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  Whether the present programs intended to help embattled home owners get control of mortgage payments and keep their homes go far enough is debatable. What is not debatable is that millions of Americans are still facing difficult odds with more expenses than income. And one of the biggest, in mo...
04/10/2009
The answer depends on your reason for selling and your expectations for the sale. If you have already decided to move, taken a job elsewhere, have purchased another home, or are facing mortgage payments you cannot afford any longer, then the answer is definitely, Yes. If the kids no longer living...
12/25/2008
During the current presidential campaign the tax proposals of the candidates have come in for considerable discussion but I have not heard a strong defense of the danger concentration of wealth at the top poses for our society and the economic well-being of everyone. Robert Reich, former Secretar...
10/09/2008
I think it was Tom Peters who first used this phrase. What he was saying was that continuing to do things the way we've always done them is not going to guarantee success in the future. Even though, or especially though, the way we've been doing things has produced success in the past. Maybe it w...
10/07/2008
I don't think it is a purely academic question to ask whether "listing agent" or "listing broker" is the best way to refer to the agent representing the Seller. The clear implication is that the primary task of this agent is to "list the seller's property on MLS." Sure that is an important reason...
07/02/2008
While none of us are in the real estate business as a public service, if we are the professionals we should be our goal will always be to put our clients interests first.In today's housing market a lot of clients are confused, frightened, threatened, and in real trouble. They got into trouble wit...
09/18/2007
In real estate as in other areas of our social interaction, there is little likelihood that any two observers will draw identical conclusions from the same set of "facts". Sometimes it is selective memory, wishful thinking, divergent backgrounds, etc. But the issue is not why two people draw dive...
09/02/2007
Recently I got out of my car to greet a client and assist them in evaluating a property they were considering.  Almost the first thing the client said as he took my hand was, "Over the past month we have called at least a half dozen agents inquiring about property, but YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO RE...
08/07/2007
I have only been working in real estate on a ful-time basis for a little less than a year. However I have more than four decades of experience working in the public and private sectors, managing large and small organizations, and the similarities are striking.No one questions that today's real es...
07/22/2007
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How's the Real Estate Market? Is this a good time to buy? to sell? are among the most common questions that every REALTOR® encounters on a daily basis. Being known as the "Real Estate Doctor" and being the author of "Seven Steps to Home Ownership", I receive questions daily about virtually every aspect of real estate from buyers, sellers, bankers, other Realtors®. This Blog is a kind of FAQ of the questions people raise and the answers I provide.