Many people I talk to who purchase a second home or condo ski property in the Park City or Deer Valley Utah area want to place their property in a nightly rental pool to generate extra income. It's a great way to offset property costs but don't plan on it paying for itself with very little down. In order for the rental income to possibly pay for your second home or condo you generally need a very large percentage down. Property management companies who book and clean nightly rental properties... Read Full Post

Two million rental houses and apartments disappeared in this country from 1993 through 2003, reports the Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. Wow! A lower supply should mean a higher demand. And a higher demand means higher rents. Put that together with higher interest rates and what should be ever-increasing foreclosures in 2007. According to a recent article in the New York Sun, 62 percent of sub-prime loans made in 2005 were made with little or no income verification. In addit... Read Full Post

It's one of the worst things to ever happen in the search engine copywriting field: the discovery of keyword density. I won't venture off into a discussion about whether keyword density is still a valid measure of search engine optimized (SEO) copywriting success. I will say, however, that the mere introduction of this concept led to the mutilation and destruction of innocent copy all across the globe. Without any regard to flow or customer experience, website owners around the world began sh... Read Full Post

The good news about the Atlantla luxury real estate market no longer means that you must live in Buckhead to enjoy fine homes and amenities you have come to expect in the luxury real estate market. In fact, you might consider whether or not the city of Atlanta is the right place for such a large investment. I am not saying that areas such as Ansley Park, Buckhead, Tuxedo Park and other, long established neighborhoods don't offer some of the finest homes, designed by some of the greatest archi... Read Full Post

Good Monday Morning! Another beautiful weekend in Wilmington, temps near 70 and sunny skies. Since the beginning of the year our real estate market is continuing to gain momentum. In February there were 404 properities that went under contract with an average price of $251,362 and the homes were on the market for an average of 82 days. As of today there are 2,304 homes on the market in Wilmington (in various prices ranges) so that means we have "around" 5.7 months of supply. When you look clo... Read Full Post

Sales of existing homes rose in January by the largest amount in two years, raising hopes that the worst of the severe slump in housing may be coming to an end. Median home prices, however, fell for a sixth straight month. The National Association of Realtors reported Tuesday that sales of previously owned homes rose by 3 percent last month, the biggest one-month increase since a 3.3 percent advance in January 2005, a time when housing was roaring toward the peak of its five-year boom. This i... Read Full Post

I guess you can call me a real estate dinosaur since I’ve been licensed since 1983. Find out all about me here. When I first started in real estate there were no computers. We had this little fax-like machine for MLS access with the paper that turned black when sitting in your car with the heat and sun. No photos – how did we sell anything?! Speaking of fax machines, nope, we didn’t have one. Thank goodness we had a copier, but I still always carried a supply of carbon paper around. Wha... Read Full Post

A fantastic opportunity to buy a condo in the heart of Palm Harbor, FL has just become available. Meadowlake Condos are spacious 1, 2, and 3 bedroom condos in a tranquil park-like setting, with century old oak trees surrounding a seven acre lake. These condos start at only $120,000 and there is an on site design center where you can pick some of the important elements of your new condo. Check with us before you buy as there are some incentives available that you don't want to miss out on. Read Full Post

Sportsfans are in their glory this weekend in Palm Beach Gardens cheering on their favorite professional golfer at PGA National Resort's Honda Classic golf tournament, then heading a bit north to Abacoa to watch St. Louis Cardinals or Florida Marlins baseball spring training. The Honda Classic brought a wonderful field of professional golfers for this four day event on the Championship Course of PGA National. The communitiy with its nearly 5000 homes were spotlighted throughout television cov... Read Full Post