Every couple of months while we’re driving from one property showing to the next a client says begrudgingly “you have such an easy job driving around looking at houses all day”. Yeah,right. The recent flurry of articles proclaiming that today’s real estate commissions are too high in relation to the amount of work agents do [...]

Agents, home staging is a tool that you can use to “Stand Out” from the crowd.Real Estate Agents are competing on a daily basis to service sellers and buyers. Great Agents are always trying to find a way to set themselves apart from the rest of the competition.If you are a agent and looking to [...]

In my daily dealings with small business owners I see entrepreneurs struggle with the question of whether to lease or own consistently. The idea of owning can be very appealing, especially now as interest rates are still low (historically), new loan programs are popping up like 90% non SBA financing and 30 year fixed programs. [...]

Marketing yourself and your real estate business needs to be a daily activity. Just think of it as getting to know as many people as possible so that you can do business with them.Social networking is one of the best ways to attract new people. Sites such as Facebook, Ning and even MySpace can give [...]

Real estate can and should be part of your investment thinking. This is true even if the only real estate you own is your home. You may think of your home in non-financial terms-a haven from the daily grind, a spot to put your feet up and let your hair down, or a meeting place [...]

Recent years have seen a surge in people investing in real estate. They seem to have finally realized that real estate is possibly the only investment which offers a tight safety-net in today’s volatile and highly unpredictable world economy. While the U.S. dollar can not seem to rise out of its nosedive and the U.S. [...]