• When “The One” Isn’t a Strategy,Kathryn Schenk

    When “The One” Isn’t a Strategy

    There is a particular moment that quietly derails otherwise sensible buyers. It rarely looks dramatic. No one announces it. It tends to arrive somewhere between the second showing and the third Zillow refresh, when a house shifts, almost imperceptibly, from being a property to being their home. Once

    MORE

  • If It’s Not in the Contract, It Doesn’t Exist,Kathryn Schenk

    If It’s Not in the Contract, It Doesn’t Exist

    There is a particular kind of sentence that circulates in real estate conversations like a bad rumour: “Don’t worry, we agreed on it.” It sounds reassuring. Collaborative, even. The sort of thing that suggests two reasonable adults have reached a mutual understanding and can now proceed like civiliz

    MORE

  • Inspection Responses Make or Break Real Estate Deals,Kathryn Schenk

    Inspection Responses Make or Break Real Estate Deals

    There is a moment in nearly every transaction where the tone quietly shifts. The listing is no longer fresh, the offer has already been negotiated, and both sides have mentally started rearranging furniture in a house they do not yet own. Then the inspection report arrives, and suddenly everyone rem

    MORE