Real Estate
Think that after a multimillion dollar lawsuit and settlement that the big banks would start playing by the rules and treating their customers right? If so, the bridge salesman convention would LOVE to have you drop by. Get ready for the next mortgage scam by the banks. Single Point of Contact Scam One of the [...]
Figuring out what the best thing to do with your money is can be difficult. Many people get caught up in all of the possibilities. They wonder is it wise to pay off your house mortgage? Should they pay off credit cards or put higher down payment on a new home? Should I pay off [...]
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I’ve been a professional writer and business consultant for over a year now, but many people still remember me from my financial advisor days. So, I get plenty of questions about investing, the stock market, and real estate. The number one question I get these days, is, “Should I be buying real estate now?” The [...]
I’ve written recently about our attempt to sell our home without a realtor using Iggyshouse.com. We used them because we got a free MLS listing and a place to upload a ton of description and pictures. Their site was down for a disturbingly long time in June and part of July but is back up [...]
Ok, I’ve stopped daily updates about selling our own home. Truth is, there just isn’t that much action in real estate to justify daily postings. However, today we have 3 showings scheduled, so that is very good news. We haven’t got much in the way of feedback. One of the downsides about selling your home [...]
As you may have noticed, we are getting ready to sell our house. After living in our first house for about 7 years, we’ve been in our last two for 2 and 3 years respectively. The interesting thing is that each time we have made a lot of money. The past two times we’ve used [...]
You have to be kidding! My cell phone, which is the number we have put on all of our real estate marketing, was off yesterday all afternoon. I checked it this morning just to be sure and we have 2 showing requests on there from Friday. So, we scrambled to clean up and call the [...]
So, it’s Friday and no calls for showings yet this weekend. This is bad news as far as I can see. Apparently after an initial burst of interest, it has dried up. It is still early April and we planned to have our house on the market for a while, but I’d still like to [...]
By any measure, the math says that paying off your home is not a smart move financially. Then why is it that so many people see paying off their home as a great goal? There are three reasons really. One is out of date thinking, the other is a financial myopia, the last one is [...]
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Middle of the week. Three total showings. Nothing new to report from the selling your own home without a realtor battlefront.
