Susan Smith, Realtor

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Lifestyle
The Average Number of Houses People Look at Before They Find “the One”
domino.com - Lydia Geisel
Plus how to speed up the process. House hunting is a lot like speed dating: You have to think quick on your feet and look beyond the superficial …
Dec 23, 2019
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Interior Design
Drum Lighting for the Dining Room That's Guaranteed to Elevate Each and Every Meal | Hunker
hunker.com - Caroline Biggs
An eye-catching drum-shaped light fixture can elevate the ambience of your entire dining room. Not only can it turn your ceiling into the focal …
Dec 21, 2019
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Lifestyle
The cheapest place to travel every month of 2020
Insider - Sophie-Claire Hoeller
The best way to save a few bucks while traveling is getting the timing right. Traveling during the off-peak or shoulder season will not only save …
Dec 20, 2019
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Real Estate
3 Reasons to Invest In Real Estate During a Recession
U.S. News & World Report - Rebecca Lake
Real estate investing speaks to a variety of investor needs, including diversification and income generation. So it's important to understand the …
Dec 20, 2019
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Housing
Top 10 Housing Markets of 2019 for Budget Buyers, Investors, Renters, and More
SFGate - Clare Trapasso, provided by
We found the most affordable and fastest-appreciating housing markets as well as the best places to rent vs. buy and the top metros for each generation. The past year has been filled with plenty of highs
Dec 20, 2019
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Real Estate
A Landlord's Guide to Raising Rents (and When to Do It)
The Motley Fool
If you're a landlord, there will most definitely come a time when you need (or at least want) to raise your rents. But doing so can come with some …
Dec 20, 2019
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Business
There’s a Mismatch Between Builders and Home Buyers. That Could Hammer Builders’ Stocks.
Barron's - Lisa Beilfuss
There’s a battle in the housing market: Pros vs. Joes. Home builders are more optimistic than they have been in decades, and they’re breaking ground …
Dec 20, 2019
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Business
Hoping to Buy a Home? January Is the New Hot Month to Start Looking | ®
Realtor.com - Clare Trapasso
The home-buying season used to kick off sometime in spring, as the snow began to melt and people tried to plan for a summer move-in. But in recent …
Dec 19, 2019
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Real Estate
Mortgage rates remain low — but that may not help home buyers a whole lot
MarketWatch - By Jacob Passy
Getting a mortgage to buy a home won’t cost you much in interest — at least from a historical perspective. But would-be home buyers may be hamstrung …
Dec 20, 2019
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Home
The Top 10 Tips the Property Brothers Taught Us This Year
Southern Living - Perri Ormont Blumberg
No-nonsense advice on how to make your home look amazing. Drew and Jonathan Scott never fail to impress us when they renovate homes on TV. In 2019, …
Dec 20, 2019
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Housing
Will new granny flat laws ruin nice California neighborhoods?
The Mercury News - Jeff Lazerson
What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of MortgageGrader.com gives us his take. From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed-rate …
Dec 20, 2019
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San Francisco Real Estate
Lessons learned managing real estate, building wealth
SFGate - Thomas Heath, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - I recently reread Roger Lowenstein's biography of Warren Buffett, "The Making of an American Capitalist." The passage on the "joys of compounding" changed my life when I first read the book
Dec 19, 2019
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Flying
The best tricks to get cheap flights to almost anywhere
Ladders - Lauren and Kelda Byrne
Along with people not understanding the difference between prosecco and champagne (Google it) or knowing the importance of a hostess gift, overpaying …
Dec 20, 2019
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How Many Hours You Need To Work To Afford Rent in 50 US Cities
gobankingrates.com - Joel Anderson
The phrase “living wage” is meant to mean the salary at which you can reasonably expect to cover your bills and put some money away while working a …
Dec 19, 2019
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Housing
Will 2020 be a good year to buy a home? Here’s what the experts say
MarketWatch - By Jacob Passy
Economists say that 2020 will be a positive — though not exactly stellar — year for the housing market. And that could be good news for renters and …
Januar 11
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23 Incredible Shipping Container Homes Around the World
House Beautiful - By Stefanie Waldek
After traveling the seven seas for years, shipping containers are finding second lives as an affordable green building material. As such, there are architects and designers around the world who are getting
Dec 20, 2019
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Managing real estate, building wealth
The Washington Post - Thomas Heath
That powerful thought — related to deferred gratification — turned me into a buy-and-hold investor, much like the subject of this week’s column. Lisa Wise is the founder of Flock, a Washington, D.C., management
Dec 19, 2019
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459 Real Estate Bankruptcy Filings Raise Concerns of Homebuyers Losing Out
Caixin Global - By Lin Wenhui, Wang Jing and Guo Yingzhe
Local governments are taking action to prevent a downturn in the real estate industry from triggering further problems as concerns grow that bankrupt …
Dec 19, 2019
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Real Estate
The Home Trends We’ll See in 2020, As Predicted by Real Estate Pros
apartmenttherapy.com - Sarah Magnuson
In my apartment, I’m up to my neck in disco balls, bottle brush Christmas trees, and fiddle leaf figs, so trust me when I say I understand that …
Dec 18, 2019
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European Travel
21 Reasons You Need To Visit Albania Before It Becomes Super Popular
BuzzFeed - Jemima Skelley
Only if you like pristine beaches, mountain adventures, cheap drinks, and delicious food. Located in southern Europe, just across the sea from Italy, it's south of Croatia and north of Greece. And guys,
Dec 18, 2019
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Tax implications of selling a house in a trust
The Washington Post - Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin
Can the trust claim a capital loss since the trust did not use the house as a residence? The terms of the trust allowed my stepmother to continue living in the house, but she had to pay all upkeep expenses,
Dec 18, 2019
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New York City Real Estate
How New York City’s Real Estate Market Is Different: Then, Now, And Always
Forbes - Frederick Peters
Whither the real estate market in 2020? In recent days I have read a number of rosy predictions from brokers living in a different reality from mine in Manhattan. They see continued market strength in
Dec 17, 2019
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A Real Estate Agent Dishes the Brutal, No-Holds-Barred Truth About His First Commission
SFGate - Tim McMullen, provided by
People tend to think that selling real estate earns you huge commissions. Here's how one agent learned the hard way that this isn't remotely true. Anyone who's ever hired a real estate agent to help them
Dec 17, 2019
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Homes for sale: Which remodeling projects will help you sell your house
USA TODAY Money - Andria Cheng
Jay Rinehart, a realtor in Rock Hill, South Carolina, took over a listing for a house that couldn't sell after going on the market last year. One of the things he did was ask the seller to swap out an
Dec 17, 2019
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US housing construction increases 3.2% in November
Associated Press - By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer
Construction of new homes rose again in November while applications for building permits rose to the highest level in 12 years, both encouraging signs of a rebound in the housing market. The Commerce said
Dec 17, 2019
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Housing sales may rise marginally by 4% in 2019: Report
moneycontrol.com
Housing sales are estimated to rise by mere 4 percent to 2.58 lakh units across seven major cities during this calendar year on subdued demand …
Dec 15, 2019
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Rightmove reveals the 5 most-viewed properties of 2019
Country Living - Lisa Walden
This beautifully designed home, situated in the heart of Essex, has been on the market since January 2019 — and comes in at the top of the list. With …
Dec 15, 2019
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Home
17 Inspiring Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Design Ideas
mydomaine.com - Emily Bihl
Not everyone is lucky enough to have space for a formal dining room (shoutout to you, apartment-dwellers!). But if you are #blessed enough to find …
Dec 13, 2019
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How to Fake a Department Store-Worthy Christmas Tree—Using Only Thrift Store Finds
apartmenttherapy.com - Megan Baker
If you’ve oohed and ahhed over fancy-looking, professionally decorated department store Christmas trees but thought that high-end look was out of …
Dec 13, 2019
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Why Madeira, Portugal Should Be Your Top Holiday Destination For 2020
Forbes - Joanne Shurvell
The Portuguese island of Madeira has traditionally attracted an older clientele than the Spanish Canary Islands partly due to its comfortable subtropical climate year round, thanks to its proximity to
Dec 13, 2019

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