Do you get the feeling that this guy had a desired outcome, and just lined up his ideas? From Time: While experts continue to warn that housing has not yet hit bottom, a slew of indicators suggest otherwise. The latest is a stellar quarterly earnings report from Home...
Month: February 2012
Humble Pie
One of the greatest bands of the 1970s! Click here for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Pie_(band)
Fourth Day Is Peak Urgency
A reader named 'interested_buyer' sent this in: jim, i'm not interested in the lavendar property, but i was interested in how long/how many bids you were going to take before you recommended to your client that they should take a particular offer. if you don't want to...
Adam Rappoport Feb 27th 7pm
Our friend Adam Rappoport will be on Blog Talk Radio this Monday, February 27th at 7pm. (Note the earlier time!) Adam is a long-time local realtor who got into the house-flipping business with houses he bought at the courthouse steps. When the competition for...
Out Of Touch
From msnbc.com: A recent survey of more than 1,800 real estate professionals has indicated that 2012 might represent the end of the down real estate market and the start of a rebound, with 10 specific local markets expected to lead the way. The biggest challenges...
Solana Beach REO Contest
Fewer clues with this one - the house isn't on the market yet. Want to guess the eventual sales price?
Bus Bench Guy
From nbcsandiego.com: High profile real estate agent Eric Elegado, his wife Charmagne and seven associates are charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and other charges involving an alleged mortgage loan...
Drones and Real Estate
Thanks to the many readers who sent in articles and video about realtors using drones to photograph houses - this is the first that I was able to copy: Hopefully we might see one of these around here before long!
Disappearing Fraudster
From HW: Who said housing scams can’t read like a zombie movie? In this scam, a man came back from the dead to trick people in to investing in bad houses. I foresee a blockbuster hit. Cleveland’s News Net 5 uncovered the scheme, perpetrated by a man now named John...
Red Hot Market
I was telling someone over the weekend how the local market has been smoking hot lately - at least for those sellers who list their home for a reasonable price. He responded with a guffaw, and the usual indignation, "That's not what I've been reading". Here are the...