Archive for July, 2008
Cottage Homes Foster Community In Small Spaces
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!An interesting twist on the McMansion vs Cottage debate in this video by the Wall Street Journal on cottage communities being built in Seattle.
The homes cost as much as their much larger counterparts in the city, but what [...]
Japan’s Zephyr Co Collapses, Sparks Commercial Real Estate Fears
The credit issues that we face in the United States are being mirrored in Japan. Zephyr Co., a midsized developer in Japan, went under yesterday. While that would not make much of a wave in the U.S., Japan’s central bank tends not to let businesses like this fail. But with the credit crunch happening world wide, [...]
22Jul2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued
Technology Allows Success in Targeting Real Estate Niches
In the past, marketing was so unspecific that you really needed to take big swings to get customers. The concept of television advertising speaks to that. If a real estate agent ran an advertisement on the local television she would not want business that could be 100 miles from her.
But with the advent of [...]
Imagine Spending 2 Billion Dollars To Live In A House For 4 Years
The cost of certain housing in Washington has gone through the roof.
Get this: Obama and McCain’s people say they will both try to raise $400 million between now and Election Day.
Our presidential campaign has already topped a billion dollars. That is a first.
By Election Day it is expected to top $2 billion - our [...]
IRS Takes Close Look At Real Estate Professionals
Are you a real estate professional? If you have a W-2 job elsewhere the IRS does not think so. The difference in income (and loss) classifications between passive losses and material participating losses can be huge for the bottom line.
And it looks like the IRS has set their sites on these investors. According to Diane [...]
Is Wrigley Field Being Sold To Inland Real Estate Group
Inland Real Estate Group, the 21 billion dollar shopping center group, is in talks to buy Chicago’s Wrigley Field from the Tribune Co. Sam Zell has offered the Cubs and Wrigley Field up for sale and is taking offers for them seperately or together.
The Inland offer for Wrigley field is interesting as the company would [...]
How Would Your Obituary Read? Look At Leo Colarossi’s And Think About It
We all want to make a difference.
And when you think that all I am is a real estate salesperson, what difference can I make, take a look at the life of Leo Colarossi. I have never met the gentleman, never heard about him until today, but if I lived in Moon or Colaopolis outside of [...]
Minnesota Real Estate Broker Arrested For Theft
This kind of thing can break the level of trust between agents and home sellers, but it looks like an isolated case in Minnesota. The theft was of pain medication so I would think that the agent’s had worse troubles than theft.
But it does make one recognize that folks put a great deal of [...]
Lawrence Yun on 4Realz Roundtable Tonight
At 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific, Lawrence Yun will be on Dustin Luther’s 4Realz Rountable tonight. If I was not traveling this would be a must do event as the chief economist is coming out of the ivory tower and meeting with some of his most educated critics, the bloggers.
If you have a [...]
Wordle Look At The Real Estate Bloggers
Here is a new little applet that is pretty cool to play with, Wordle.
I would describe it but in this case pictures do tell the story.
Make your own here, and a hat tip to Jeff Jarvis.
Tags: wordle
I saw this earlier today and thought the exact same thing, Tom. The politicians have been pushing homeownership for ...
I just found your blog and it's filled with great information. One of my goals this year is to update ...
Thanks for the kind words. I promise you the first year we did not have this level of readership. It ...
The limit on jumbo's is either 417,000 OR it is 115% of the median house price, not to exceed 150% ...
I like your blog and I have read many of your articles. I agree that it is amazing the ...
Yes, there are some deals out there. While there are some deals out there, I'm an agent looking for ...
With mortgage rates poised to drop to 4.5 percent all we need now is some tax incentives to help home ...
I think the overall interest in refinancing was definately high recently. However the problem is that although the rates dropped, ...
I have had great success using craigslist. Renters need to be careful and make sure they check out their landlord ...
This is the start of where the market can begin to level out.
Home owners will start to be able to ...
