Boise, Idaho Real Estate News and Information

  This is great information for Idaho consumers to be aware of.  A big thanks to my friend Janna for posting this.  Idahoans need to be very cautious of these types of scams.  A good rule of thumb is "If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is."     Don't be the victim of a scam!  On Septem...

Boise, Idaho short sale success, another one closed in 64 days!   We just closed on my 2133 Leadville property in Boise, Idaho.  I couldn't have been more happy with the outcome.  The sellers came in asking us for help and in 64 days from contract to close we were able to successfully get them r...

There's no shortage of companies promising to save troubled homeowners from foreclosure through loan modifications.  Many of them charging an upfront fee ranging from 1000-3000 dollars.  Once the fee is paid they do little or nothing at all on the loan modification. Now the government is conside...

I have designed a new website for our team and I would greatly appreciated some feedback from the AR community.    The web copy is not done yet so that will be changing.  Not all the links work as some of the pages are still under development.  I'm just trying to get a feel for what people think ...

I pride myself on working hard to support my family.  I put in long hours and never quite feel like I've done enough.  I was reminded the other day of an important lesson.  I don't know if it was a broken hearted client who had been through a tough divorce counseling me after I remarked I live a...

Want to dominate your market area?  Are you wondering how?  Well you could take after one of the biggest retailers in the world and focus on getting the business that steep discounts alone won't buy you. Walmart, the nations leading discount retailer, is launching a new campaign aimed at crushin...

I got a call from an upset potential buyer this weekend who happened to see my sign at a property out in the country and took it upon himself to head down the driveway and announce to the owner that he wanted to see the house.  I wasn't there so I don't know what exchange took place but accordin...

So I'm watching a show on Mayan predictions this morning when a commercial comes on.  Between carrying on conversations with the wife and kids and I here something about a lottery for the chance of survival after the events of December 2012 destroy the world as we know it. I chuckled to myself a...

Sandy Childs recently did a blog post asking why Active Rain did not allow users to upload BMP files that are commonly associated with clip art files.  I gave here the quick answer in the comments and thought it would be a great one to expand on for anyone wondering about the types what file typ...

Who says physics doesn't apply to real estate?  We can all do a little rocket science of our own. There's a lesson to be learned about goal setting from the accuracy in which an unmanned rocket reaches it's intended goal. A rocket moving at incredibly high speeds toward and intended goal does no...