Guías prácticas

A step-by-step system for hosting a client party that builds relationships, generates touches, and doesn't blow your budget—from Foraker Realty's five years of trial and error.

Getting licensed takes a course, an exam, a sponsoring broker and an application, but the hours, fees and follow-up requirements differ in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. Here's the step-by-step for each, and the questions I'd ask before choosing a brokerage.

A lot of the homes we sell in southern Chester County and Cecil County run on a well and a septic system. Here's how to inspect both before you buy, the Maryland law that makes a well test part of every contract, and what happens if something fails.

Changing brokerages is mostly paperwork, but the order matters. Here's the sequence I'd follow in Pennsylvania, Delaware or Maryland, what each state's license transfer costs, and what usually happens to your listings and pending deals.

Most agents treat an open house like a lottery ticket. Our team treats it like a workday — and walks away with buyer leads, neighbor contacts, and FSBO prospects every time.