All Blog Posts Tagged 'estate' (248)

Consumer Advocate and Watchdog for Homeownership in America

Many have called for consumer watchdogs in the wake of the financial crisis in America. Just yesterday, President Obama announced the need for consumer assistance in understanding complex financial decisions and transactions such as mortgages. While, I'm sure there are varying opinions on who should step up to take this role (government or private sector), we beleive the free markets have already solutioned for this need with the growth of National Home Loan Advocates. Consumers finally have an… Continue

Added by Joshua Campbell on December 5, 2009 at 10:10am — No Comments

Real Estate Investment Tips, Risk Assessment and Strategy

Three Tips to Help You Avoid Stepping Face First into Real Estate Risk Limiting risk in real-estate investments substantially increases your chances of earning high returns. A solid risk assessment prevents you from getting burned, losing your initial investment or much worse. Investors pick real estate for three main reasons: Earn positive cash flow, take advantage of tax benefits or gain the satisfaction of impacting the lives of others. No matter which combination of these reasons att… Continue

Added by Thomas J. Powell on December 4, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Real Estate Trends - Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and the Greater Antelope Valley December 4 '09

The trend in the greater Antelope Valley is appears to be starting early as the numbers show December have started off like gang busters. With projected open escrows over 600 and sold homes running in the 400 range. January looks to be the start of the comeback year. Low end homes prices are on the rise thus putting upwards pursuer on the rest of the market. Even new homes are coming into the market. The high Desert, Antelope Valley, Palmdale Lancaster areas have the best pr… Continue

Added by Richard OBrian on December 4, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Century 21 Sun & Sand Mexico ~ Career Opportunities...NOW Is The Best Time To Work In Mexico

CENTURY 21 INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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Added by Heidi Wosak on December 4, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Don’t Worry, Wal-Mart Will Hire Us!

It’s time that someone finally comes out and tells all you REALTORS® that you don’t have to worry. Wal-Mart will hire us...when they put in their real estate offices in their stores. Did you catch that? I said “us”. Yes, the jerk writing this article is a REALTOR® himself. Telling you this doesn’t come with much trepidation and thought, but I am compelled to share this with you. Why as an industry are we so slow to adapt? Why do we not embrace change and decide to make a differenc… Continue

Added by Terry LeClair on December 3, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Dangerous Property Manager Contracts - Don’t Sign if your contract says this …

Your relationship with your Property Manager is key to the success of your Commercial Property Investments. This relationship starts with your Contract AND we have found a lot of Property Managers Contracts are heavily weighted in favor of the Property Manager. These dangerous contracts are often presented as if they are “standard”… Not True. You get what you negotiate. The last thing you want is to be locked into a contract with a poorly performing Property Manager… and no easy way out…… Continue

Added by Dike Drummond MD on December 2, 2009 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Louisiana Real Estate Appraisal - A Great Career Choice!

Watching the news you will see story after story about the struggling economy, and no state in recent history has been hit harder than Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina triggered a recession in Louisiana long before it hit the rest of the United States. With the country in the beginning stages of its recovery, opportunity in certain sectors will be greater than ever. Leading the economic recovery will be the rebounding real estate market. One professional that will be in demand will be the Louisiana… Continue

Added by David Goldstein on November 30, 2009 at 1:44pm — No Comments

Residential Foreclosure Listings In Franklin NC - Bald Head

Franklin North Carolina, Macon County has experienced some rough financial times as well as the rest of the nation says… Continue

Added by John Becker * Bald Head on November 30, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Mortgage Rates PLUNGE to mid 4% in Franklin NC Real Estate Market

Mortgage Rates PLUNGE to mid 4% in Franklin NC Real Estate Market Mortgage Rates in U.S. Fall to 4.87% As a real estate broker, it's always fun to watch what excites other people. A real estate broker will get excited that he or she has a new listing, or a hot sales contract that is closing or perhaps a great referral from another agent, this list goes on. But what really gets me is to see the look on a bank officer's face when they come into the real estate office all excited over NUMBERS! Ye… Continue

Added by John Becker * Bald Head on November 28, 2009 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Your Real Estate Ownwership Options in Mexico

Your Ownership Options By Raul O'Farrill In previous articles we reviewed some of the history of the bank trust mechanism that enables non-Mexicans to purchase real estate along Mexico's coasts, as well as the importance of working with a reputable real estate bro… Continue

Added by Raul O'Farrill on November 28, 2009 at 6:57pm — No Comments

Strong overseas demand for Mexico

Strong overseas demand for Mexico Thursday, November 26, 2009 Catherine Deshayes The Mexico property market has received a timely boost from overseas nationals - primarily North Americans - looking to buy an affordable retirement property in Mexico, reports Overseas Property Professional (OPP)... Data released by Latin American portal VivaReal.net has revealed a dramatic increase in the volume of enquiries for residential properties in Mexico, with figures up 34% for Americans and 37% for Ca… Continue

Added by Heidi Wosak on November 26, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Tentatively and Sporadically, Real Estate Investing Makes a Comeback

Tentatively and Sporadically, Real Estate Investing Makes a Comeback Published : November 24, 2009 in Knowledge@Wharton Real estate is showing some early signs of a revival as an attractive investment destination compared to other opportunities like corporate debt, but the equity and debt markets have to open their wallets with more confidence to resume a normal flow of deals. That was one notabl… Continue

Added by Rodney Brooks on November 25, 2009 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Ana Verde or is it Anaverde Great Homes Great Deals In Palmdale CA

Ana Verde a housing development just off the 14 freeway has dropped over 50% in value in the past two years. With large homes to choose from it is seeing a raise in sale during recent months.

If you are looking for a great deal and are looking for a lager home Ana Verde (Anaverde) might be a g… Continue

Added by Richard OBrian on November 25, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Quality over Quanity as A Real Estate Agent, Mississauga

I have always enjoyed quality over quantity in all aspects of my life. Give me 1 great movie to enjoy instead of 10 so/so movies. The same goes for service that is provided to me and that includes real estate service. I have been a buyer and a seller in my "before I became an agent" days. I hope I have given the quality kind in my "now I'm an agent days". Don't get me wrong; mistakes are made, deals do not close, and there are many cracks in the details that can (and do) slip through. A real es… Continue

Added by Betty Bartusevicius on November 24, 2009 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Commercial Market Boom & Bust - This graph tells it all

Can you say “BUBBLE”? Here is a bar graph of US Commercial Property Sales closed from January 2000 to June of 2009. It so clearly tells a tale of Boom and Bust. A picture is so worth 1000 words.

Interestingly the peak is earlier than you might think. It is centered around April of 2005 - April of… Continue

Added by Dike Drummond MD on November 24, 2009 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Know Thyself...

I've been studying human achievement for almost 30 years (professionally for over 20 years), and the longer I do this work, the more I see that the "recipe" for achievement is simpler and in many ways, much easier than most people believe. In fact, Socrates described the basics almost 3000 years ago with the simple phrase, "Know thyself." First: Know your strengths High achievement comes from knowing what you do well, what you love and where your passion lies. Mid-level performance comes… Continue

Added by Richard OBrian on November 24, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Real Estate Insurance Myths de-Bunked...

Insurance is the one thing for which we pay that we never want to use. However, in the event you need it, you certainly want to be properly protected. The points presented here should hopefully allow you to grasp a few of the pertinent insurance issues for whatever your real estate endeavor may be. Myth # (presented in no particular order): 1.Insurance is mutually exclusive of estate, tax, and financial planning… Actually, insurance inter-relates to each of these, as they should work in harmo… Continue

Added by Tim Norris on November 24, 2009 at 10:37am — No Comments

property Glossary ( UK )

Acceptance: When you are offered and accept a mortgage offer from a lender this is what you need to sign and return.
APR: Stands for 'Annual Percentage Rate' relating to interest on a loan
Applicant: The term used by an estate agent to refer to you when you are a potential buyer of a property.
Appraisal: When selling your house an estate agent will 'app

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Added by Nick Alexandrou on November 22, 2009 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Construction India 2010

Construction India 2009 Efficient & Successful Delivery of Construction Projects - on Time and on Budget 12th February 2010, ITC Sheraton, Saket, New Delhi – India KEY THEMES:- • Learn about latest government regulations, build awareness of restrictions and take advantage of new opportunities • Recent developments in contract laws and dispute resolution • Drafting construction contracts to avoid time losses and damages in commercial buildings • Revolutionizing Indian housing, apartments &a… Continue

Added by Virtue Insight on November 22, 2009 at 1:45am — No Comments

Construction India 2010

Construction India 2010 Efficient & Successful Delivery of Construction Projects - on Time and on Budget 12th February 2010, ITC Sheraton, Saket, New Delhi – India