Category: Real Estate

After more than a decade as a licensed New York State real estate seller, I have often been asked if there is a better time to SELL one’s home. While there are many simplistic answers to this question, the reality is that it often depends on a number of...

Real estate has several unique characteristics that affect its value. There are economic characteristics and physical characteristics. Real estate is a product to buy but it is different from any other due to the characteristics that will be discussed here. The economic characteristics that influence value are scarcity, improvements,...

Understanding Revocable and Irrevocable Trust Real Property Living trusts have become a common tool for managing financial assets due to the estate planning and tax benefits they can bring. When establishing a trust, you must decide whether it should be revocable or irrevocable. This decision determines how much control...

Although there are hundreds, thousands, of licensed real estate sellers, in this nation, only a small potential, is capable of making a somewhat unique difference, for the better, compared to the rest-of-the-pack! After all, unless/until this professional you hire is ready, willing, and able to get the most out...

Studies have shown that the air in most stuffy homes is laden with pollutants like dust, mold spores, bacteria, chemical fumes from cleaning products, and more, and there is a connection between these pollutants and increased symptoms of asthma that we’ve been looking at. the last years. However, purchasing...

Are you about to start investing in real estate? Or maybe you’ve already put your toe in the water, but want to learn more. Here’s an overview of the factors you should look at to project your potential return on an investment. Purchase Price: Obviously, the amount of money...

There are hundreds of channels on TVs now with people watching things we never would have imagined just a couple of decades ago. We have several 24-hour news networks, a station devoted entirely to food, a dozen or more 24-hour sports stations, another focused on cartoons, even one entirely...

How much can I sell my intarsia joinery for? This is the question I get asked all the time. So I know at least some of you are considering trying to sell your work. So how much are they worth? Early days: a typical scenario You’ve gotten started with...

Who are you going to believe about how the flat rate MLS industry works? There are four “business models” that offer flat fee MLS listings in Florida: one) national website: They are not licensed in Florida, but they collect money and then refer it to a Florida discount real...

In the last 10 years, home sellers have. There is no need for inspections. If a buyer’s inspector found a problem, another buyer would come. But that has changed. It’s VERY hard to get buyers into escrow now, and it’s very easy to lose them if they find problems...