Back to the stretches…

We just got back from the Thrashers/Lightning game. The Thrashers were on fire (for a change) and Tampa Bay 6-2. Everything worked. Passes connected. Bounces went the right way. The calls were pretty good. For the Thrashers, anyway…

Of course, this isn’t from tonight, but it is [...]

I ran across a blog post by Jay Thompson regarding a story in the Wall Street Journal about on-line home searches. He noted that in his area the WSJ had it wrong. He researched the numbers for the local MLS, Trulia and Zillow. His findings were that Zillow only showed about 10-31% [...]

Sitting down this morning getting my Fox News fix, I noticed a release by the NAR that has me re-thinking a position I have taken…

Here is the link to the NAR news release.  To summarize, the position the NAR takes is that housing will start to pick up in 2008.  Existing home sales will rebound, [...]

Everyone has weighed in with their opinions about the proposed government bailout of some of the 1.2 million people facing foreclosure… I guess I’ll toss out my nickel (side thought… if everyone that has offered an opinion actually gave up the nickel, WE could bail out the people facing foreclosure…)

I don’t like government bailouts.

I’m a [...]

What is it going to take to make them happy? Did someone at the DoJ have an unsatisfactory experience with a real estate agent? Or is it simply that they know our approval ratings are down there with our Democrat led Congress (which would love to have even the dismal ratings of George [...]

I know, I know. It is one of those pervasive statements in real estate. Everyone in the business says it.

Buyers are liars.

But, are they really? I don’t think so. My buyers tell me exactly what they want, and then they buy it. When they don’t, I eventually figure out I’m [...]

Familiar?

Let me give you a quick idea of what it is. Keep in mind that I am not a tax professional, or a lawyer… just a real estate agent.

I guess the easiest way to say it is that it is phantom income. For our current purposes, let’s look at a short sale. [...]

Soon to hit the MLS, you saw it here first…

This is a great 1 bedroom/1 bathroom condo that also features a den/office. With 966 square feet (tax records) of interior room, and a 103 square foot patio (builder’s plan), there is more space than in other 1bd/1ba floorplans.

This is a great top-floor unit with [...]

Sorry to disappoint.

I picked up a story today about a “Bubble Blogger” in San Fransisco. I actually enjoyed the article. Here is the link. I have read a few of these bubble blogs in the last couple of years. Some are quite educated, and others are just rants. I actually haven’t [...]

This morning, the NAR kindly sent me this little update through the Real Estate Insights eNewsletter. It explains, quite well, the steps that we will need to move through before the market stabilizes, both locally and nationally. And then, this afternoon, in my REALTOR(R) Magazine Daily Online, I got this story.

Both have something [...]