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Many small business owners struggle with the dilemma of deciding whether to buy, rent, or lease office space. If you ask business consultants or real estate brokers, you will get conflicting answers. The key point to remember is this: Each small business brings its own unique situations and concerns to the table, which [...]

There’s a joke going around in the real estate world that next to terrorism, housing concern will be the leading issue in this year’s presidential election in the United States. But apparently there is some truth to this jest because we have heard not only once from our presidential aspirants about their thoughts on the [...]

In its desire to come up with ways to encourage proper use of energy, the State Assembly in California has proposed that an energy audit be conducted in all residential and business establishments. Furthermore, the legislators are pushing the idea of requiring all real estate property owners to have an energy audit just in time [...]

When a consumer submits information to Zillow for anonymous quote lenders in the system, they can “bid” on the quote. Rates, fees, terms and quotes are then forwarded with a brief background from sellers as well as their picture and a link to the profile page of the property they are selling. Principal and [...]

Quite ironically, while there are plenty of homeless people out there, in the United States, there are millions of unoccupied homes. This situation was brought about when wrong assumptions by speculators created a false demand thereby causing builders to construct more houses than what the market actually needed.
Based on the circumstances it appears there is [...]

Sometimes, we view ourselves as intelligent, invincible and invulnerable to risk that we tend to make stupid mistakes.
We are simply stuck in the moment. Sometimes, we experience illogical liveliness. In doing both expansions and contractions as a business owner, keep your perspective practical, try to see the bigger picture, and make decisions that are [...]

The real estate market has its ups and downs but there are still many advantages investing in real estate. You can anticipate market trends and even if something causes the real estate to go down, it will come back in a matter of time.
People are always moving into different locations and this in turn translates [...]

News circulating around the realty business always drop the term “declining market” like it is the last definitive determinant of the real estate market today. But this assumption leaves us to wonder - why there is a declining market and who or what is creating this “declining market”.
It appears the business climate in the realty [...]

Slavic Village in Cleveland, is experiencing a rise in crime rates. The culprit? Foreclosures in the neighborhood that forced a lot of homeowners to move out. The Country Treasurer reports that at least 800 homes have been vacated. It has attracted squatters and looters.