There are billions of dollars at stake in real estate and those people with a plan stand a better chance of coming out ahead in a market like we're experiencing today.

Market analysis and difficult negotiations are just a few of the things quality real estate professionals will do for you. There is a whole lot more to the transaction process than most people realize.

One practice that some sellers have employed is to pay their real estate professional a SEVEN PERCENT commission. It may seem crazy and like you're giving up money, but when virtually everyone is paying brokers less, more might be just the solution.

Part of the reason the real estate market is so challenging today is that the entire market is viewed as “overvalued”. Prices went up fast, interest rates were lower than they had been in 40+ years

In other scenarios, a property investor buys and property and goes through a fix up process and completely blows up their budget by a factor of two or three times their original intent. So, now they may be faced with the situation of being “upside down”.

There’s only one thing that grates on me when it comes to TV Shows that feature house-flipping for profit; they never seem to tell the truth about the profitability picture

“What’s my home worth?” We’ve taken a different approach because what a home is worth not only includes a value estimate, with our reports you can also analyze local market activity and market strength. Value depends on more than just price. You need to understand

If you purchased a home in late 2004 through 2006, it may be time to appeal your taxes. Assessors base the valuation of your property on the current market pricing, or some percentage thereof, or the actual price that you purchased your home for as of a certain date. Values are going down in most parts of the country. If you do not proactively appeal those taxes, they will continue to go up, not down.

A recent survey conducted by the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) revealed important information about the improvements seniors make to improve the livability of their homes. The fact is most people don’t want to leave their homes

During the housing boom, Calhoun said, "The demand from Wall Street (for mortgage-backed securities) was so intense that it encouraged subprime lenders to abandon reasonable qualifying standards, to forget about standard documentation requirements, and to ignore whether borrowers could actually afford the loan