Daily Archives: December 26, 2009

The term used to be rehabbing a property. Now we hear remodel or restore as the terms for fixing a property up. Remodeling and restore are as the terms imply, but take two different sets of skills. The remodeler is … Continue reading →

While writing the last post I noticed that a discount brokerage was the selling office. I work for a discount brokerage in the form of a cheap desk fee office. After seven years of losing my shirt working there that … Continue reading →

I stopped by a fixer house that sold about a month ago. We had looked at it breifly, but were on another project. The foundation was cinder block, which doesn’t have to be bad, but in this case it was. … Continue reading →

One of the guys who has been working with me for all most a year (time flies when you’re losing money) just bought a fixer in Shoreline Washington. Now this gentleman is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in his own … Continue reading →

Rather than edit a previous post this is a discussion that should be seperate. It’s the cost of construction on a square foot basis. There is also a growing trend of putting residential real estate prices in terms of square … Continue reading →

The stock market took a plunge following a plunge in the Chine stock market. Bad news never sounded so good. To bottom line the whole thing, bad news in the economy is good news for interest rates, and good news … Continue reading →

In today’s Real Estate agent world it seems that the price reduction is the way to attract buyers or their agents attention. It seems kind of stupid to me that if my buyer is looking for a house that I would … Continue reading →

There is a dialog I have going on another web address of mine. The question came up if I would be willing to e-mail responses on some of the topics I write about here. This blogging thing is a personal … Continue reading →

This morning I wrote a long winded whine about the lack of good labor in today’s market place. I have spent a small fortune fixing up my current project hiring out labor. Even at my cost it seems like an … Continue reading →

Aloha! My wife and I went to the big island of Hawai’i last week for my nephew’s wedding. It was beautiful!!! The big island is different than the other, more touristy (sp?) islands. It’s a great place with a varied … Continue reading →