by Shea Fite | Dec 8, 2017 | Buying A New Home, Financing
It has been my experience that when the purchase of a property does not go through, most often the deal breaks on the buyers ability to gain financing. It is relatively easy for buyers to gain a pre-approval letter to purchase a home. Yet, after the process gets...
by Shea Fite | Dec 8, 2017 | Buying A New Home, Construction Tips
WhiteTree Company has made major exterior repairs on two homes in the last couple of months. In both cases, trim and siding had rotted away due to moisture. This is a common problem. If you are a homeowner, it seems you always notice it taking place, yet may be...
by Shea Fite | Dec 8, 2017 | Construction Tips
It is a fact. Updating paint colors is one of the least expensive things one can do in order to sell a home. This is true of small and large homes alike. Last month, a South Tulsa couple, Bob and Loretta Yandien, reached out to WhiteTree Company to update paint colors...
by Shea Fite | Dec 8, 2017 | Financing
The closing date is typically set by the the buyers when they write their initial offer. It is placed on the contract and rides through the transaction. All of the events dictated by buyer and seller and governed by the language in the contract are driving toward...
by Shea Fite | Dec 8, 2017 | Construction Tips
When executing a “Do It Yourself” project, the homeowner most always assumes that what is being done will obviously cause the house to increase in value. And this assumption is in part true. For 100% percent of the time, the intrinsic value to the...
by Shea Fite | Dec 8, 2017 | Selling Your Home
Really important. In this case, a Realtor showed my listing using the electronic lock box we place on the door. The box logs the showing and after it is over, we automatically send a message to the Realtor asking for feedback. At Skyline we have a appointment center...
by Shea Fite | Dec 8, 2017 | Selling Your Home
After being out of town on vacation, I came back to check on my listings. One is vacant. Something I regularly do is take care of my listed properties as if they were my own. This is where I discovered the property had been broken into. Since the home was vacant,...
by Shea Fite | Dec 8, 2017 | Real Estate War Stories
This afternoon I experienced another first. I had the best and most difficult real estate transaction. I was the listing agent and encountered one of the mostdedicated buyers agents ever in Pat Avis. She is a school teacher at Jenks and has sold real estate for...