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Now Taking Real Estate Questions from the Class

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 [...]

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Real Estate News

The Ten Best in RE.net This Week: July 11, 2010 Edition

by Dean Ouellette | July 11, 2010

1 ) Is the real estate blog dead? Is it really time to think about abandoning the real estate blog and shift your attention to other things like email newsletters, video and Facebook? The Death of the Real Estate Blog tries to make that case. 2 ) There has been a push by Posterous lately [...]

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Real Estate Investing

I’m Not Just A Number! The Art of Knowing & Understanding a Seller

by John Fedro | April 24, 2010

The more investors I talk with the more I am convinced that the lost art of conversing and getting to understand a seller and their needs has been replaced with handing over complicated forms and giving low-ball offers. It seems in this fast-paced, digitalized, G4 world, we have forgotten how to make friends before making [...]

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Mortgages & Lending

Selling a Home???? Make your buyers first 6 months payments!

by Troy Schuricht | March 28, 2008

Need an incentive to help move a home? The answer is PITI Abatment. Do not let the financial jargon scare you. For years production builders have used this incentive to move inventory. Now every seller/investor has the opportunity to participate. What is PITI Abatement? An incentive to the buyer to have the first 6 months [...]

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Commentary

The Importance of Real Estate Inspections: Be A Detective when Buying Property

by Mike Farmer | March 11, 2008

The other day I went to a listing appointment and gradually asked enough pointed questions and did enough research that I passed on listing the property. Upon first glance the lot seemed simple, but I noticed some odd layout to the side of it that made it unclear where the property lines ran. After doing [...]

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Real Estate Law

A Primer on Escrowed Funds

by Joshua M. Marks, Esq. | October 15, 2007

Upon signing the agreement of sale in most residential real estate transactions, the buyer pays an “earnest money deposit”, which signifies his intention to purchase the property. Typically, the earnest money deposit is held in the escrow account of the listing broker (who represents the seller) and is applied toward the buyer’s down payment and [...]

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Commentary

Why Are We in a Real Estate Freeze?

by Joshua Dorkin | December 14, 2006

Wonder why the real estate market is in some crazy pseudo-gridlock? I’ve read many explanations of the current post-bubble-pre-collapsing housing market, but none of them hit it on the mark like the one I’m about to share with you. Actually, according to Diane Swonk, chief economist for Chicago-based Mesirow Financial, “we are currently experiencing the [...]

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