charlotte nc: Market Activity in Charlotte & Matthews North Carolina Ending May 26th - 05/30/12 12:41 PM
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charlotte nc: New Townhome Near University Of North Carolina at Charlotte! - 05/16/12 08:34 AM
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charlotte nc: Property Management Solutions! - 02/10/12 11:20 AM
If you’re like me you’re always on the lookout for new property management solutions, ideas that will make your property management run more efficiently and less expensively.
In today’s property management training article I’d like to share ten property management solutions I’ve personally used, along with tips on which worked well and which not so well.
Set The Right Expectations
Property management solution #1 is to set the right expectations with your investors, your tenants and your vendors.
This also falls into the time management category. I remember a long time ago somebody once told me, “If you don’t manage your … (0 comments)
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charlotte nc: Mistakes Owner Make When Listing Their Rental Home! - 11/20/11 12:48 PM
Anytime you lease as many houses as me you have made a lot of mistakes. Hopefully we have learned from these mistakes and can help our clients keep from making the same ones.
Here are just some of the hard lesions we have learned.
1. “Let’ set the rent high and look for an offer
Tenants make decisions on what to preview based on digital photos, property descriptions and asking rent. They look at 5 to 8 homes before they complete an application. They are comparative shoppers and know when the asking rent is too high. … (3 comments)
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charlotte nc: Creating a Positive Professional Image - 11/18/11 07:07 AM
According to Harvard Business School professor Laura Roberts, your professional image is the set of qualities and characteristics that represent perceptions of your competence and character as judged by your key constituents (i.e., clients, superiors, subordinates and colleagues).
You must take a strategic, proactive approach to managing your professional image. "If you aren't managing your own professional image, then someone else is," says Roberts. Since your constituents are constantly observing you, sizing you up as a professional, Roberts says, "It's only wise to add your voice in framing others' theories about who you are and what you can accomplish."
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charlotte nc: Foreclosures Rose in Carolinas last month - 11/16/11 04:49 PM
U.S. foreclosure filings rose an average 7 percent in October compared with September but remain below last year's levels, a new report shows.
Filings rose more dramatically in the Carolinas last month.
The data add to a growing belief among real estate experts that more foreclosures are on their way as the banks work through paperwork problems that led to a temporary moratorium on foreclosure filings last year.
"The October foreclosure numbers continue to show strong signs that foreclosure activity is coming out of the rain delay we've been in for the past year.
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charlotte nc: FYI Behind Existing-Home Sales Stats - 11/16/11 07:06 AM
Behind Existing-Home Sales Stats
The existing-home sales report is released on or near the 25th of each month. Behind the stats, you will find four important factors that help explain how existing-home sales are configured.
Why existing-home sales are calculated on a seasonally adjusted annual rate. Seasonally adjusted annual rates are used in reporting existing-home sales data to factor seasonal variations in resale activity. For example, home sales volume is higher in the summer than in the winter, primarily because of differences in the weather and family-buying patterns in the U.S.
How seasonally adjusted annual sales rates are calculated. When calculating seasonally adjusted annual rates, … (3 comments)
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charlotte nc: What are you doing to make sure you have a strong 4th quarter? - 10/12/11 07:33 PM
What are you doing to make sure you have a strong 4th quarter? NOW is the time to amp it up a bit so you can coast a little over the holidays. Perhaps, partnering with your grocery store for free pumpkin certificates would be a good idea and then deliver or send to your database!
Here are a few things you can do now to help your last quarter:
Choose the 3 highest payoff actions you can take and do it! Create a plan for your connecting with clients in the next 3 months. Plan a client appreciation … (4 comments)
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charlotte nc: 25 Free Realtor Tools! - 09/28/11 08:26 AM
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PrimoPDF – A Free .PDF Converter Application. Converts any document to .PDFHP Learning Center – FREE Online learning center for REALTORS®Google Earth – The World now at your desktop and It’s now better than ever!BatchGeoCode – Map Multiple Properties. Great for MLS Tour and Open HousesZipCodeStats – Statistical Information all over the Country by City and Zip CodeAlso Try ZipSkinny, another cool siteHitTail – HitTail reveals in real-time the least utilized, most promising keywordsBirthdayAlarm – Great for tracking your clients, family and friends B-DaysAnnualCreditReport – A real online Credit Report Site for FREE –PicNik – Adjust, resize, and customize … (13 comments)
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charlotte nc: NC Rank Among the Strongest States as a Corporate Relocation Destination. - 08/18/11 03:22 PM
North Carolina continues to rank among the strongest states in the country as a corporate relocation destination.North Carolina came in tied at No. 5 in the nation for inbound moves to the state for corporate relocations after recording an 18 percent increase in the number of people who moved to the state in 2010. The number of outbound moves increased nearly 6 percent compared to the year prior.North Carolina recorded 3,501 “move-ins” in 2010, compared to just 2,411 “move-outs,” meaning that about 57 percent of total corporate relocation activity was inbound.It was the 10th consecutive year that North Carolina achieved inbound … (0 comments)
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charlotte nc: Open house today! Come visit from 2pm-4pm at 11324 Ardrey Crest Dr Charlotte, NC 28227 - 08/14/11 10:56 AM
Come visist my open House today form 2-4pm!
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charlotte nc: Investors in College Towns will soon outnumber traditional buyers! - 08/11/11 11:45 AM
According to the recent investor survey, “In the next two years, real estate investors are expected to outnumber traditional homebuyers in their local markets by three to one, and 56.5 percent plan to put their investments to work as rental properties.”
Local markets with universities or colleges can be an attractive option for many local real estate investors. Housing demand in college towns is generally high and vacancy rates are usually low. Combine the supply and demand ratio with rising admissions and the five percent rise in rental rates expected by the end of the year, and rental property … (0 comments)
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charlotte nc: 11324 Ardrey Crest Dr Charlotte, NC 28277 - 06/13/11 09:49 PM
South Charlotte Luxury Home has it all!
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charlotte nc: Craigslist to Broadcast Worst Landlords List - 04/05/11 10:24 AM
Very Interesting and I thought I'd Share!
Standing outside of a dilapidated Bronx apartment building, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced plans to launch an 8-point housing plan to hold the city’s worst landlords accountable for repairing their buildings.
Earlier, de Blasio launched the city’s “Worst Landlords Watch List” to shine a spotlight on repeat offenders whose buildings have fallen into dangerous disrepair. The online Watch List currently lists 418 buildings owned by 323 distinct landlords.
As part of new initiatives, Public Advocate de Blasio has teamed with Craigslist to expand NYC’s Worst Landlords Watch List … (0 comments)
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charlotte nc: Warren Buffetts positive mindset about housing... - 03/31/11 01:03 PM
Warren Buffett believes that the housing market will rebound this year. Signs of improvement abound. Existing home sale rose in January for the third straight month. (update: NAR just released data showing that the number of new pending home sales in January declined) Housing has never been this affordable in decades.
More from Warren...
Billionaire Warren Buffett said buying a home was the third-best investment he ever made, after the rings he bought for his first wife, Susan Thompson, and, after her death, his second wife, Astrid Menks.
"For the $31,500 I paid for our house, my family and I gained 52 … (4 comments)
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charlotte nc: 10 Questions To Ask When Choosing A Financial Planner - 03/29/11 09:26 PM
These questions will help you interview and evaluate several financial planners to find the one that’s right for you. You will want to select a competent, qualified professional with whom you feel comfortable, one whose business style suits your financial planning needs. An interview checklist has been included for your convenience.
1. What experience do you have? Find out how long the planner has been in practice and the number and types of companies with which she has been associated. Ask the planner to briefly describe her work experience and how it relates to her current practice. Choose a financial … (2 comments)
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charlotte nc: Home Improvement Tips to Increase the Value of Your Home - 03/25/11 10:51 AM
Home Improvement Tips to Increase the Value of Your Home Buying a home may be a dream, but the initial purchase is only the introduction to that dream. There's always something about your house that could be a little better, a little closer to perfect. Now, with a little planning, you can bring your home closer to your dream of perfection.
Reasoning Your Redo Many home improvement projects begin with someone in the household saying, "Wouldn't it be nice ...?" What follows may be a wish for a remodelled kitchen or a room addition with space to accommodate every family member's … (3 comments)
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charlotte nc: The Government Wants Higher Downpayments! Do you? - 03/21/11 09:58 AM
At the height of the Real Estate boom, required down payments were at an all time low. In June of 2006, the average down payment percentage on the purchase of a single family residence was 4%. If you had good credit and could breath, there were mortgage brokers who would provide you with a 100% loan with no documentation. All we needed was your name, address, and Social Security Number. That is about to change. The folks in Washington D.C. want the return of the days of a minimum of 10% and an average down payment of 20% is swiftly approaching.
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charlotte nc: New Home with $0 Down and 100% Financing! - 02/09/11 10:20 AM
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charlotte nc: How Real Estate Can Rebuild Your Portfolio and Provide Income Each Month for Life - 01/20/11 11:36 AM
INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE
First off, let me set you straight on one BIG, important aspect of real estate investing:
Ignore the media.
If you pay attention to what’s talked about, blogged about, written in newspapers, etc., you’ll never know what to think about real estate. You will be paralyzed by the mixed messages from media sources whose primary focus is not to inform, but to attract readers or subscribers so that they can collect advertising dollars.
For every article you read or news report you watch that says now is a good time to invest, you … (0 comments)
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