Archive for May, 2007

Do You Want 53 Thousand Listings in One Day?

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!If you are in Ohio and you want to delve into the bowels of the state government, state treasurer Richard Condray may be needing your help as he has 53,010 properties that the state owns and has no idea [...]

17May2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

How Teenager Is Making a Living Rehabbing Properties

The Sentinel, a Pennsylvania newspaper, has a great article on a young man named Dustin Lowry who while working for his father, is buying and selling homes for a significant profit. If you read the story it is probably a great blueprint for anyone who is looking to get into the buying and selling of [...]

17May2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Florida RE Agent Showing Home Arrives To See It On Fire

There have been a few stories in the news recently that have captured my attention for weird home showings, such as the one when there was a dead body in the house. Today’s comes from the Emerald Coast in Florida where an agent shows up at house to give a showing, to find it fully [...]

17May2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Hillary and Bill Clinton Buying Property Overseas?

Gossip monger Liz Smith is reporting that Hillary Clinton, and her husband Bill, are buying property in the Dominican Republic. I am not the most astute political person out there, but wouldn’t you think that if you are running for President of the United States you would buy property in the United States?
I mean seriously, [...]

16May2007 | Tom Royce | 6 comments | Continued

Coldwell Banker Acquires San Francisco’s Droubi Real Estate

The acquisition of Droubi Real Estate in San Francisco by Coldwell Banker may raise some questions in the real estate world. Was the sale of the company from a position of strength or was the weakening real estate market in the Bay Area signaling that independents are in for a rougher ride and it is [...]

16May2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Mommy’s Not Home, But Mummy Is

A couple of weeks ago we had the story of the body found in the home that was being shown by a real estate agent, but coming out of Spain is a stranger but true story. A woman who passed away in 2001, I kid you not, was found just recently after the apartment she [...]

16May2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Commision Rebates Battle Hits the Tennessee State House

It looks like the battle over commissions, rebates, full service real estate agents and the federal Department of Justice is still going strong. The real estate lobby has been working state houses across the country to get them to enact legislation banning commission rebates or creating minimum service legislation.
The Department of Justice has been doggedly [...]

15May2007 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued

Real Estate Agent Attacked In Home In Rock Hill, SC

A man hiding in a home for sale attacked and sexually assaulted a real estate agent in Rock Hill, South Carolina over the weekend. The woman was planning on showing the home to a friend when the man attacked her during the prehome inspection.
The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block of [...]

15May2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Illinois Atty General Sues Broker Over False Claims

An Illinois Broker has been sued over false claims made in promoting a 3 day foreclosure buying seminar they were offering. The supposed claims of wealth and fortune were a little too optimistic for the Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Beware Carlton Sheets.

Madigan’s lawsuit alleges that the defendants, Insider Real Estate and its founder Christopher Scanlan, violated the [...]

15May2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Coldwell Banker Gets New Ad Agency McKinney, Moving More Ad Money Online

Coldwell Banker has named the McKinney advertising agency to handle their advertising account. That news is interesting to the industry wonks, but the real nugget in the story is that out of a 101 million dollar budget, the company is looking to spend 30 percent of their advertising dollars online. That is a huge infusion [...]

15May2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued