Author Archives: Richard Varner

The Importance of a Needs vs. Wants Checklist

Finding your dream home starts long before you start looking for open house signs and scheduling walk-throughs. Seasoned home buyers start every home search with a list of wants vs. needs.

Top Ten Places to See Holiday Lights in Central Florida – 2020 edition

When temperatures drop below 80 degrees, Floridians know the holidays are close. Many of us start decorating for the holidays right after Halloween and start planning holiday-themed activities. We start…

7 Steps to your First Home

Buying your first home is a huge step that’s full of unknowns. One of the most important parts of the process is arranging a mortgage, and applying for the first…

Five Tips for Selling a Home Amid Social Distancing

  It’s May 2020 and we find ourselves in the middle of a pandemic. For many of us (if not all of use) our lives and plans have been put…

10 Quick & Easy Home Improvement Projects

If you’re a homeowner, chances are you’re willing to do some home improvement projects to enhance your property. But maybe you’re not prepared to do a whole-house renovation or even…

4 Reasons you Need a Buyers Agent when you Purchase a Home

Buying a home is an important decision, and using a buyer’s agent can help guide you throughout each stage of the process. A buyer’s agent can also play a key…

10 Ways to Increase the Value of Your Home

If you’re planning on selling your home, there are a whole bunch of ways that you can increase the property’s value. Some of these are simple and inexpensive. Some are…

Five Things to Do Before You Start Shopping for a New Home

You’ve decided you’re ready to start your home search and buy a new pad. Exciting, right? But before you start a weekly ritual of attending open houses, there are a few…

Five Best Houseplants for Beginners

Need a little green to spruce up your home? Here are FIVE great looking houseplants that are easy to find (and hard to kill). You’ll find varieties of these plants…

Home Buying for Millennials: How to Avoid Buyer’s Regret

Raise your hand if this has happened to you: you’ve just bought something REALLY big, and REALLY expensive. You’re stoked. You’re excited. REALLY excited. And then you wake up one…