Category: Real Estate

retell a story An online survey was conducted to determine the most popular fairy tales of all time. You are familiar with all the winners. They are some of your favorites and mine. But let’s show some creativity, shall we? How about some plot twists to make the story...

Freight brokers act as intermediaries by arranging the transportation of cargo between shippers and motor carriers. The freight broker then receives a commission for their matchmaking skills. Freight brokers are also known as trucking agents, freight forwarders, real estate agents, and third-party brokers. Although the business concept in freight...

Thinking of moving to Atlanta? The home buying process, let alone a home specifically in Atlanta, can be very easy or overwhelming, depending on your preparation and the information you can gather. One of your new home buying decisions is the type of builder that best suits your needs....

The Alternative Minimum Tax is a very important consideration for taxpayers who own real property because almost all of the tax rules that apply to real property are different for the AMT than for the Regular Tax. This article on Real Estate and the AMT will address those situations...

Any property that is obtained for the purpose of earning and expecting returns is classified as investment property. Investment property can take the form of an apartment building, single-family home, vacant lot, or commercial property. It is essentially any type of real estate. The term investment property generally refers...

Have you ever watched a presentation where the speaker said, “Okay, that’s it” or flip through some notes and say, “Yeah, I guess that’s it.” An ending like this is not memorable. Sign that you are closing Sometimes people let their attention wander during a speech, but when you...

When someone has served in the military and wants to buy a home, one of the first things they should do is look for a VA home loan. This loan allows the buyer the opportunity to purchase a home with no money down. They may not be required to...

I am a real estate broker and I work mainly with serious and high-end clients. My assistant recently called an agent four times trying to get an appointment for a particular house that is for sale. The morning phone calls went like this: 1. Today’s request was DENIED because...

When spring is in the air, it not only means that summer is just around the corner, but that the real estate market is about to pick up and a large number of houses will be bought and sold in the coming months. The first question that often arises...

Real estate has several unique characteristics that affect its value. There are economic characteristics and physical characteristics. Real estate is a product to buy but it is different from any other due to the characteristics that will be discussed here. The economic characteristics that influence value are scarcity, improvements,...