Find the Best Real Estate Broker – Get Your Property Sold Fast

February 14, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

Find the Best Real Estate Broker – Get Your Property Sold Fast Most real estate brokers represent a wide variety of clients with different needs and situations. I believe that brokers should specialize in the sale or purchase of certain types of properties and/or clients. I specialize in representing only Buyers of residential real estate. [...]

HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE REACHES SECOND HIGHEST LEVEL IN HISTORY / INVENTORY OF UNSOLD HOMES SOARS

November 1, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

The national homeownership rate is at its second-highest level on record, only behind the record high set in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which began collecting home ownership data in 1890.  By region, the homeownership rate is:  Midwest: 69.2 percent South: 66.7 Northeast: 62.2 West: 60.5 Nearly every metropolitan area had more home-owners [...]

NO JOB? NO CREDIT? NO MONEY? NO PROBLEM!…

June 1, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

No Job? No Credit? No Money? No Problem! Just kidding – actually you do (at least) need a job or stable income. Many folks are putting off owning their own home because they don’t have a down-payment and haven’t established a credit history. Are you or someone you know putting-off home ownership because of a [...]

Timing the Bottom of the Real Estate Market is a Losing Proposition…

March 28, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

I’ve been talking with a number of people considering home-ownership or an investment purchase who are waiting for the bottom of the market to start the process of acquiring real estate. This strategy rarely works for the following four reasons: First – No one can determine the bottom of the market until about six months [...]

Buy Real Estate Now Or Wait?

October 24, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

As a potential home-buyer… are you waiting for clear evidence that the economy and real estate market have bottomed-out before you commit to buying your new home or property? There is no clear-cut consensus on the current or future direction of real estate values or sales either on the local or national level. There are [...]

Are You Waiting Too Long for the Bottom of the Real Estate Market?

October 14, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

During my last 3 decades in the real estate and finance business, I’ve been through a number of booms and some busts. Two truths have emerged, most sellers and buyers wait about one year too long to sell or buy property. It’s impossible to know when the market has reached its peak or bottom because [...]

Sufficient Funding for Prospective Home-Buyers…

September 17, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Many Prospective Home-Buyers mistakenly think that they do not have sufficient funds or will not be able to qualify for financing. There are still a number of loan programs that offer home-buyers financing with little or no money down and less-than perfect credit. Here is a brief description of some of the loan programs that [...]

Leveraging Durango Real Estate… Where The Money Is!

August 20, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Leveraging involves owning and controlling an asset/investment with an amount invested that is smaller than the asset’s value and experiencing a return on the amount invested, which is greater than the percentage increase in the asset’s value. Also referred to as… “making money with Durango Real Estate, using the bank’s money”! Our example involves two [...]

Real Estate Buyer’s Connection

Real Estate Buyer’s Connection

August 20, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Living in Durango, Colorado… We specialize in helping you find affordable Durango real estate, foreclosures and other real estate investments in the 4-Corners Southwest Colorado area. Situated in the lovely Animas River Valley, surrounded by the majestic San Juan Mountains, Durango is most known for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, which travels from [...]