About Jo Dawn Martin
I specialize in rural properties, farms and ranches. I am passionate about helping first time home buyers. I really enjoy working with people interested in real estate transactions with beach front properties.
I am a good listener and am willing to make sure to focus on individual needs of buyers and sellers. Each transaction is unique, as are the participants. I am a successful agent because I take the needs of my customers extremely seriously. I am patient and willing to take extra time with buyers looking for the perfect new property. Buyers will never feel rushed or pressured in my presence. I am thorough and motivated to get homes sold for sellers.
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Housing Market Predictions For 2022
We are almost done with 2021 and the incredibly chaotic housing market that came with it. It’s natural that we look forward and try to understand what next year will look like. Many home shoppers experienced the double-edge sword of 2021’s housing market. Witnessing how the housing market appreciated over the last twelve months fueled fears of another ...
Homebuyer Tips
How Will The Hybrid Work Week Shape Homebuyer’s Preferences?
People take a lot of time thinking about what they want in a new home and rightly so! We want to make sure we’re buying a home that meets all of our wants and needs. We want to find an affordable place that is near friends and family, but also close enough to work, as well. And, of course, we want to make sure we can find an affordable property that isn’t ...
Home Seller Tips
How To Host An Open House And Generate Leads While Doing It
As a well-established convention in the sphere of real estate, the sight of an open home being hosted by a local real estate agent is not at all uncommon. If you were to drive through an average suburban neighborhood on any given sunny summer afternoon, you’d likely come across a number of these events, extending an open invitation to any and all willing visitors. ...
Home Seller Tips
How To Improve The Privacy Of Your Home
If you live in a residential neighborhood, there’s a good chance that you’ve had to deal with neighbors who don’t respect your privacy. Whether they’re peering through a pair of binoculars surveilling your Sunday afternoon barbeque or dropping by unannounced to “see how you’re doing”, these unpleasant individuals are the bane of ...
Homebuyer Tips
In The Miscellaneous Labyrinth Of Real Estate Finance
To those of us who’ve gone through the process of moving, it’s no secret that moving can be a hassle and a half, between the stress and substantial financial investments. We usually decide to relocate for various reasons, such as a brand new workplace, the prospect of a brighter future, climate changes, or even the global pandemic. COVID-19 made ...
Real Estate Glossary Terms
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Insulation
Person protecting himself from risk or negative consequences, such as by taking out homeowner's insurance. Material used to block or restrain something from entering a house, apartment, or other structure. For example, material may be placed in a house's attic to hinder cold or hot air from ent ...
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Open House
Just to be clear: an Open house is not when you invite friends over to meet your new house. At least not in the real estate world.When you hear someone talking about an Open House, they mean an event where the agent or the home seller opens his house so that interested homebuyers walk in and see wit ...
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Resulting Trust
Same as term trust; An agreement in which the trustee takes title of the property ( called corpus) owned by the grantor (donor) to protect or conserve it for either the grantor or the trust's beneficiary. The trust is set up by the grantor. The trustee is typically given authority to invest the prop ...
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Mode
Frequency of premium payment; for example annually, semiannually, quarterly, or monthly. ...
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Universal Coverage
Provision for every citizen of the United States to be guaranteed by law the right to purchase health insurance and is required by law to make such a purchase. ...