Several years ago, I read an article on one of the real estate websites entitled “Highest and Best Are Not Synonymous.” The title says it all: the highest offer is not always the best o...

This past weekend I watched Woodward and Bernstein yet again as they did a little bit of recon work in order to expose the Watergate scandal. Believe it or not, it is that kind of intense due di...

Christopher Columbus is known for discovering that the world is, in fact, round. Albert Einstein is known for his Theory of Relativity.  Well, I’ve got a theory, too. It’s the t...

I ran into an old acquaintance recently (someone who I hadn’t seen for a number of years), and she was bringing me up to date on the goings on in her life. Some unfortunate things had happened t...

I received a phone call yesterday from a buyer’s agent who was calling on one of our bank-owned (REO) listings. The bank had just reduced...

I’m not exactly sure why Sarah Palin called her book Going Rogue. A rogue is a mischievous or deceitful person. It would seem silly for someone to describe him...

Everyone always discusses the grand irony of short sales. That is, we wait and wait and wait for the bank or the negotiator (or processor) at the bank to finally get to our file. Then, all of a ...

The expression “Cash is king” is often heard throughout the real estate community. But, when it comes to short sales, is cash really king? Does the ban...

On Spring Break with the extended family, I had the opportunity to participate in a rousing game of Monopoly—modern-day Monopoly being that we

There are some great deals out there for investors looking to buy distressed properties—foreclosures and even short sales. But, there are a few things that investor buyers need to be aware of wh...

Is it possible that the time has finally come for investors to buy short sales and get smokin’ deals? Over the past year or two, it has become increasingly more difficult for in...