Podcast: Negotiation Strategies to Keep Your Cool

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” – John F. Kennedy. In today’s show, we’re going to be discussing 11 simple affirmations to help you keep your cool during negotation – no matter how difficult that may seem! “He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered […]

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Expanding iBuyer Footprint

What began as an experiment six years ago, iBuying in residential real estate, is now blossoming into a multi-billion home buying market segment within the housing industry. Not only does iBuying show no signs of “going away,” iBuying is attracting more players into this sector and is expanding its footprint. Opendoor broke the ice for […]

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States with Highest and Lowest Property Taxes

According to an article in USA TODAY, Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of REALTORS®, believes that property taxes are “…a critical piece of information in the home purchase decision and something a buyer should ask before making ‘the’ purchase.” Since a portion of home borrowers mortgage payment goes to paying off property […]

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April’s Existing Home Sales Fall -0.4%

Existing home sales dropped -0.4% in April, according to the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.19M and -4.4% below April 2018. (Guess the lower mortgage interest rates didn’t much matter to home sales, right?) The good news, however, is that the total number of houses available for sale rose […]

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Special Edition Interview: Mitch Ribak – Florida Powerhouse Agent!

In this very special edition interview, we’re going to drill down with Florida mega-agent Mitch Ribak to learn the “why, how & what” behind his massive real estate success. Want To Learn More? Text EXP to 31996 Mitch has been an entrepreneur since the age of 19, owning 22 different businesses in 18 different industries. Currently […]

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Will Young Millennials Propel Condo Demand?

CoreLogic believes younger Millennials WILL drive much of the demand for condominiums in the coming years. Why? Condos are typically more affordable than single-family homes, have lower maintenance costs than single-family homes and condominiums are mostly located in urban areas where Millennials prefer to live. Let’s look at the data substantiating CoreLogic’s analysis. According to […]

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What Are the Country’s Hottest Markets Right Now?

Currently, the hottest market in the country is Indianapolis. With a median home value jumping up +12% to $166,800 in April 2019 from a year earlier, Indianapolis home values are double that of the nation’s at 6.1%, according to Zillow. Here are Zillow’s top 10 gainers in April 2019: Indianapolis Median home value – $166,800 […]

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Yes, There Are Still Bargain Cities

In the midst of median list prices now coming in at $300,000, mortgage loans growing +19.7% over the past five years* and household incomes increasing only 10% in the past five years*, there are still cities in the country where people can have 30-year fixed rate monthly mortgages on single-family homes for $1,000 or less. […]

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Is Being “Wealthy” in the Eye of the Beholder?

Charles Schwab’s annual Modern Wealth Survey tells us that a “wealthy” person has an average of $2.3M, or “twenty times the actual median net worth of US households.” Of course, the older one becomes, the more money one needs “to be wealthy.” Take a look at the amounts one needs at each age to “be” […]

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