Rick Schweikert-Realtor

08/07/2025

Rates might drop, but with prices rising faster than rates, it's always a good time to invest in real estate.

05/28/2025

The best investment most of us make is buying our home. The stock market will remain volatile because the bond market will remain volatile. If you do it right with an agent who understands real estate investing versus other places to grow wealth, there is no safer investment than Pittsburgh real estate.

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Home price growth slowed even more in April, a sign that there could be a shift from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market, according to new data from

04/13/2024

Inventory of homes is tight, but we're getting listings from $135k in White Oak (3133 State, open house tomorrow) to $400k (1137 Lancaster, office exclusive listing) on the Pittsburgh side of Regent Square, one block from Frick Park. DM me.

04/11/2024

Most buyers are looking at COMPASS, so why sell your home anywhere else?

03/25/2024

03/25/2024

COMPASS National Real Estate Trends Flipbook

Buy, sell, and rent smarter with Compass. Partner with a local real estate agent to find the home or apartment that’s right for you.

11/08/2023

Buying a home is easy with a Realtor, and you're less likely to make a costly mistake if you don't go it alone. Click below...

09/17/2023

Beechview, really nice 3/1 home with 2-car garage and fenced yard, beside park, down street from Beechwood Elementary, central AC, seller looking for a quick sale, $180k. Message me.

08/18/2023

Housing crisis explained:

Here's exactly how to create a housing crisis

05/04/2023

We also do commercial. Here's a cool warehouse in Homestead we have listed, front and rear drive-in doors with a 2BR apartment over. Please share:

Industrial property for sale at 450 W 8th Ave, West Homestead, PA 15120. Visit Crexi.com to read property details & contact the listing broker.

04/30/2023

5 May Day spring home maintenance tips:

1. AC covers - Don't forget to remove them before you fire up your compressor, or you might fry your unit.
2. Filters - The changing seasons remind us to change or clean our furnace, AC, and air-purifier filters.
3. Knotweed - There's tons of info online, but the short answer is it takes over and is NOT easy to kill! But if you yank it up now and a few more times this summer (with as much of the roots as possible) you can control it. Don't compost it. Even a tiny sliver of it can survive your composter and start a new stand. Some people eat the young shoots and leaves--it's high in antioxidants and useful against the bacteria that causes Lyme disease (be careful, though...it's a favorite target of pesticide sprays, which are poisonous and, btw, don't really work). If you just let it do its thing, though, its roots can actually bore through the foundation of your home (I've seen it). So pull it, and, if you don't eat it :) either burn it or throw it away.
4. Downspouts - DURING heavy spring and fall rains grab an umbrella and inspect your gutters and downspouts. If they aren't doing their job, they're clogged, or disconnected it can take just a season or two to soften your foundation, allow storm water pe*******on into your basement, invite termites, and cause structural problems.
5. "What's that plant called?" - Get a plant-identifier app on your phone so you can scan that leaf and say, "Why, that's toxicodendron radicans, of course!"...otherwise known as poison ivy. Yep, time to stock up on some poison ivy soap (we use Tecnu). Wear gloves and long sleeves if you pull it, and don't compost OR burn that one, garbage only please.

Happy Spring! Rick Schweikert