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Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | December 29, 2011 
As he took his place at the front of the packed auditorium the instructor began by telling a story. “I was once a real estate broker” he announced. “Years later, I became a real estate attorney.” He said “I did this so I could kill my own deals.” The speaker’s name was William Kozub and [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Marty Boardman | November 17, 2011 
The grocery store down the street from my house sells a gallon of milk for $2.50. A small cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts runs $1.60. The going rate for a Hunter 5-minute ceiling fan at Home Depot is $99. A 55” Vizio HDTV with internet apps sells for $1,399 at Costco (I know because [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | November 3, 2011I wouldn’t be comfortable with someone referring to me as an expert – unless it had do with cereal or cheap red wine. Oh, and acquiring stuff. I’m really good at that too. Let’s just say I’m a sucker for the latest tech/music/audio gadget on the market. My most recent non-real estate related acquisition was [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | August 26, 2011I’m a worried Dad. My beautiful little girls are growing up too fast. They’ll be dating soon and I pray they make wise choices. I certainly don’t want them hanging around the wrong crowd. So rather than leave this up to chance or divine intervention I decided to start establishing some criteria for them. Their [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | March 10, 2011 
Dr. Philip Rulon could tell a story. He was my American history teacher in college at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. I actually looked forward to his class. Twice a week, for 75 minutes, Dr. Rulon would colorfully describe important historical events like the Civil War, the Great Depression and the JFK assassination. He knew [...]
Read the full article → 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 [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Tips by Joe Manausa, MBA | January 25, 2011I am always amazed when I see the typical real estate agent do their one deal of the year. Mostly, their customer is a family member who felt compelled to work with them because after all, “it’s family.” But what about all of the people who just work with the first agent that they find? [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | October 27, 2010 
They say you shouldn’t eat at least an hour before you go swimming. They also say that two wrongs don’t make a right, that you get what you pay for, you can’t win them all, nobody ever said life was fair, what you don’t know won’t hurt you and there’s no such thing as a [...]
Read the full article → Selling Real Estate by Jeff Brown | August 17, 2010Though I’m 59 years old, in just a few weeks I’ll have been licensed for 41 years. Markets have come and gone, economic cycles have lived up to their name. People have cussed and discussed why one property sells quickly while another languishes for months on end. Like anything else, if we run the film [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by J Scott | August 11, 2010There’s a BiggerPockets forum thread going on this week that addresses the issue of realtors, and whether they are worth their fee when selling your investment property. While I’m not going to address that particular issue in this post (suffice it to say, I believe great agents are worth every penny and not-so-great agents will [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Dean Ouellette | August 7, 2010 
1 ) Big news this week as rumors spread like wild fire about an An August Surprise from Obama? Would Fannie and Freddie really be willing to give principle reductions to all underwater home owners? This news caused a tidal wave of bloggers commenting and Tweeting about it. We heard on Friday that the Treasury [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Dean Ouellette | July 31, 2010 
1 ) Why Not Price Our Home A Little High To Leave Room For Negotiation? Because the buyer doesn’t know how much you are willing to negotiate. Your house is going to sell for what the market value is, not more, not less. So price it right to begin with. 2 ) What could the [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by Ben Roberts | July 28, 2010With Realtors like this in abundance, it’s no wonder For Sale By Owners are so difficult to sell your services to. When they start in with their objections many Realtors just throw up the first argument that comes to mind. Fortunately, there are Realtors that are confident in their value to any transaction. We call [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Dean Ouellette | July 18, 2010 
1 ) One of the biggest pieces of news in real estate this week was the Class action suit filed against Bank of America for abuse. BoA should have known you don’t mess with Texas. 2 ) I think some people forget that a Real Estate Contract is legal, binding, can’t just walk away! Buyers [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Dean Ouellette | June 20, 2010 
1 ) REALTOR, it is such a hot button word for many agents. How many agents are told they cannot use the word the way they are using it such as in website names . . . a lot of them. Realtor -vs- Real Estate Agent. When is it Appropriate to Use the Term Realtor? [...]
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