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Author: Joe Lieber

How to File a Quit Claim Deed Properly in Ohio

How To File A Quitclaim Deed On Your Ohio Property

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Plenty of Ohio homeowners assume a property transfer is one signature and a trip to the mailbox. Sign the quitclaim deed, mail it off, done. Then the auditor kicks the deed back. Or worse, they learn months later that the transfer never hit the public record, because nobody mentioned Ohio’s two-stop sequence. Auditor first, recorder … Continued
Who is in Charge of Paying Hoa Fees at Closing Ohio

Who Pays HOA Fees At Closing In Ohio

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Somebody calls you two weeks before closing and says the HOA has a $1,400 balance on the account. You’re the seller; you’ve already packed, and now closing might get pushed. This phone call happens more often than it should. The reason is almost always the same: nobody asked who pays HOA fees at closing in … Continued
Sell a House on Facebook Marketplace Cleveland

How To Sell Your House On Facebook Marketplace

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Somebody told me once that you can sell a house on Facebook the same way you sell a couch. Post a few pictures, write a description, and wait for the messages to roll in. This advice is half-right and half-dangerous, and sorting out which half is which can save you months of frustration (and one … Continued
Can I Sell My Home for Less Than Appraised Value Cleveland

Can You Sell Your House For Less Than Appraised Value

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Most people assume a sale price and an appraised value have to match. They don’t. Selling below appraised value is legal, common, and in plenty of situations the smartest move you can make. But the tax and financial consequences are real, and getting them wrong costs more than the discount you gave. Understanding the Difference: … Continued
Can You Sell A House That Failed Inspection in Ohio

Selling A House That Failed Inspection In Ohio: What You Can Do

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Sellers I talk to are almost always convinced the inspection killed their sale. A report comes back with 40 items flagged, the buyer sends over a repair request that reads like a renovation wishlist, and suddenly everyone’s panicking. An inspection report is just a list (a long, scary-looking one). What you do with that list … Continued
Buyer Backing Out After Inspection in Ohio

Can A Buyer Back Out After A Home Inspection In Ohio

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Your house has been under contract for two weeks. You’ve already started packing boxes. Then your phone rings, and the buyer’s agent delivers the news you dreaded: the buyer is backing out after the home inspection. What now? That phone call hits differently depending on which side of the deal you’re on. For sellers, the … Continued
Selling a parent's home before they pass away in Cleveland, OH

Selling Your Parents’ House Before Death: What to Know

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Three siblings in Euclid called me on a Tuesday afternoon two summers ago. They were standing in a driveway with a house they couldn’t move. Selling your parents’ house before death had never been part of the plan. They’d had two separate agent listings over the previous couple of years. Both expired with zero offers, … Continued
Can I Sell My Parents House with Power of Attorney Cleveland

Can I Sell My Parents’ House With Power Of Attorney

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Your mom just moved into a memory care facility on a Thursday. By Friday, you’re staring at a house you can’t afford to carry, a stack of paperwork nobody prepared you for, and a question your siblings keep asking: can you actually sell this place without her being able to sign anything? Yes. But “yes” … Continued
Can You Sell House With a Mortgage Ohio

Selling A House With A Mortgage In Ohio And What You Should Know

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Ohio homeowners with a mortgage often assume they have to pay it off before they can sell. You don’t. That single misconception keeps people stuck in houses they need to leave, sometimes for months longer than necessary. Tens of thousands of Ohio homeowners sell mortgaged properties every year, and the process is more straightforward than … Continued
Who Is in Charge of Paying for the Appraisal and Inspection Cleveland

Who Pays For Home Appraisals And Inspections When Buying A House

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Nobody warns you about the phone call three days before closing when your lender says the appraisal came in $22,000 below the purchase price. The deal freezes. Both sides panic. And somewhere in the confusion, the buyer realizes they already paid for the appraisal and inspection out of pocket and might lose that money if … Continued
How to Get Out of a Homeowners Association Cleveland

How To Get Out Of An HOA And Reclaim Control Of Your Home

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Most people don’t realize they’ve signed away a piece of their ownership rights until the HOA board sends an unexpected fine, raises fees for the third time in two years, or threatens a lien over a paint color. The calls asking how to get out of an HOA usually start coming in right around then. … Continued
Cost of MLS listing Ohio

How Much Does It Cost To List Your Home On The MLS In Ohio

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Most Ohio homeowners who ask what it costs to list a house on the MLS in Ohio have already done the math on a traditional listing agent. They see the 3% listing commission sitting there and quietly do the multiplication. On a $250,000 home, that’s $7,500 gone before you’ve paid the buyer’s agent, closing costs, … Continued
Selling A House with Termite Damage Ohio

Can You Sell A House With Termites In Ohio And Still Make A Profit

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A pest inspector once handed a Medina homeowner a report thicker than a college textbook. Subterranean termites in the crawl space, mud tubes along three foundation walls, and old feeding damage in the floor joists. Convinced the property was worthless, the homeowner called me that same afternoon. It wasn’t worthless. We closed three weeks later. … Continued