Archive for November, 2008
Stay Christmas Eve & Morning in A Christmas Story Rent The Christmas Story House For Christmas Eve and Day
The auction is over but I am writing this post for next year.
If money were no option, this could be the Christmas present of a lifetime for a fan of the movie A Christmas Story. On eBay there was an auction for to rent the home over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. And the [...]
30Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued
It Isn’t Just Residential Real Estate Hurting, CB Richard Ellis Feeling the Pain
While we have been fighting the battle in the residential real estate market for a couple of years now, the guys on the commercial side have kept on building, buying, and selling. Well, that has stopped in 2008 and most likely will not start up again until 2010.
CB Richard Ellis, the largest property manager and [...]
Leonardo DiCaprio Selling His Malibu Home For $8,999,000
Leonardo DiCaprio is selling one of his Malibu, California homes for 9 million dollars. The 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom 2,400 square foot home has private access to a cove. The actor is renowned for his love of privacy and this home does offer that. The home also has a guest house and a small pool. [...]
29Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued
Where are the Marketers Going, And Where Should You?
In the past you placed your home ads in the local paper and the home magazines and waited for the phone to ring, but marketing real estate today has many new challenges. The old ways are faltering and the new ways are so varied it can be intimidating.
I would love to say I have [...]
The Homes Of Plymouth Where Thanksgiving Started, and Why You Should Still Be Thankful
Reprint from last year, but it still is is very timely. Happy Thanksgiving!
We sit in our heated and air conditioned homes this Thanksgiving preparing our turkeys and sweet potato pie waiting to see family arrive in their nice sedans. We are very excited for Thanksgiving, but do we remember what the foundations of the holiday [...]
The Changing Tide of Educating Real Estate Agents
This post has little to do with pure real estate, and everything to do with those who are going to dominate online real estate.
The reason, if you are going to be successful in being a consultant to your clients, and attracting new clients online, you have to become an educator.
Most of you have [...]
Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in America For 2008
The Congressional Quarterly Press has released it’s most dangerous city list for 2008 and New Orleans has taken the lead. Last year Detroit was the leader of the pack, but now New Orleans is the most dangerous city.
Camden, New Jersey is second followed by Detroit, St. Louis, and Oakland. Camden had the lead in [...]
Case Shiller Report For September 2009
It looks like the next wave of housing price pressure, the credit crunch, is showing it’s full colors.
Every city in the 20 city study had a month over month and a year over year decline. San Francisco took a huge hit down 3.9 percent since August, while Cleveland held it’s price the best with only [...]
Dubai Sees Market Tighten At Worst Possible Time
Let’s face it, for the modern traveler, one would not think of Dubai as a destination place. With underlying Muslim laws and restrictions it can be dangerous for Western tourists.
But it had a great draw. With the rise in oil prices Dubai became an economic center. The petro dollars allowed construction of some of [...]
Wyclef Jean Loses Miami Beach Home To Foreclosure
Another day another celebrity foreclosure. Singing star Wyclef Jean, former member of the Fugees and an independent artist, has had his Miami home foreclosed upon. The home, under construction, has a 2.4 million loan due to Home Equity Mortgage Corp.
With the economic downturn, banks and lenders are not cutting any slack. Even celebrities which [...]
My mom told me to put the statue in the ground, just seems wrong to me but I did it. ...
What about RE/MAX Commercial? Where this classification came from?
I am pretty sure RE/MAX Commercial in volume sales must be above ...
Well Tom, once again you have said it much better than I could have. Unfortunately the folks at Move, ...
It certainly does not bode well for a fast recovery in the economic climate. This will affect all real estate ...
I HAVE 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS..HOW DO I APPLY AT KAI. 
Definitely not a fan of Move Inc.!!! 
A lot of you really need to go back to kindergarten and learn to spell correctly. If you cannot spell ...
In 2008, there was an extension to push first-time home buyers to purchase their homes quickly since the program did ...
I also need HELP and don't know what to do about my problem. I have a garden apartment off ...
I have the same situation. I sold my home in July and am scheduled to to close in a few ...
