How is the oil spill affecting youi and your real estate business? Florida realtors put together an information site (floridarealtors.org/Aboutfar/oil-spill-info-center.cfm) that offers everything from how to file a claim against BP for lost income and lost vacation rentals and sales to the latest [Read More]

How is the oil spill affecting youi and your real estate business? Florida realtors put together an information site (floridarealtors.org/Aboutfar/oil-spill-info-center.cfm) that offers everything from how to file a claim against BP for lost income and lost vacation rentals and sales to the latest [Read More]

Could someone recommend a handy man in the Hernando county area? I have a buyer who just closed and needs painting, wallpaper removal and toilets replaced, as well as new counter tops installed. I appreciate any recommendations! Thanks!

REO stands for Real Estate Owned. Various lending services employ a management company for upkeep and marketing for REO corporate properties. The Lender gets these plots by way of foreclosure. One of the most important facets of REO Asset Management is overall upkeep and safety of the property. It [Read More]

I am fairly new to real estate. So naturally, I look at agents that have been in the business for more that 5 years as being “educated” in our field. I always thought they would have a handle on the business end of real estate. This morning I was speaking to a young lady at NAR and to m [Read More]

A mortgage foreclosure is a legal proceeding in which a lender terminates a homeowners right to the property in question. When a borrower defaults on a mortgage that is held by the lender, the lender has the right to repossess the property. Once the property has been repossessed by the lender, the b [Read More]

Its great that an individual looking for a home can search on there own....but does that help us as Realtors or hurt us? In the end an agent is used to submit an offer....But the customer usually strings along multiple agents in the process....and is not loyal to any single agent until the property [Read More]

I have to voice my dislike when i do a property search and find listings where just one picture of the house has been uploaded into the multiple listing system. I think my frustration is the same as the buyers who may be searching for property. It is so nice to be able to get an idea of what the ho [Read More]

Hello! I am so confused with the rules regarding underwriting guidelines....I always was confident that they were standard across the board....I am finding out the hard way that each bank seems to have underwriters that revise the standards to comply with what they feel should be acceptable. Is any [Read More]

After the experiation of the homebuyer tax credit a housing market rebound seems tenuous and consumer confidence remains weak due to lack of employment but the economists believe the bottom is near.Home prices have declined 29.5% over the past four years, according to the Fiserv Case-Shiller Indexe [Read More]