owning a home: BUY LOW (?) SELL HIGH IS UPON YOU
- 07/26/17 06:45 AM
If everyone was to see this coming, we would all be millionaires a few times over. There are no sure-thing heads up or analytical formulas in Real Estate with one exception. Buying a piece of America usually works out in the short and long term. Just the premise of you have to live somewhere drives this nicely. The idea is to hold on...
BUY LOW SELL HIGH
When is the "low" word upon us in the statement above? How do we know it is low? You don't unless you got a steal or a deal. If you just bought Real Estate, well you are … (5 comments)
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owning a home: PAYING THE HOUSE OFF PAYS OFF
- 01/16/17 06:43 AM
In Real Estate, there are so many avenues and paths of learning/risking and not just about Real Estate itself but all that is connected to it especially the people factor. Getting upfront, close and personal with your like kind and thinkers when they are handling large transactions with big sums at stake is intimate in its nature. One of those intimacies is buying a home
SHELTER
That is a big accomplishment in itself. You are going to always need shelter and have to pay for it assuming you don't live out in the wild in a lien too or tree house. That being the case, consider what I … (7 comments)
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owning a home: LET REAL ESTATE DO ITS WORK
- 11/26/15 11:11 PM
For those that own a home, and by that I mean they are making payments as an owner, they not only get the physical and material rewards that come with such a large and personal purchase but they also have the invisible attributes and pay-offs as well. There is something about claiming a permanent space to lay ones head at the end of a day that words don't address but feelings stir deep
MAKES PERFECT SENSE
It is not hard to convince someone who has money, who is qualified and wants to invest to purchase a home. It remains a self-evident type of dynamic that makes … (8 comments)
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owning a home: BUY A HOME AND STAY PUT! part 1
- 03/31/15 08:47 AM
I was young, ignorant and married raising a family best I knew. I had a decent job, good health, and always lived in decent rentals. I wanted to own! The owning bug came a calling! It just comes when it does and after the bite, you just keep scratching until you do this one thing. You buy a home and then all is well. It's the only way to stop that scratch!
HANDED TO ME ON A PLATTER?
I managed a piece of property in a nice area of town and it became a rental again. Lo and behold, it was … (0 comments)
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owning a home: ESCROW CLOSED NOW WHAT?
- 02/14/15 09:46 AM
Its up there with being one of the great feelings around to experience. For a first time buyer, it exceeds thoughts and emotions allowing one a deep satisfaction in the fact you are a homeowner! For the one who came back from foreclosure or bankruptcy hell, it is a well deserved re-experience as well
THE DREAM IS REAL
A closing in Real Estate is a beginning for the buyers and a time to move on for the sellers. Large amounts of money has changed hands. Beliefs have been lived and the American dream walked around and brought joy with it everywhere to all. All those … (6 comments)
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owning a home: WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU WOULD NEVER STARVE
- 09/12/14 06:43 AM
For many it was when they got their dream job. Some perhaps won the lotto while others look to social security, pension or part time work. There is something about knowing that you will be okay that every human being not only seeks but wants to know and will not give up knowing until they do. Under this heading comes shelter and clothing as well
UH-OH...WHAT DO I DO?
Some people marry into "well-off" or create a successful recession proof business that gives them the feeling that they will be okay. Prior to that however, this strong drive to not be poor … (4 comments)
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owning a home: DREAM HOMES ARE FULL OF DREAMS (contest)
- 06/11/14 03:52 AM
In my life journey, I have had a chance to buy new, do custom and even to do a remodel and if you have no money considerations, well there is no end to what you can design to suit your fancy. Taking a house and making it a home is a good subject. Making it a dream home is another that's for sure
I WANT THAT, THAT AND THAT
Yes to the obvious. A kitchen with all the goodies is up there and wanted. A large kitchen is especially attractive but I have seen some cozy ones that work well too especially with built … (2 comments)
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owning a home: AMERICA ITS HOW YOU LOOK AT HER
- 06/02/12 12:02 AM
My grandfather came to this country from Syria and right away was amazed. He brought with him all his beliefs and quickly realized some of those can stay and some have to go. You are in America now. He was in a state of awe where everything you see and everywhere you go is entertaining and educational...
THEY SELL MANURE IN BAGS HERE
I remember the first time he saw manure being sold in a bag for $5.00. He couldn't stop laughing. Its laying all over the place where he grew up but in America, you can scoop it up and … (16 comments)
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owning a home: REAL ESTATE FIELDS FOR EVERYONE
- 04/21/12 03:04 AM
Be found at work or at play in the fields of Real Estate. WHY? Because as you travel through life, you will always need a place to lay ones head. Furthermore, you may want to establish a quality of life for your self or others. Real Estate does that. We spent the last several years showing what it doesn't do, but it does do what it was intended to do
IT PAYS FOR ITSELF
With anything of REAL value, it appreciates or at the very least holds its value with time. Wine, cheese, jewelry, antiques, and land with location dynamics matures and realizes into … (7 comments)
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owning a home: DEEP WOUNDS SUFFERED IN NATIONAL MORTGAGE FAILURE
- 02/16/12 11:37 PM
It has been reported that the Nation has an accumulative 7 trillion in lost home equity that is computed starting from 2006. If we didn't rely on that equity to do business, it wouldn't be so bad. Wall street, banks, and investors had to target nest eggs to generate revenues and with some things you don't get a second chance. We broke the system
2012 WILL SORT THINGS OUT
While things will pick-up especially in an election year and of course with all the press Real Estate is receiving, a loss of that proportion cannot be swept under the carpet. The … (12 comments)
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owning a home: RENTALS SHOULD DO WELL SHORT AND LONG TERM FOR ALL
- 10/01/11 06:52 AM
Since lenders may continue to make it harder to lend and since foreclosures will be with us for quite some time, the demand for rentals looks promising as a long term investment. Renting and saving to own may become very popular for the next 5-10 years easily.
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER
Many years ago, when first starting out, first time buyers were looking at whether they would like to purchase rental property or a single family dwelling as their introduction into the American dream. The argument for purchasing a duplex or triplex, living in one unit and renting out the rest was … (11 comments)
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owning a home: HOW FAR DOES THE GOLDEN RULE GO AND HOW FAR WILL YOU GO OR SHOULD YOU GO
- 09/01/11 11:30 AM
I took on a listing a few short weeks a go that has recently closed. It was from two people married for over 26 years living in the same house with their daughter. Their home was not underwater and I helped them refinance it just a year ago. Their payments and circumstances were not equal to renting, but exceeded renting privileges
THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT NOW
They lived in a well kept home on 1 acre of flat use-able land in a quiet neighborhood. Payment was perfect too enabling them to have a life after the monthly … (11 comments)
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owning a home: BUYING LOW SELLING HIGH MAKE YOUR REAL ESTATE MOVE NOW
- 08/24/11 03:43 AM
There is no doubt about it. Today more than ever, your money will allow you to get what you pay for. Housing and investments are now priced at market and the market is low. This signals people to come forward and become homeowners and investors. The results from this thinking will pay off in the years to come. You cannot lose
food.... SHELTER and...... clothing
The premise is not complex. People have to have a place to stay. Either they will rent or purchase a home. It is not uncommon to see families living together temporarily until money is saved and … (5 comments)
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owning a home: OWNING A PIECE OF LAND IS IN THE DNA...HUMAN ROOTS IF YOU WILL
- 08/04/11 04:05 AM
There is something in us where we take a plot of land, a location, a spot and when we decide to stay with it, it now becomes more than a visiting place. It is a home. Nature does it too! Animals roam around all day long, but at the end of the day, they go to one spot. That one spot is now their HOME. We do that too!
VACATION HOUSE HOME
It used to be that when you vacationed over and over again to one place, considering buying something at that place was the next logical step thus the vacation … (3 comments)
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owning a home: REAL ESTATE RECESSION: FOUR YEARS NOW, BUT BUYING IS STILL POPULAR
- 07/12/11 02:43 AM
This economy has tested the Real Estate arena in ways we never would have thought of. One way is that no matter what you do to it, people still want it. Sure, the price fluctuates we know that. But when that price hits the common ground of willing buyer and willing seller, it's going to happen. Real Estate will never stop...it cant stop
LAND NEVER SLEEPS
I will be the first to agree that it may not appreciate or even be stable. But in demand always. As to whether you own it or not, paying for it is considered owning it … (9 comments)
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owning a home: SAY BYE BYE...TO BUY BUY....NEVER! REAL ESTATE NEVER FAILS...people do
- 06/26/11 05:34 AM
I am reminded of the story of a man who wanted to buy a vacant piece of improved property and there were many who were interested in it too. To insure that he would get the property and for the right price, he started a campaign to convince others the place was haunted and had problems that could not be explained...
STRATEGY PAID OFF
His campaign worked and one by one, the potential buyers heard the rumors and found reasons not to buy. Subsequently the property sat and over time devalued and finally was purchased for the right price at the … (12 comments)
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owning a home: ANTI-HOME OWNERSHIP ARTICLE HAS NO LEGS.....
- 02/15/11 07:02 AM
I read an article the other day where it prescribes to not buying any Real Estate. The reasoning was that it failed and as an investment, doesn't hold up any more. It was written in earnest, but made no sense whatsoever even as an opinion. I am sorry to say
Now you may think that because I am a Real Estate agent that I would automatically disagree. Not so. If what you are saying makes sense, I honor it. If it doesn't make sense, I move on and take my honor with me.
Look, Real Estate is like owning a gun. … (6 comments)
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If everyone was to see this coming, we would all be millionaires a few times over. There are no sure-thing heads up or analytical formulas in Real Estate with one exception. Buying a piece of America usually works out in the short and long term. Just the premise of you have to live somewhere drives this nicely. The idea is to hold on...
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