Hat tip to Richard for sending in this article - I love these! http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/shipping-containers-offer-welcome-homes-in-phoenix/ar-BBspl3L?ocid=se PHOENIX — A stack of shipping containers sitting in a lot in an industrial section of Phoenix...
Today we are wrapping up the first third of 2016! We complain about low inventory, but we've had more NSDCC houses listed in the first four months of 2016 than any year since 2011: Year Jan-Apr New Listings Jan-Apr Closed Sales NL/CS Ratio 2005 1,778 958 1.86 2006...
A former sports agent turned realtor: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-29/meet-the-jerry-maguire-of-real-estate An excerpt: On the brokerage side, cultivating a list of private listings is key. “There’s a fair share of purchases and sales that are...
Hat tip to GM for pointing this out - did you know that the Obama Administration has been trying to modify the 1031 exchange rules? Potential sellers of investment properties are already paralyzed by the thought of the excessive taxation by federal and state...
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Do you wonder why the lower-end markets are so hot? I spoke to a potential buyer yesterday who said he wanted to buy because his rent was so high. He is paying $2,100 per month to rent a 2br apartment in Shadowridge. He has lived there for less than a year, and the...
Prince left us last week, and we saluted him on Saturday. We lost Billy Paul on Sunday, at age 80. Those around in the 1970s will remember his big hit, from 1972. P.S. Love the floor fog here.
Buying a luxury home is expensive enough. Moving into it can be costly, too. Many wealthy homeowners hire traditional moving companies for household goods and retain specialty movers to handle things like rare paintings, antique furniture and other high-value items....
The finer points about disclosures. An excerpt: When preparing the Transfer Disclosure Statement, the seller sets forth any property defects they know or suspect to exist. Defects to be disclosed in the TDS include any conditions known to the seller which might...
February's Case-Shiller Index for San Diego rose by 0.1% over January. Our average of +0.3% per month over the last six months is probably what we can expect for the rest of the year, with the next couple of months being elevated (like in 2015) due to the 'season'....
