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Feb 1, 2016

INVESTORS’ CORNER: Getting started in real estate investing

Part one of five One of the biggest mistakes I see new investors make is to treat real estate investing as a hobby instead of a profession.  If you’re counting […]

Jan 27, 2016

KASS: Essential elements for real estate contracts

DEAR BENNY: We are first time homebuyers. Is there anything we should include in the real estate sales contract that will protect us? The contract prepared by our real estate […]

Jan 27, 2016

INVESTORS’ CORNER: The power of holding real estate

While network television assures us of overnight riches in real estate investing, the true power comes from holding property for the long term. I recently interviewed Tom Latimer, former president […]

Jan 25, 2016

Ohio real estate agents get phone app for personal safety

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio real estate officials have laid out plans aimed at improving the safety of agents in the state, a move that comes more than a year after […]

Jan 14, 2016

Treasury to track some real estate deals in NY and Miami

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department will begin tracking sales of high-end real estate in two of the country’s most expensive markets — Miami and Manhattan — to try to crack […]

Nov 6, 2015

INVESTOR’S CORNER: Recognizing a great deal

Why is it so important to be able to spot a great real estate deal?  What are the negative consequences of missing one?  Allow me to share this illustration from […]

Feb 3, 2015

Ruling offers ‘bright-line test’ for real estate lawyers

A key plot point in the 1981 neo-noir classic “Body Heat” is the revelation that a wealthy man’s will was drawn up in such a way that it violated the […]

Jul 28, 2014

Pro athletes get in on real estate action

What do former all-star athletes do once they retire from professional sports? They get into the real estate business, of course. Bloomberg News is reporting that the Dallas Cowboys franchise […]

Apr 21, 2014

Real estate again rules as favored investment

In a sign that the housing crisis may well be behind us, more Americans say that real estate is the best option for long-term investments, ahead of both gold and […]

Oct 3, 2013

Setting the stage for a sale

Call it the HGTV effect. Home buyers have high expectations when it comes to a new home. You have to grab them in the first seven to 10 seconds or they move on.

Sep 30, 2013

Developing news: Commercial projects likely to increase

Retail follows rooftops. It’s the old real estate adage explaining how commercial development responds to residential development. So the recent growth in homebuilding and homebuying in the Charlotte market – which is expected to continue into 2014 – will likely be accompanied by increased commercial development over the next two years, even if developers are still cautious about the overall[...]

Jul 16, 2013

Moving from furniture to moving furniture

Bill Balatow might not have learned everything he knows about real estate from the furniture business. But knowing the difference between a divan and a davenport hasn’t hurt.

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