Happy New Year!
ocmblogger • December 28, 2017

A stunning statistic came to me at a meeting this weekend. The speaker stated that 89% of people are unsatisfied with their jobs. They’re biding time waiting on retirement, to finish school, until the kids are grown or until they find a better job. In the book Day Job to Dream Job , Central Ohio entrepreneur Kary Overbrunner likens a day job to being in prison. Working on someone else’s agenda, being there when they want you there and having little, if any, flexibility. Are you trading 5 for 2? Are you trading hours for dollars, wishing away your weeks for weekends? He shows how to take control of your work life. Written in clear steps, Kary outlines the process of creating a job you can fall in love with.

Buying a home is not a cookie cutter process. What worked for you may not work for your best friend. When working with a mortgage broker, loan officers are able to tailor fit your loan to your unique circumstances. While at its core each loan is about buying a home, the variables and moving parts continue to mystify buyers. It is the single most important financial transaction of your life. It can be exhilarating and exhausting. For some, it is short and sweet, for others it can be a years- long process dotted with legal problems.

Heavy snow and ice can has been known to take down powerlines, large trees branches, trees and collapse roofs. In Central Ohio, being prepared for extreme winter weather can be the difference between life and death. Even though winters have been practically balmy with barely a flake of snow to be found the last few years, Native Ohioans are not fooled. Here, the weather changes on a dime. Many remember times when snow was a few feet deep and how quickly it can accumulate.

Remember that buying and selling homes is how a realtor makes a living. That said, they can’t show each home to every curious Looky Lou who, for some is just being nosy about the neighbor’s home, or the behemoth mansion that sits on top of the hill. Showing a property is an investment of time, one that the realtor wants to turn into a sale with a serious and qualified buyer. A letter of prequalification from your local mortgage broker or lender gets you facetime with a Realtor.