How To Buy Investment Properties in 2010
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For much of 2009, the quickest, easiest and best way to purchase an investment property in Las Vegas, was to purchase a bank owned foreclosure, or REO. In fact, 75% of all sales in Las Vegas in 2009 were bank owned REO foreclosures. In some individual months, this number was as high as …
Why agents get sued by a real estate expert
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In my real estate work in San Jose area, I continue to get called as an real estate expert witness when agents get sued. You might wonder what an expert does. In most cases, the buyer sues the seller and some times the listing agent, accusing them of not disclosing something. They may or may not sue their agent. …
Tenants Who ‘Work The System’
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Have you ever had a tenant who knows just how to work the system in order to get to live in the unit for as long as possible for free? I think some tenants are quite aware that they can take advantage of eviction laws to get to live somewhere for a month for free, and do some strange things to ‘work the system’. Here’s a real story…
When a …
Luxury Real Estate Marketing: Know the Psychographics of Your Target Market
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Knowing the demographics of your marketplace can be very helpful. However, understanding another very important marketing principle known as “psychographics” can give you a competitive edge when marketing luxury real estate. Psychographics…
Commentary on the HUD’s Report on the Foreclosure Crisis to Congress
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Interested in reading the HUD’s nitty-gritty analysis of the foreclosure crisis? It’s definitely a detailed read, but very informative. In a nutshell (from the Executive Summary of the report); the analysis and re…
