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By John Mangas, Real Estate Broker with RE/MAX Preferred Toledo, Ohio     Can we agree that property values in metro Toledo have fallen over the past 6 years?   Would 30% be a fair number?   Have you heard that you can obtain a 30 year fixed rate loan for around 4%?   Did you realize that the sa...

By John Mangas, real estate broker www.metrotoledohomes.com   Well…not exactly, but being aware how to protect yourself from identity theft is a great start in preventing your good name from being misused. As a realtor with RE/MAX Preferred in Toledo Ohio, I see just how important it is to protec...

I’m a RE/MAX broker in Toledo Ohio with 85 associates in 3 locations and over 700 listings. We closed about 1700 transaction in 2010 and are on track to do so again in 2011. We do business throughout Metro-Toledo and sell homes, condos, apartments, land etc. Basically, we deal with all types of p...

By John Mangas, Real Estate Broker with RE/MAX Preferred Toledo, Ohio   I am an optimistic person by nature and think of myself as a glass half full person.Today is December 30, 2011 and I am forced to look at 2012 with one part optimism and one part realism. This is where it gets difficult.Yes, ...

By John Mangas, RE/MAX Preferred Broker/Co-Owner Toledo, Ohio   The Holidays are here!   Amid the news stories of foreclosures, government shut down, unemployment numbers, consumer spending trends, political debates etc. there was a news story that caught my attention. A small story that is huge....

By John Mangas, Real Estate Broker in Toledo Ohio     Most of us recall the song in the title from the 1987 REM release, even if we can’t sing every word of every verse.   My thought is simple; the brokerage business has changed dramatically and the world we lived in has ended. Do you feel fine? ...

By John Mangas, real estate broker, Toledo, Ohio     The experts at CNBC* posted a story to their website “12 Most Overrated jobs” on November 10th.                 I read the story and was surprised to see that among their top 12 list was being a Real Estate Agent. They reference CareerCost.com ...

By John Mangas, Real Estate Broker Toledo, Ohio   It’s early November… The pumpkins and Halloween decorations are still being displayed at my house. The weekend was sunny & in the 60’s and I was even thinking about one more boat ride on Lake Erie. Then it happened; I got in the car Saturday morni...

By John Mangas, real estate broker   “No…that’s not what you said…”   And then it goes downhill from there.   Misunderstandings are a natural part of the communication cycle. If we become more aware of how we send and receive, respond and react, we reduce the number of misunderstandings that occu...

Maybe... http://www.ohiorealtors.org/news/eNews/backup/RE10PowerPoint.pdf The link above is the PowerPoint  from a presentation that I saw in Columbus last week. It was put on by Dr. Paul Bishop, VP of Research for NAR. Great information about the state of our economy and housing industry. We nee...