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It takes a Team to Win with Real Estate Investing Real estate is awesome. There are so many ways to invest and build a business. Most people think of the obvious side of real estate – such as doing “flip” properties. There are many more ways to build a real estate company. From providing services […]

Investor Advantages as a Licensed Realtor or a Network of Realtors The idea of a Realtor has evolved dramatically over the decades, especially in the last decade with our dependence on smartphones. The image we have in our head of a Realtor is often more nostalgic than factual. Part of this is due to the […]

A Vacant Home is an Easy Target for for Weather and Vandalism Unfortunately, it is all too common to see a vacant home vandalized. If you have a vacant home, such as recently inherited home, it is important to keep a close eye on it and protect it. Vacant homes are the targets of two […]

Selling a House Means Preparing for Buyers, Pandemic Raised the Bar For anyone looking to sell a house, there has always been an expectation of having the house “show ready”. Meaning, cleaned and de-cluttered or possibly staged in order to make the best impression with buyers. But the COVID pandemic has changed how we look […]

Open Concept House to Sell? Be Ready – Buyers are Starting to Shift Away Since the 1930’s, the the “open concept” floor plan has only increased in home buying appeal. Especially as capabilities emerged that made the open concept not only more attainable (without being super rich) but more capable as well. Since the 1950’s […]

With Another Forbearance Extension is the Foreclosure Market just Getting Bigger We heard that the Federal Housing Finance Authority pushed the forbearance period out another 6 months through June of 2021. This now puts the mortgage market into an 18 month period of delayed payments for mortgage holders. For some, the forbearance period was a […]

Selling a House Now can be Bountiful or Challenging We all thought that the real estate market last year was going to be a train wreck. The impact of COVID was sure to devastate the real estate market. Complete opposite. The 2020 year for real estate was unprecedented. And, so far, 2021 shows the same […]

Selling “As-Is” versus “Retail” I talk about this a lot because at least once a week, someone asks me the difference. And sometimes, it is a Realtor. There is a general understanding that putting a house for sale “as-is” means there is no expected negotiation due to condition. Generally, that is true. What is misunderstood […]

Important Tips for Investment Properties Just to be clear, this is not about how to gauge the Cap Rate, NOI, GOI, ARV, etc., etc., when considering investment properties. This article is meant for people just starting to contemplate investment ownership. The idea of buying and managing an investment property is intimidating. Heck, we were with […]

Talk of a Covid Vaccine and What it Could Mean for Real Estate To date, 2020 has been a year that was beyond imagination or (any normal person’s) prediction. Covid struck a blow early in the year and still (at the time of this post) continues to beat down major components of the United States […]