real estate: Another Indicator That The Housing Market May Be In Early Stages of Recovery - 06/18/08 07:27 AM
James M. Weichert is President and founder of Weichert REALTORS(R), one of the nations largest privately held real estate firms. He is a conservative voice in the industry and has never come out and made market predictions for a recovery, until recently. In a communique to his 18,000 sales associates and 2,000
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real estate: Rather Than a Price Reduction, Seller's Can Consider a Rate Buydown! - 06/10/08 09:32 AM
Most lenders offer some sort of point buy-down program which usually prices out at $1000/$100,000 mortgage for every 1/8 point that you buy down. The seller could consider this instead of reducing their price. They could finance a full point buy down for the buyer on a thirty year note using
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real estate: The Two Most Important Things in Selling Your Home... Now... - 05/18/08 09:22 AM
Most sellers know that we are in a major real estate slump in most markets of the country as I write this. Selling a home in markets such as this requires that you understand two things: Pricing and Marketing. This article will introduce you to these two concepts and why they
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real estate: How to Find Great Real Estate Deals Now... - 05/12/08 07:45 AM
If you listen to national news and give it much credence, you probably think that real estate is a bad investment during the current economic conditions. In reality, real estate has never been better and the future is always bright in this area based on historical performance numbers. Throughout the history
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real estate: Time To Celebrate! - 05/01/08 10:22 AM
Ok so maybe 30,000 points doesn't seem like much when you hear of people eclipsing 400,000, but I did it all in 6 weeks and along the way had 6 leads and 3 referrals come from AR and Localism! I am elated! Thanks to all of you "in the Rain" that
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real estate: Virtual Tours are cool... What successes have you had with video? - 04/13/08 07:42 AM
When it comes to virtual tours, my team and I are using VisualTour.com and getting great results. CLICK HERE to see an example of some of our work on Visual tours. I use these on all our team websites, AR, other blogs, Craig's List, my listings, REALTOR.com, etc. and get great traffic
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real estate: Survivors - Are You One? - 04/09/08 07:27 AM
In most of the RE markets around the country, we are experiencing a severe slowdown and have for some time now (that's a real newsflash to you, I am sure) and this is a time to think about survival. Real estate is a cyclical business and the good times will be
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real estate: Round Rock Real Estate makes the News... - 04/01/08 06:27 AM
In a recent issue of Entrepreneur Magazine, the Round Rock and Killeen areas were noted as being one of the best places to purchase a home in the entire US. Killeen was noted as having some of the lowest home prices in the nation while both Round Rock and Austin were praised
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real estate: I am going to end it all... Today... - 03/29/08 06:43 AM
On second thought, I think I'll BLOG all day instead - Hehehe - Made ya look! I have been on ActiveRain a total of two weeks now and I am getting it really quick. Best of all I love it! I have a good amount of experience and knowledge to share, but
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real estate: Tips on Saving Money in an Era of Higher Gas Prices - 03/20/08 08:30 AM
This letter was sent to me by a friend and I thought this info should be shared: "I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31
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real estate: What is a Contingency Contract and Why Should I Care? - 03/20/08 08:09 AM
You may have heard this term from time to time when others discuss contracts of different types. In a nutshell, a contingency is a condition that must be met for the contract to be valid and enforceable. There are many such conditions that are standard for a real estate contract, as
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real estate: The HBH Group - Saving Energy Dollars in North Austin! - 03/20/08 08:05 AM
The HBH Group wanted to pass information on to you about a program that we have been made aware of that is COMPLETELY FREE and will save you money on your heating and cooling bills. If you are living in a home (or know someone that is) in Round Rock, Hutto,
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