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All Things Real Estate: Finding a home in 2024 will be difficult without tradeoffs
Many of our clients are having challenging times finding a home that fits their specific “needs and wants.”
The lack of available inventory is the...
All Things Business: It was a tumultuous and challenging year in real estate
How can one describe real estate in 2023?
It was challenging, impossible, and difficult for buyers and renters. Mortgage rates being as high as they...
All Things Real Estate: Beware of potential water damage to your home
It’s Sunday and I hear the pounding rain pummeling down on the skylight in my home office. I am thinking who will have a...
All Things Real Estate: Interest rates and credit crisis affect housing
Right now for some everything looks rosy. Home prices, although not increasing at the same excessive pace, are still going up on Long Island. ...
All Things Real Estate: Real estate and borrowing then and now
I have been practicing and performing real estate for over 42 years. My first purchase was in 1977, a small home of about 1200...
All Things Real Estate: Real estate and borrowing then and now
I have been practicing and performing real estate for over 42 years. My first purchase was in 1977, a small home of about 1,200...
All Things Real Estate: Annual Realtors convention delivers new connections
I just returned from last week’s NAR Convention and my Global Business and Alliance Committee meetings in Anaheim, CA. It doesn’t matter how many...
All Things Real Estate: Commissions are earned, not just charged
When it comes to real estate commissions, many may not understand the amount of effort and time that some of us expend to make...
All Things Real Estate: Will aging, cost of living and debt make you move?
As we grow older, challenges await us that some will prepare for but so many will not. Staying healthy and active should be tantamount...
All Things Real Estate: Who are the outside purchasers of U.S. real estate?
We still have the largest economy on the globe and are still the Promised Land for the immigrants who desire to come here legally,...
All Things Real Estate: Selling and moving for many reasons
There are a multitude of reasons for moving. From what my clients tell me and what I have read, it is to downsize and...
Business: Lacking permit or certificate of occupancy can cause major problems
Over the years I have experienced various situations where major and minor problems in which the lack of COs (certificate of occupancy) delayed or...