The world has changed. The question is, “What are we going to do about it?”
Wal-Mart, Target, Harbor Freight Tools, and scores of other discounters are thriving. But, is that the model that we should pursue? Is that what our customers really want? Are we headed for extinction? With all of the various avenues for information available from valuation websites to transaction advice, are buyers and sellers going to cut us out of the picture? Should they?
Today’s blog will be looking at things from a little different perspective.
My wife and I are thinking of buying a new house. So, we’ve been out looking at houses. It’s tough. We like our house (like, not love) and we really like where we live. As we look around, we wonder if we really want to move. We definitely want more space. We have a three bedroom house and would like to have a four bedroom house. We have a two car garage, and really need more space there (I could fill a six car garage). The yard is a good size, and fenced, like we need it. Enough about that.
The first method I’ll cover to invest in Real Estate is
Here is a look at the residential real estate market for Gwinnett County for the last two years as well as looking at overall trends that will affect investors and “move-up” buyers in the next few months.
Looking at the numbers up through June of 2007, there are a couple of trends that seem to be materializing. New listings are up year to date (YTD) about 15% over last year. May and June are up 11% and 9% respectively over the same period last year. The trend seems to be
I had an interesting experience a couple of weekends ago, and I’ll get to it in just a moment.
On TV, or in the movies, I often see derogatory stereotypes of real estate agents. I see us portrayed as less than intelligent, greedy, and not very scrupled. We aren’t portrayed as dangerous, but rather ineffectual. It has always bothered me, since in most of my dealings I have dealt with agents that were honest and hard-working. Of course there have been a few that weren’t the