Archives for November 2011

Holiday Home Buying: Pros & Cons

Real estate is a cyclical market meaning there is a cycle in which the sales of homes generally follows. Historically, spring and summer time is when you will find the most activity in the housing market. The weather is favorable and most families like to move while the kids are on summer break. So what about […]

How Investors Buy Real Estate

Have you ever wondered how real estate investors continue to generate great income in just about any market conditions. What are they doing that you’re not? We look at the same properties right? Wrong! With a few exceptions here and there, real estate investors who purchsase properties with the intent of improving them for resale […]

The Renter: A Short Sale’s Biggest Gamble

A short sale, the sale of a property in which the amount owed exceeds it’s current value is common place in the real estate market ever since home values began declining in the late 2000s. Short sales are performed by thousands of sellers everyday as they attempt to avoid foreclosure and get out from under an unbearable mortgage which […]

A Gift To Veterans: Free Money

On Veterans day we especially like to thank those who have served as well as those currently serving in defense of our country. There are many perks associated with military service such as medical benefits and the GI Bill but the biggest benefit in my opinion is the Housing Allowance provided when coupled with your […]

Buying a Home: How Much Money Do I Need?

When buying a home, we can all get cought up in the excitement of searching for that elusive property we will soon be calling home. Open houses, scheduled showings and even new home tours which present us with so many options, opportunities and dreams of what homeownership will be like without having a full understanding […]