% rule for mortgage down payments? We hear it all the time, and we wanted to reach out today to let you know it’s not nearly that cut and dry, especially in the current housing market. In fact, the idea that…
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