What's new at Property SpecialistFlat Fee MLS Listings Is this the future of real estate
Realtors are all a buzz about this new form of listing houses on the MLS (multiple listing service)... (read more)
Reinventing Real Estate, Part 1: Online and Empowered Consumers Are Taking Charge and Paying Less
For decades, the real estate world turned in a predictable manner. The roles of buyers, sellers and real estate professionals were fairly well defined and transactions followed a predictable path of yard signs, newspaper ads, open houses and miles of... (read more)
How to Get Comps
There are primarily four ways to get information on comparable sales (comps) when trying to determine the value of a target property... (read more)
Where Does Your Real Estate Commission Fee Go - Why is The Commission so HIGH?
Many who have bought and sold properties through Realtors numerous times; even many real estate agents themselves, don't know where the commission money goes... (read more)
Flat Fee MLS Listings - Is This The Future Of Real Estate
Realtors are all a buzz about this new form of listing houses on the MLS (multiple listing service). Some feel it creates more work for the buyers agent, while others see this as a way to tap into the For Sale By Owner market... (read more)
The Listing Contract: Its All in the Details
Now that you?e chosen a real estate professional to sell your home, you?l need to work together to complete a listing agreement... (read more)
Engage the Power of the Internet to Find Your Perfect Home
Finding the perfect home is always a challenge. It's easy to be overwhelmed by the number of choices and all the time required... (read more)
For Sale By Owner Listings
Selling your home on your own, without a Realtor, is becoming less and less popular. This is surprising, considering that home values have skyrocketed and commissions have risen along with them... (read more)
Fantasy Gap [fast money in real estate]
I was in the rental business for seven-years, made 1.3 million dollars the first five years, got ill, and had to get out of it slowly, but had the money to do it. I could have made five million had I stayed in another five years... (read more)
How to Build a Real Estate Investing Power Team
As you continue to read about real estate investing, you will no doubt come across the term 'power team'... (read more)
Boston Real Estate? You Still Have Considerable Control Over the Sale of Your Boston Home
Boston real estate is a hot topic. Daily newspaper articles comment on whether or not a bubble exists in the Boston real estate market, when and if it will pop, how interest rates affect the market, why Boston residents are snapping up interest-only... (read more)
Real Estate Professional in the Palm of Your Hand
GETTING THE MOST FOR THE LEASE-TRACKING YOUR REAL ESTATEIf you own rentals and/or investment properties, you know that you have to keep track of your portfolio, maintenance profiles, property managers, and related financial matters... (read more)
A Real Estate Investing Primer
There are a great many books and web sites devoted to real estate investing out there, but most of them concentrate on one specific area of investing... (read more)
Debunking the Myth of More Net Gain With For Sale by Owner
Are you thinking of selling your home on your own, without the aid and professional advice of a qualified REALTOR? You may want to re-examine your decision to do so,... (read more)
The Benefits of A Real Estate Agent 101
Buying and selling property is not as easy as you may think. There are many things that you have to consider when purchasing a home, or when putting a home up for sale... (read more)
Take A Shotgun Approach
An effective real estate advertising strategy entails a 'shotgun' approach. A shotgun approach includes online internet ads, regular print ads in major real estate publications (AJC) of the property's location, as well as popular local area... (read more)
Finding a Great Listing Agent for Your Home: 8 Tips
If you've decided to list your home, you'll be paying a real estate agent a significant amount of money to the hard work of selling your home. Therefore, you have the right to expect prompt attention, good service, and protection... (read more)
A Real Estate Primer
There are a great many books and web sites devoted to real estate investing out there, but most of them concentrate on one specific area of investing... (read more)
How To Determine The Price Of Your Home
Why is it that some homes sit on the market for a year while others sell like hot cakes? Frustrated sellers will blame a bad market, while a good real estate professional will tell you that many times, a slow sale is often attributed to the listing... (read more)
Real Estate Investing with No Cash and No Credit
Lots of folks think it can? be done.How in the world can you buy a piece of real estate property without cash or credit? How is it possible to buy a $50,000 house or a $1 million dollar house if I don? have an abundance of cash or an excellent credit... (read more)
The Listing Agents Role in Selling Your California Home
Advertising to the? ublic?very home seller likes to be assured that their listing agent and or their real estate company will run ads featuring their home... (read more)
Why Good Houses Dont Sell?
When a house doesn't sell as quickly as expected, it's easy (for the owner anyway) to lay the blame on a soft real estate market, or a lousy selling season. After all, neither of those things are the seller? faults, nor under the seller's control... (read more)
The Best Way To Get Real Estate Listings
The Real Estate Industry is HUGE and is a golden opportunity for real estate agents. National average home sales exceed $200,000.00 and real estate commissions are big and plentiful.No wonder so many people are getting licensed as real estate agents... (read more)
Real Estate Appraisal Do Your Own
For single family homes, there are two basic methods used in real estate appraisal. They are replacement cost analysis, and using comparable sales... (read more)
What Is a CMA
"CMA" is an abbreviation real estate agents use for a Comparative Market Analysis. A CMA gives an estimated sale price for a property given current market conditions. It's prepared by a real estate agent and it usually comes in report form... (read more)
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