Real Estate Market
Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | December 27, 2011As many have, and no doubt will, I learned this lesson the hard way. My mentors were of epic quality, as was my luck in the opportunity I had to learn from them. Still, there were far too many lessons I learned the hard way. Dad once told me I was far too smart to’ve [...]
Commentary by Jeff Brown | June 22, 2011 
Show of hands, how many of you believe we’re in a general economic recovery as touted by the vast majority of news media? When Mom told you it wasn’t terrible goin’ to the senior prom with your weird cousin, did you believe her too? Or, did you believe what you knew were the facts — [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Joe Manausa, MBA | May 3, 2011 
The housing market appears to be slowing fairly consistently in both new supply and new sales, according to my latest gathering of data from the MLS in Tallahassee. I know that most readers here are NOT in Tallahassee, but I can tell you that for my 20+ years in the real estate brokerage business, the [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Joe Manausa, MBA | April 13, 2011If you see a real estate agent blogging and referencing “appreciation” or “depreciation,” take a close look at how they are deriving their conclusion on the movement of value in the housing market. Often times, you will read sentences that transition from the average home price in an area to depreciation or appreciation, but this [...]
Foreclosures by Joe Manausa, MBA | March 22, 2011I try to keep track of as many possible statistics about the housing market, knowing that a gem of intelligence is always lurking behind some chart or graph if I look hard enough. One graph that historically has been un-revealing is suddenly speaking to me in volumes. The graph below shows the continuing trend of [...]
Real Estate Market by Joe Manausa, MBA | March 8, 2011I just finished reading Ryan Hinricher’s article on The Week In Housing, as I typically do every Monday. By show of hands, who else likes to see this report? Ryan provides a nice synopsis of some key housing trends that only takes a few minutes to digest. One of the first thoughts that echoes in [...]
Real Estate Investing by Joe Manausa, MBA | February 23, 2011 
“It’s really not something a woman can do,” or at least that is what they used to tell Anne Royall. Ever heard of her? More on that later… All my life I’ve heard people saying why things couldn’t be done. There’s never a shortage of people who are scared to take a risk, with fear [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Jeff Brown | February 8, 2011 
In the many conversations I have with experienced real estate investors and those wantin’ to get started, the subject of strategy is virtually sure to come up. Leverage, assumptions used in analysis, where to invest, financing decisions and the like, become pieces in your own personal game of Monopoly. Once finding themselves honest to goodness real [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Joe Manausa, MBA | February 1, 2011There are cycles that occur in the real estate market that dictate methods and strategies that are most useful for growing wealth through real estate ownership. Now is one of those times where a prudent investor should take stock of the market conditions and consider an inclusion of a traditional methodology. Of course, I refer [...]
Foreclosures by Joe Manausa, MBA | January 18, 2011 
One of the new buzz words to have sprung from the collapse of the housing market is “shadow inventory,” and when most industry “experts” report the numbers, they are referring to distressed properties that have yet to hit the market. Primarily, these are REO properties (homes that have changed ownership from individuals to lenders) and [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Douglas Lazovick | January 3, 2011Sound real estate investment decisions often come down to understanding economic expectations and proceeding accordingly. With that in mind, it would seem like a good time to go over 2011 (and beyond) outlooks on 4 major fundamentals that impact the real estate market. GDP Growth: After two years of either zero or negative GDP growth [...]
Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | December 15, 2010 
I love football. College or pro – it doesn’t matter. If there is a game on I’ll watch. But these days it’s pretty difficult to dedicate four hours or more to sitting on the couch in front of the TV. I have to be creative. My wife will allow it if I agree to fold [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Mark Saunders | December 10, 2010 
So what do you get when you receive free land? That’s what I was asking myself when the radio and a handful of writers picked up the story this week. First off, the concept of municipalities giving away land isn’t new. Basically more and more towns are offering free lots if you build a house [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by Mark Saunders | December 3, 2010 
I know you are all aware of how quickly word spreads these days. Through blogs, forums, Twitter, Facebook, and rss feeds alone, it takes seconds to spread the word. When the word isn’t good, people are not shy about making sure they are heard. Now Google is changing its search engine algorithm to take into [...]
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by Jeff Brown | June 22, 2011Show of hands, how many of you believe we’re in a general economic recovery as touted by the vast majority of news media? When Mom told you it wasn’t terrible goin’ to the senior prom with your weird cousin, did you believe her too? Or, did you believe what you knew were the facts — [...]