Home Guru

By Bill Primavera Now that I live in a condo building with great security, I don’t worry about the possibility of a burglary. But for many years, after having had an unsettling experience when I lived in a single-family home

By Bill Primavera The bathroom. When you think about it, while it may not be the room you spend the most time in, it’s probably the room you visit the most during the day. My most memorable experience from my

By Bill Primavera By personal experience and anecdotally, I have been observing for some months that buyers are encountering challenges in finding and buying their dream home. A poll conducted last month by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

By Bill Primavera Many times I’ve been reminded by bosses, office managers and consultants that the best way to increase business is to better manage my time. It is usually suggested that I make lists of all my responsibilities and

By Bill Primavera A while back I was asked to speak about real estate at a meeting of the Retired Municipal Employees Association, and as I planned my remarks, I thought about the reality that I’m at an age when

By Bill Primavera You’d never know it to meet me today, but I was born with some kind of neurological condition that resulted in my reaching the age of five without speaking a word. That was in the days before

By Bill Primavera Buyers and sellers who seem perfectly nice and normal throughout the transaction can suddenly lose their cool when the seller asks at the last minute that a modest chandelier over a kitchen table be excluded from the