Entries Tagged as 'General'

Do you prefer a male or female realtor to sell your home?

April 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · General

Some people say women have an edge over men when it comes to selling real estate, it’s an interesting subject and I think it comes down to the individual more than the actual gender of the person. I still meet people who only list with women however. It’s an interesting subject and it would be [...]

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Rick Santelli and the now famous “Rant of the Year”

April 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · General

Rick Santelli speaks his mind on the current housing / stimulus policy. “The government is promoting bad behaviour” by handing out money to bail out people who can’t afford the homes they are in.  “Reward people who carry the water instead of drink the water”. Santelli calls it like is and you have to give the [...]

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Peter Schiff – The Schiff Report, the markets & the US dollar.

April 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · General

The Schiff report, love him or hate him Peter Schiff has a knack of getting things right. He’s still predicting the demise of the US dollar and further drops in the share market. He’s not going to get a dinner invite to the Obama tabe anytime soon either, he’s highly critical of the new government [...]

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Free Advice Can Be Costly!

January 14th, 2007 · No Comments · General, Real Estate FSBO

To optimse a website in 2007 will requite a skill set above and beyond the level of your corner shop web design guy. Effective marketing of a website is now establised as a stand alone industry.  
Talking to people from a variety of industries on a day to day basis reveals a complete vacum in [...]

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Keep Looking During The Downturn!

November 22nd, 2006 · No Comments · General

Even in a falling real estate market you can make good money. It’s all about buying right, as interest rates rise and the market slows the chances of finding bargains becomes much greater! It’s time to find the real motivated sellers and secure yourself a bargain. Network with a few agents and get them to update [...]

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40 and 50 year Finance

September 12th, 2006 · No Comments · General

This one is interesting – a 40 or 50 year term on home load will allow more people to get into the real estate market but at what cost and what benefit? How will this effect interest rates if people can negate an interest rate rise by simply dropping out to a longer term? Does the [...]

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