Tag Archive: Industry

Subprime Mortgages. An Aha! Moment.

A sad, yet interesting phenomenon has been happening with greater frequency in the realm of real estate.  That’s the talk of and acceptance of short sales as a way to sell a home. Short sales, in the “Cliff Notes” version, are the way for sellers to negotiate directly with a bank or note holder the…

Paved With Good Intentions….

iPods.  Fun technology that allows folks to wander around with their music and video collection at the ready.  Great marketing by Apple, slick design and boom, a piece of technology that many can’t live without in their daily routines.  A few years ago, Duke University experimented with giving their incoming freshmen an iPod for the purposes…

11 Things Sellers Should Never Do

Especially in a buyer’s market where every edge is needed The inestimable Maureen Francis over at mioaklandcounty.com has an excellent post that all sellers should heed in this tight and rapidly changing market. Now, I added an 11th Seller Commandment, so allow me to put into bullet form, what Maureen has numbered and expounded upon. Thou…

Fun With YouTube

Hmmm…….I’ve got an idea!

Thinking About Buying a Home Next Year?

Here’s More INcentive Ok, so I had to dust off the RSS feed aggregator…I can’t believe I missed this article!  According to a March 13th, 2007 Detroit News article the folks in Lansing do recognize a problem with Proposal A in a declining market! What the article highlights is a proposal to suspend the “pop-up” tax…