John's Blog

I was watching HGTV's Design Star with my wife last evening and they were speaking of the devastation in New Orleans that still exists today. It is unbelievable to me that in this great country we can not put people back in their homes a full three years later. I know that many of the displaced h...

Scott Storch is losing his $10 million dollar home in Miami Beach Fl. Just last year this 34 year old was worth an estimated 70 million. Maybe his friends Christina Aguilera and Beyonce can help him out. After all he was their producer. Should I feel bad for him? Well I wouldn't wish it on anyone...

Today in The Boston Globe I noticed an article about a poor soul that was being pressured by her lender with a scheduled auction of her families home. She evidently was afraid of sharing this knowledge with her husband and family. On the day of the scheduled auction about 1.5 hours before it was ...

My home state of Massachusetts is again going to offer a tax free holiday shopping weekend. I know that most of our residents are looking forward to this but I really think that we would be much better served if they lowered the state income tax back to the 5% level that was voted on and approved...

Number 1,  There were 356,000 acres of tobacco planted in this country in 2007. Simply put I would outlaw the farming of tobacco on U.S. Soil. In it's place according to the dept of agriculture if we planted the same acreage with corn we could expect 152.8 bushels per acre yield which at $3.40 in...

you know, not to hot not too nice but good home viewing weather. The kind that makes people not wish they were at the beach. Though for this particular home they have to drive by a beautiful beach to get to it. Anyway I don't wish for dozens of house hunters, but I do wish for just one serious bu...

While doing my morning search of interesting web sites I came across this one. www.Criminal searches.com Another great tool for helping your buyer clients with information on the neighborhoods that they are interested in. I've spent some time looking through the site and it seems fairly easy to u...

and the talking heads on all the news stations picked up on it. Boy am I glad. The poor guy was asking 125 million and had to settle. At least this time he didn't file for bankcruptcy like the times before. I wonder if he paid a commission or was he a F.S.B.O. You might guess correctly that I am ...

When I bought the home I currently live in the interest rate was 12.9% fixed for 25 years. I thought I got a bargain because I knew that others had recently paid as much as 17% fixed for 30 years. With the rates on fixed loans somewhere near 6.5 to 7% I really do not understand why some folks are...