Archive for October, 2007

Michael Vick’s Atlanta Mansion Up For Sale

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting that Michael Vick, the former Atlanta Quarterback and nortorious dog fighter, is selling his Duluth, Georgia home for 4.5 million dollars.
The home located at 2927 Darlington Run Duluth, GA has 7 bedrooms and [...]

19Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 9 comments | Continued

Massachusetts Governor’s Foreclosure Prevention Program Expects Mortgage Companies To Bear Burden

God help us from the socialist politicians of the world in a capitalistic system.
That is all that I can say after reading about Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts plan to help people with homes in foreclosure. Patrick looks like he will be the poster child for the law of unintended consequences if his new plan is [...]

19Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued

Frightworld in Buffalo, New York - Number 7 of Top 10 Haunted Houses in America

In our post last year we featured the Top 10 Haunted Houses in America just before Halloween. This year we will count down and feature each one of these haunted homes every day in anticipation of Halloween.
FrightWorld, billed as Buffalo’s biggest, scariest screampark has grown like gangbusters since arriving on the scene in 2002. The [...]

19Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued

Not All Homes Are Full Cash Machines, Or The Case of the Empty Cash Machine in a Foreclosure

One of the favorite phrases thrown around during the real estate slowdown is that homeowners treated their homes as a cash machine. Now we have an ironic story coming out of Minneapolis, Minnesota of an empty ATM being found in a foreclosed home.

Investigators are still puzzling about how and when a cash-less cash machine ended up in [...]

19Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Horror Hotel in Chatfield, Ohio - Number 8 of Top 10 Haunted Houses in America

In our post last year we featured the Top 10 Haunted Houses in America just before Halloween. This year we will count down and feature each one of these haunted homes every day in anticipation of Halloween.
Horror Hotel in Chatfiled, Ohio comes in 8th place in the list of Haunted Houses in America.
Here is Haunted [...]

18Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Report Predicts Commercial Real Estate Slowdown in 2008

The recent credit crunch is going to show it’s true power in a major slowdown in the commercial real estate market in 2008. A report issued by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Landscape Institute, written by Jonathan Miller of the Matrix, has been released and the outlook is expecting the stellar returns of the past 5 years.

According [...]

18Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Review - CompuCram, Real Estate Exam Software

If you have decided to become are real estate professional you are going to have to take state licensing tests to get your real estate license. And if you are like most people over the age of 30, it has been a long time since you have taken a test in any form except to get your [...]

18Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

The End of the Realtor Blogger Or the Start of the “REALTOR ONLY” Blog?

Have you ever watched a movie and seen the bright and likeable scientist’s hard work get sucked in by the Evil Overlord? Next thing you know, their invention is turned from an object of good into the personification of evil.
Well that may be the battle of 2008 in the real estate blogosphere. First go read this post [...]

17Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 8 comments | Continued

Dead Acres in Columbus, Ohio - Number 9 of Top 10 Haunted Houses in America

In our post last year we featured the Top 10 Haunted Houses in America just before Halloween. This year we will count down and feature each one of these haunted homes every day in anticipation of Halloween.
To get the flavor of Dead Acres you have to visit the website. The in your face sensory attack [...]

17Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued

Homeowner Insurance Cancellations For Hurricane Risk Affecting Northeastern States

For those who have lived in the Southeastern United States, problems getting and keeping homeowners insurance are routine. The severe impact of hurricanes in 2003 to 2005 cost the insurance companies billions and they essentially bailed out of covering anyone in these regions leaving insurance to public funds or smaller companies at very high rates.
But [...]

17Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued