wake: LAND Opportunities will be everywhere in 2021(edit/delete) - 08/03/11 01:08 PM
Opportunities will be everywhere in 2021 (edit/delete) As a young extremely agressive rookie agent in 1974 - I encountered a full scale recession and home interest rates  at 10% . I was new to my town( Raleigh , NC ) -and literally knew nobody .Perhaps I had just lost my mind ,as I quit my  secure corporate accounting job to sell real estate .
 All I heard was how bad it was but having a house payment, a wife and young daughter -I had to do it 
 I read books by Zig Ziglar "Get a Checkup from the Neck Up" ,Dale Carnegie's famous books, Think and Grow Rich -Ten Acres … (0 comments)

wake: Are new agents really different ? - 08/03/11 07:45 AM
Every generation is different and so is the crop now entering the real estate game.
I came out of the REBELLIOUS HIPPIE 60'S which is still trying to stay young and maintain control-we are called BABY BOOMERS.
I never knew many who survived the Great Depression and the Roaring 20's but those magnets must have really thought the later crowds were weird and useless.
The game of real estate has changed a lot since I started in 1974 with only mls bound books and homes selling for $20/ft.
We made a lot of cold calls,knocked on doors  did mail box and … (4 comments)

wake: Will land values come back in 2011 ? - 08/03/11 06:22 AM
In my personal investment plan that I formulated in 2008 I underestimated the future stagnation we are experiencing as of August 2011.
I am located in one of the most stable markets in the country (Wake County of NC) and it has not escaped the doldrums but has fared better than most.
Banks continue to shut off the finance valve for land as they still have the big problem of getting rid of their shadow inventories of REO property.
The recent financial debacles in our nation's capital have not helped.
I am located in Apex,N.C. which has 2 major stimulus projects … (0 comments)

 
Bob Atkinson, Land Expert (ATKINSON PROPERTIES GROUP)

Bob Atkinson

Land Expert

Apex, NC

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ATKINSON PROPERTIES GROUP

Address: US 64 WEST, APEX, NC, 27523

Office: (919) 362-6999

Mobile: (919) 362-6999

Real estate is a wonderful game when times are good but not so much fun in down times. The Great Depression of 2008 until who knows when is one of those unkind times. Some seasoned agents probably put away funds from 2003-2008 but most probably did not. Like all 100% commission sales professions our incomes can fluctuate big time . If you are one of those who prepared for The Great Ressession then you are possibly in a position to invest which is where the real money is. We have done the rental game but today just do the best -land .Anybody who can buy ,option, get land by owner financing etc. in 2015 should do it any way they can. In 5 years you will be a happy camper.


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