Archive for the ‘Consumer Posts’ Category
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Reatlytrac.com and Yahoo! Real Estate have joined forces to offer the newly redesigned Yahoo! Real Estate Foreclosure Center. This new service provides:
1. online search for foreclosures
2. analysis of trends in the foreclosure market
3. education about buying foreclosure properties
As the current real estate market slows, foreclosures ...
Posted in Buying and Selling, New RE Sites, RE News, Real Estate News, Tips and Advice | 3 Comments »
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
More and more people are reaching retirement with their health, financial stability and a new perspective on aging. For many in this group, a home or condominium in an active adult community is the ideal setting.
The benefits of these communities include property management, social activities, being surrounded by peers and ...
Posted in Buying and Selling, Consumer Posts, Tips and Advice | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 1st, 2007
If you are an avid real estate investor who likes to keep rental properties for a reasonable period before selling, then there is a way for you to make $125K tax-free over and above the rental income you receive. For this scenario, we will assume you are single simply ...
Posted in Buying and Selling, Consumer Posts, Real Estate Community, Tips and Advice | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Just for fun...
In the not quite entertaining movie, "The Holiday," Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz exchange homes for a week long holiday. And while the movie was just mediocre, for those who love to travel, swapping homes sounds like an interesting adventure and an inexpensive alternative to hotels. Last week, ...
Posted in Consumer Posts, Real Estate Community, Real Estate News | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
As a network of Christian real estate professionals across the country, we are always looking for new ways to improve the real estate community as a whole.
Thus, when we noticed that there were basically no services out there to help people find Church property on a national scale, we ...
Posted in Consumer Posts, Real Estate News | 1 Comment »
Thursday, February 1st, 2007
To the inexperienced buyer, a Good Faith Estimate or closing statement may look like a greek manuscript. There is alot of terminology that needs to be understood before making a large decision. That is of course unless you plan on placing total faith in your loan officer... which I ...
Posted in Consumer Posts, Financing, Tips and Advice | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
I just noticed a press release from MaryShop.com, an online catholic gift store. They were claiming that frustrated home sellers and agents were turning to "the old catholic tradition" of burying a statue of Joseph in the ground, and praying to Joseph to help sell the home.
Last November, we ...
Posted in Agents and Brokers, Buying and Selling, Consumer Posts, Real Estate Marketing | 17 Comments »
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
We were honored for the opportunity to be able to interview Brandell Heron, the vice president of Business Development for Neighborhoodmatch.com
They have recently changed their business model to focus more on real estate consumers. A model that is similar in some ways to a service like Trulia. But the ...
Posted in Agents and Brokers, Consumer Posts, Interviews and Reviews, Podcasts, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate News | 1 Comment »
