Category: Buying A Home

Whether you’re buying, selling, or refinancing your home, a home appraisal is something you’ll want to understand – at least at a high level – to ensure your real estate transaction goes as smoothly as possible. Here at the Joe Dickerson Group, we’ve helped our clients through hundreds of appraisals throughout the Bay Area. Sometimes the appraisals go as planned or even better than expected; other times, the appraisals come back low, and we have to regroup. Wherever you are in the process, it’s important that you take time to learn about the home appraisal process so that you can get

Contingencies in a real estate purchase contract allows the buyer (or seller in the case of seller contingencies) to cancel the contract without breaching the contract. While contractual contingencies can be built in for pretty much anything you can think of, there’s a few common and somewhat standard contingencies for buyers… Investigation / inspection contingencies Appraisal contingencies Financing contingencies In this article, we’ll dive into each of these three most common contingencies, why you may or may not want to include them in your offer, and other considerations. Whether you’re looking to buy, sell, or invest in real estate, it’s