Coaching, Featured News

Questions You Should Ask That Prospective Realtor

By Joe Spake | March 12, 2011
Real estate agents love referrals, much of a professionals business is derived from recommendations or other forms. But what about once you are referred to an agent? What sort of questions can you ask that will help you make a qualified decision as to hiring or not hiring a prospective real estate professional? Here are a few that can help you make the right choice.
Featured News, Realtors

Gordon E. Inman Steps Down at Fifth Third

By Phil Butler | March 10, 2011
Fifth Third Bank Chairman Gordon E. Inman just announced he is stepping down from the post he held for almost seven years. Inman co-founded Franklin Financial which later merged with Cincinnati's own Fifth Third Bank in 2004.
Featured News, Vacation Properties

Aspen: Is It A Modern Day Berchtesgaden?

By Phil Butler | March 9, 2011
Statistically speaking, if you are reading this, you'll never own a home in Aspen, Colorado. And do you know why? It's pretty simple really, homes there just cost too much. Yeah, I know, that was a bit unkind. But, just how many people can afford $559,000 to live in a trailer park?
Featured News, Real Estate Investing

Hawaii and the Coming Commercial Boom - Well Maybe

By Phil Butler | March 7, 2011
Commercial real estate investment in Hawaii was very strong last year. Spending for hotels, shopping centers, and other attractive bargains was obviously in vogue as investors spent twice what they did the previous year.
Featured News, US Real Estate

Fannie Mae's Michael Williams: Clueless in San Diego

By Phil Butler | March 6, 2011
Fannie Mae President and CEO Michael J. Williams was at the University of San Diego at an annual discussion on the future of home lending. At the top of his agenda, the Obama Administration's plans to eliminate Fannie Mae altogether - but some side stepping was involved. However slippery Williams and other officials have become, it's clear lending may never be the same again.
Featured News, Residential

The Home Investment Dichotomy

By Joe Spake | March 4, 2011
We have been hammered with news stories over the past couple of years about the part of the American Dream that has to do with home ownership. Is home ownership still an aspiration, or is it just looked upon as another bad investment? Constant hype by the real estate industry, over decades, that homes are good INVESTMENTS, brought exhilaration in the real estate market as the investment factor drove it right up to the precipice, and malaise as the market tumbled down.
Featured News, US Real Estate

Here It Comes: Obama the Real Estate Broker

By Phil Butler | March 2, 2011
In news from Washington, President Obama evidently has plans to sell off Federal property to help consolidate and streamline government. The President's State of the Union address made mention of streamlining, but now it appears Obama has set to task recommendations on just which properties to sell. But just what "unwanted" properties, and just "whom" the buyers might be seem key to this initiative.

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