Aug
11
Protected: Real Estate Graduate Call 8-11-08
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Aug
8
Pending Home Sales Up!
These are the numbers investors are chomping at the bit to hear – numbers that indicate the market is turning positive. Everyone wants to know when the bad news is going to stop. This one article doesn’t mean all the bad news is behind us; we never want to take one piece of data and make drastic judgements. We want to see consistant improvement in metrics and numbers in many different areas over time. Home sales are a popular indicator we monitor. The number of homes being sold or being […]
Aug
8
Selling a Property for 6%?
Think twice before paying a full 6% sales commission to a real estate agent. That is a lot of money and will dramatically cut into your profit. It is quite easy to avoid having to pay that full commission. Keep in mind this commission is fully negotiable and don’t think you have to pay it in order to get the help of an agent. Agents have become increasingly willing to negotiate their commissions becasue they are not making close to the money they were the past few years when the […]
Aug
5
Are We Heading For a Major Crash?
I think it is healthy to stay on top of the real estate market and pay attention to what is being said and talked about in the news media, in real estate circles, by real estate professionals, etc. No one knows what is going to happen in the next year or so in the real estate market. Anyone who says they do know should be ignored; because, short of having a cystal ball, how could anyone know, it’s the future. Having said that, here is an interesting perspective on where […]