buyer: The Housing Crisis. Move Your Money, Not Yourself
- 05/30/17 01:23 PM
You earn a great salary, have a professional career, and can’t buy a home. You aren’t saving much (if at all) for retirement, which feels like it’s decades away but will inevitably come. Odds are that you live in a metropolitan area of California or New York. Residents on both coasts face this same angst, but there is a solution: Move your money, not yourself! (0 comments)
buyer: 9 Steps: Know if Real Estate Sales is Right for You
- 11/18/16 03:38 AM
According to a new study by America’s Research Group, a leading research firm, 26 million American households are living at near-poverty levels. Both parents are working two to three jobs; they have literally stopped shopping save for that rare day off, which is usually a holiday; and they shop for groceries between midnight and 5 am, the only time they have off. As a real estate broker, I took six months off to write a book called Laugh Your Way to Real Estate Sales Success – For Real Estate Agents, WannaBes, UsedToBes, & Those Who Love Them. I did it to help (3 comments)
buyer: Five Things the Listing Agent Doesn't Want to Hear
- 06/29/16 06:39 AM
As a buyer, you want to start the purchase process on a level field. Well, at least not with the deck stacked against you. You can and should say anything to your own agent; after all, she’s there to address your every concern and protect you. But the listing agent…that’s a whole ’nother story. It’s not often that the listing agent gets to talk directly to the buyer; usually there’s a middle man—the buyer’s agent. So whenever a listing agent gets ear-to-ear (phone call) or face-to-face (open house) with a buyer, she will try to read him like a book. And what (0 comments)