Over the past few months, while developing profiles for our website, we have asked our Realtors two questions we are often asked by our many valued clients: “Why did you decide to become a real estate agent?” and “What makes Landmark ‘different from other companies?’” These may seem like very simple questions, but they are questions for which we received similar and sometimes, very different answers from our agents. We thought these answers were interesting and very telling a

We’ve all heard the real estate mantra, “Location. Location. Location.” This is the simple answer to a complex question asked by nearly every home buyer of the past 50 years: “What are the top things I should consider when I search for a home?” In a nutshell, “location” refers to a very simple question, “Is the home located in an area where a large number of people would want to live?” Why is the location of a home so vitally important? With large numbers of people wanting

What’s the Difference Between Market, Assessed, and Appraised Value? We hear from clients all of the time that their homes have been “assessed” for x number of dollars. What does this really mean? Is this important if you’re buying or selling a home? Before we explain what “assessed value” means, we first need to understand “market value.” A home’s "market value" is simply what buyers are willing to pay for a particular home in a specific market. Market Value is determined by