Category: Real Estate

What should an office space look like for employees to be more productive? Should it be in a metropolitan location? Should the space have all the facilities provided? What are the amenities one would look for when looking for an office space? Well, if you’re not actively involved in...

Real estate investors with the familiar mantra location, location, location are nervously replacing second and third location with price and risk. With home prices rising to new levels every day and concerns that some markets homebuyers are entering could start to lose air, their appetite for risk is creating...

Many pregnant women and mothers of young babies start thinking about finding a career that gives them the opportunity to earn decent money while being flexible enough to spend time with the baby. And the real estate industry seems to combine that potential for big commission checks with flexible...

Not everyone can afford to put their residence on the open market and patiently wait months to execute the deal. The common process when listing your property on the open market will be: Ask/interview many real estate professionals Authorize a listing contract with a person to list your home...

In the current financial climate, real estate continues to be a strong investment in many areas. Informed buyers will always make the most of the real estate market. These top ten real estate buying tips will help you conduct your next real estate transaction with confidence. TIP #1: Hire...

So, you finally have a potential buyer for your house. He has made it through numerous open house weekends, met dozens of people, and answered a myriad of questions about running his home. However, unless he has done a preventative home inspection before putting it on the market, then...

Do you have a scratch, crack or soft cover on your powerboat or sailboat? Here’s a quick and easy solution that will save you money. There are many different ways to do the repair, but my method works and isn’t too difficult to master. Let’s start fixing that crack....

While appraisal management is not a new concept, the change in laws that mandated its use has caused a lot of speculation about its use, both for appraisers and lenders, but for entirely different reasons. Appraisers have several complaints about the appraisal management process and implementation. The first of...

While mortgage experts warn of the impending housing bubble, the housing market continues to boom. Like all hot markets, scammers can’t stay away when they get a shred of money. Mortgage industry researchers report that mortgage-based scams are on the rise and are defrauding Americans by the millions every...

Most of us have been taught a door-to-door sales opening that is guaranteed to fail. I don’t know who came up with this method, but it doesn’t work and closes a lot of doors that might be hot and open. The classic opening to avoid goes something like this:...