Burgan Real Estate Blog

While all of you were enjoying the tricks of the Halloween season, I was counting the treats I
received from all of you in the form of emails asking me questions about selling your home.
Let's get to your questions!

"I just bought my home in January and interest rates have dropped since I financed it. Can I
refinance my home even though it hasn't been a year since I bought it?" - Sarah (Salem, OH)

Happy one year anniversary, Sarah, well, almost! We get this question quite a bit, especially
with interest rates STILL at an all time low. In your case, Sarah, yes, you can refinance. In order
to refinance, you must have at least a 6-month period in between financing applications and
transactions. So get with your local lender or, in your case, call the title company you closed
with a year ago, since they may able to offer a reissue rate and you can save on your closing
costs. It will help put more money in your pocket, esp...

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Let's be honest, with all of us having been in masks for the last year, every day might as well be
Halloween. But Halloween is back and so are the costumes, the treats and the tricks.
Whatever you are deciding to do for Halloween, your home is the one place to make sure there
is nothing but treats awaiting your ghoulish visitors this year.

As my treat to you, I'm going to take a break from the awesome questions that we have been
receiving. You can still email me your real estate questions to theprez@ycar.org, we'll get back
to in two weeks. But until then, open up your bag and allow me to pour in some tricks to make
sure your home is safe for your visitors this Halloween.

Light It Up
While dim and dark areas create a great mood for Halloween, they can also lead to people not
being able to see where they are going. Be sure to replace bulbs that are defective outside and
even install additional, temporary lights to help people as they...

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The questions keep flowing in, which is awesome! Normally, I kick off the articles with a fun,
little paragraph that makes you chuckle or smile, or at least I hope it does, but we've got an In
Box full of questions. Who am I to commandeer this space with my own verbal escapades and
deprive my fans of the answers they are seeking? So without further ado, let's roll!

"Everyone talks about Spring cleaning with your home. What about Fall cleaning? Should I be
doing anything to prepare my house for the upcoming seasons?"
- Tammy K. (Warren, OH)

Yes, Tammy, it is a thing and it is an important thing. As the weather gets cooler, making sure
you home is not only free of leaves, but properly sealing your windows and doors can keep your
heating costs low while being comfortable. While there is a host of chores you can do to Fall
Clean your home, when you are cleaning up your yard and gutters of leaves, be sure to check
your roof for any visib...

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Everyone always says, "Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it." Well, I asked
for your questions in my last article. And, boy, did you respond! The amount of questions that
have come in over the past two weeks are more than I even imagined. With every email, I felt
like Sally Field standing at the podium holding her award saying, "You like me! You really like
me!" So, thanks for that.

I filtered through the questions and I'm excited to answer a few in this week's column. I say,
"filtered," because when I said to ask me anything, well, some of you took that to the extreme.
While I'm sure my color underwear, whether the Buckeye's are going to cover the point spread
this weekend or what my favorite pizza is in the Mahoning Valley are the talk of the water
cooler on Monday's after my column, I'm going to refrain stick with the real estate questions.
Maybe we'll save those questions and answers for my last column of the year. Who...

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For the fourth consecutive year, Burgan Real Estate led all real estate agencies affiliated with the Youngstown Columbiana Association of REALTORS® (YCAR) by having the most agents (23) earning the distinguished President's Sales Club Award for 2021.  The Ohio REALTORS® (OR) presents this award to individual Ohio real estate agents who successfully generated at least $1 million in annual home sales for the year.  With more than 50% of Burgan Real Estate agents receiving this award, the 44-year old, second-generation, independently owned brokerage also boasted the highest percentage of their active agents receiving this distinction in the Mahoning Valley for the fourth consecutive year as well. 

"2020 was a year that none of us will ever forget.  The pandemic challenged our industry and all of us, both professionally and personally, in ways we never thought were possible," said Patrick Burga...

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