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“Most look up and admire the stars. A champion climbs a mountain and grabs one.” Author was unknown but undoubtedly accomplished something…

Stigmatized Property Now that the horrors of Halloween are over, what if you inherited a real haunted house? What if you owned a psychologically impacted home, a haunted house, and wanted to sell. Or what if you inherited a house in which a murder or suicide occurred. Are you required as the seller to report […]

“The universe will fill your cup – if you carry a big cup, a little cup or a thimble.” Spiritual Teacher, Sonia Choquette

  Looking to sell your house in hot market, landlord and journalist, Laura Agadoni, cautions real estate professionals through her article on Trulia that, while a hot real estate market, where homes sell faster than two months, may seem to be the answer to a seller’s prayer, there can be problems Agadoni identifies five areas where sellers tend to […]

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning, gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." Songwriter, Bob Dylan

Interesting article at Seeking Alpha by Chris Brightman titled Investing vs Flipping. The article compares Atlanta to Orange County, California. Brightman writes, “Four years ago Dave, a long-time friend and real estate investor from Atlanta, explained that the residential real estate crisis had hit Atlanta hard. Countless thousands of homes had been foreclosed and were […]

"After noticing a mosquito landing on your testicles, one quickly realizes that one is not able to resolve all problems with violence…" Patrick Lemoine, Pacifist

Geoff Williams shares on the US News some pointers on how to sell a not-so-awesome house. In other words, how to sell an ugly house. Money talks – According to Williams, even if the house is something of an eyesore, you can still sell it, but for less.”Simply subtract the cost of the repairs from what the […]

“What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.” Entrepreneur, George Eastman

Is the rise of the discount real estate broker the same as the movement in the early 1990s to the discount stock broker? I ask because of the interesting article by Matt Kempner in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution titled “UnReal estate agents: why do we still buy, sell homes this way?” The article says “About $940 million would […]