Ron Cedillo's (rcedillo) Blog

If your listing expired and your house didn’t sell, you’re likely feeling a little frustrated. Not to mention, you're also probably wondering what went wrong. Here are three questions to think about as you figure out what to do next.Did You Limit Access to Your House?One of the biggest mistakes y...

There probably hasn’t been a house hunter in history who didn’t want to get a great deal on a house. But in the current market, even finding a house you want and successfully getting it under contract can be a difficult task.So if you were to find what seems to be an incredible deal, or an under-...

You put in an offer on a house and it was accepted. Everything was going smoothly… until the appraisal came in significantly lower than expected.A low appraisal can be a stressful situation. But there are ways to deal with it, and not all of them necessarily mean walking away from the house.A rec...

Things change as people age. If they have children, they’re likely adults and have moved out of the household. And as people near retirement, they have to start planning how they’re going to manage their finances and live on a fixed income.As a result, many retirement-age homeowners consider sell...

In the world of dating, there’s a term called “the ick.” It’s used to describe the feeling of disgust a person experiences when their date does something they consider to be a major turnoff.But “the ick” doesn’t just happen in dating. It can also happen in real estate,and if your home gives poten...

With mortgage rates hovering in the 7% range, being able to snag yourself a mortgage with a much lower interest rate probably sounds very appealing. This is why a new company called Roam has been all over the news recently, after recently launching a platform to help home buyers find mortgages th...

When you sell your home, many buyers will try to negotiate based on the property’s condition; for example, if they find out that the roof needs to be replaced during the home inspection, they could ask you to get the roof repaired before they move in, or knock the cost off of the home price.But j...

Considering buying a vacation home as a rental? It’s a different process from buying a primary home, and if you don’t know what you’re doing, it can be easy to make a few (potentially expensive!) mistakes along the way.So what, exactly, are those mistakes, and more importantly, how do you avoid t...

When you list your house for sale, it almost always starts out hunky-dory and hopeful. But as time passes, and your house isn’t fetching offers, you might start feeling like your agent won’t be able to get it sold.Once you start to lose faith in your agent, you may start thinking about hiring a d...

When you’re looking for a house, you not only want to buy one that you love, but also get it at the lowest price possible. But that hasn’t been the easiest task in the recent past, due to a lack of houses on the market and fierce competition from other buyers. Successfully edging out your competi...