Images Courtesy of the Greater Regional Alliance of Realtors (GRAR)
Images Courtesy of the Greater Regional Alliance of Realtors (GRAR)
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If you can get past a basement with a dirt floor, this home is a rare find in Midtown area: good shape, a street away from the farmers market, convenient to downtown and many neighborhood offerings. Plenty of parking also included, which is rare for the street. Two rooms upstairs, main floor laundry, bath and bedroom, fresh carpet paint and flooring throughout.
Grand Rapids Real Estate. This charming, nicely-renovated Dutch Colonial home sits conveniently near Riverside Park ten minutes from Downtown. Full of original oak floors, this roomy two bedroom home is big on living area with a flowing main floor layout. The newly-installed upstairs bathroom fits nicely alongside freshly refinished hardwood floors. Bay windows in the living room & formal dining room bring in lots of natural light and views to the quiet tree-lined street. View uninterrupted sunsets from the back deck. The basement is clean with plenty of headroom and a bonus room out to the back yard that could have once been a garage. Parking out front. Come visit today!
Thanks to Freshly Squeezed Print Shop for the fruits of this great collaboration.
Fox 17 News contacted Pete for comments on a rental scam happening in Grand Rapids. It ran as a popular “Problem Solvers” segment on July 14, 2015:
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Rental scams online are nothing new. However, a Grand Rapids realtor warns of a more sophisticated scheme. It starts with people posing as property owners or property managers.
“They’ll meet at the property. They’ll have a way to have gotten keys, made duplicates and let you in through the front door. Or they can break a window and break in just like any other theft,” Pete Bruinsma, with Grand Rapids-based Life Cycle Property Management said.
After the walk-through, the thieves take a cash deposit…
Great new condo just listed near Rishi’s International Beverage, Mikado Sushi, The Orbit Room and Centerpoint Mall. 3BR 3BA, in-ground pool, new paint and carpet, under $100K!
I sat in on a two hour talk with Lawrence Yun the other week, and it was great. One of the things he brought up that really stuck is how directly home ownership can affect a family or individual’s net worth. Here’s an illustration of the results of the government survey he quoted:
In the short term, it may or may not be considerably easier to lease. But, investment in a home can absolutely help out in the long term, as a homeowner pays down the balance and achieves more and more equity. This is one major reason why the federal government offers so many incentives for first time buyers:
Let FHA Loans Help You
MSHDA Downpayment Fairy
Fannie Mae FIRST LOOK listings
(only available to owner occupants)
Today is Facebook’s 10-Year Anniversary, and also my 10-Year Anniversary as a Realtor. In commemoration, I started a Facebook Business page, and I hope you’ll join me by clicking here!
