Florida Real Estate Report

In our Atlanta tax practice, we meet individuals every day who have unfiled tax returns.  We have seen situations where returns have not been filed for years, or even decades.   When the IRS discovers a non-filer (a common occurrance in our age where the internet makes it hard to hide from the g...

The lack of existing inventory in Connecticut for sale has forced many homebuyers to begin looking at new construction. When you buy a newly constructed home instead of an existing home, there are many extra steps that must take place. To ensure a hassle-free process, here are 5 tips to keep in ...

As a broker owner you must have adequate controls since you are the responsible party. There is, however, a delicate balance between control and empowerment. Here is a problem that comes up all too often. A business owner or agency owner spends most of his or her time working IN the business and...

Vacant Staging - What You Don’t Want to Do   If you are considering selling your property and leaving it vacant or are an investor with a vacant property, there are tips to help you make sure that it stands out to all potential buyers.   Empty properties can present a different set of issues for...

I traveled to West Virginia this week with my sister, Madeline, to meet up with another sister, Maureen. Somehow along the way when looking at Google Maps on my phone, we must have dropped a new destination pin. As the car climbed up over Cheat Mountain, we lost our cell signals but the map stil...

  Authenticity is perhaps the most important concept in personal branding for luxury real estate or any other real estate marketing professionals. Without authenticity, you live in a masquerade ball or hell as we see it.   What is at stake if you forego authenticity? Quite simply, it is your own...

Don’t let the Blastards get you down.   A refusal to allow early occupancy, turned into an endless, streaming rant on the other side. Sad that someone would feel entitled to throw a tantrum simply because they were told NO.    Too many things can go wrong and the liability lies on the homeowner'...

“Working with a REALTOR” may not mean that you have REALTOR Representation. Yep! You’ve decided to buy a house. You’ve been told that it would behoove you to work with a REALTOR because the process of buying a house is very complex. You: know a REALTOR – or have been referred by a family member,...

Recently, people have been asking if mortgage interest rates will be going up. That’s a good question. And it’s good to be concerned about it if you’re considering buying a home in the near future. There’s no way to definitely answer this, let alone how much the rates will go up. They go up and ...

Updating your home provides you with an excellent opportunity to increase property value, update the home’s style and improve its functionality for your current and future needs. Many homeowners have been dreaming about what their remodeled home may look like for many years, so you understandabl...