What I Tell Clients Before They Ask.
Straight answers about buying and selling in Warren, Montgomery, Greene, and Clinton counties — written by a Realtor who is also an attorney and a Seniors Real Estate Specialist.
Start Where
You Actually Are
Five running threads. Market numbers get updated every quarter; the guides get revised as Ohio rules and local conditions change.
What prices, inventory, and days on market are actually doing in Springboro, Centerville, Beavercreek, Mason, Waynesville, and Troy — community by community, not one blended Dayton average.
Gate commutes, BAH against a mortgage, VA loan mechanics, buying from overseas, and the Ohio closing details that surprise families arriving from Texas, Virginia, or Germany.
Selling a longtime home, estate and trust sales, probate transfers in Montgomery and Warren counties, and the Ohio homestead exemption — the legal and practical pieces together.
Offers and contingencies, inspection deadlines that are shorter than people expect, closing costs, tax proration, and the title problems worth catching before they cost you a closing.
What a comparative market analysis actually measures, Ohio seller disclosure obligations, which pre-listing repairs return their cost, and how to read an offer past the headline number.
If something here raises a question about your own situation, ask. Most of what gets written on this page started as a question a client asked first.
Everything, Newest First
- Where Wright-Patt Families Actually Live: A Gate-by-Gate Look at the Communities Around BaseEvery PCS guide names the same four suburbs. None mention the thing that actually decides whether you like your commute — which gate you use, and whether it is open when you need it. A community-by-community look at where Wright-Patt families live, and why your reporting building matters more than the base.
- Southwest Ohio School Start Dates 2026: The Four-Week Spread That Catches Movers Off GuardCenterville goes back August 12. Huber Heights goes back September 8. Same metro, twenty-seven days apart — and if you are closing on a house this month, which side of that spread you land on changes what is actually achievable. Verified 2026–2027 start dates for ten Southwest Ohio districts.
- PCSing to Wright-Patterson AFB: 9 Things to Know Before You BuyYou have about 90 days, you have probably never been to Ohio, and the internet is full of advice written for every base in America. Here is what is specific to Wright-Patterson and Southwest Ohio — gate commutes, how Ohio bills property taxes, and the steps that have to happen before you sign anything.
Question about your own situation?
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