Time for another property values post…as always, I’m taking my cue from The New York Times Property Values section, but taking a closer look at what homebuyer’s can get in the Jacksonville/Northeast Florida area.
The FSBO Challenge Redux
April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The folks over at The KCM Blog are a great source of timely and topical real estate information. Today, they’re reposting an old article, but one that’s just as relevant today as it was a year ago. It addresses some of the challenges that a former ForSaleByOwner.com CEO had when trying to sell his own home without a real estate professional. In addition to the challenges mentioned in the article, I’d like to add a few more issues to consider before trying to sell your home on your own: [Read more...]
How “Let Me Sleep On It” Can Lead to a Real Estate Nightmare
April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Over the last few years, the real estate market has been a dream for buyers, and a nightmare for sellers. Of course, no issue is ever that cut and dried, that black and white. But buyers have had a few luxuries—high inventory and low prices—that have made being a homebuyer much more appealing than being a home seller. The one luxury that buyers have had that often gets overlooked is one that is quite often undervalued.
Time. [Read more...]
On the Meaning of “Value”
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A couple of items caught my attention these past couple of days and got me thinking about the concept of “value”. The first item was Warren Buffett’s statement related to how he’d buy up a couple hundred singe-family homes right now, if he could (and as an aside, I think he actually could—here’s hoping he gives me a call if he’s house hunting in Ponte Vedra). [Read more...]
What You Get (in Northeast Florida) for … $475,000
February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The New York Times‘ Property Values section is at again, this time looking at homes around the country priced at approximately $475,000. Being from the Chicago area originally myself, I’d love to tour the Lake View condo featured in the Times’ piece. But then I remember the snow, and the wind blowing of Lake Michigan, and I’ll stick with what I’ve got down here in Ponte Vedra.
So, let’s what’s on the market right now at around $475,ooo… [Read more...]
What You Get (in NE Florida) for … $625,000
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On the heels of another Property Values post in the New York Times, check out some homes currently for sale here in northeast Florida.
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
What: 4-bedroom, 4 1/2-bath Mediterranean style home in The Plantation [Read more...]
Surround Yourself with the Best and You’ll Go Far
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One of the challenges I have with the whole blogging, tweeting, Facebooking thing is the necessity to sing one’s own praises. I know it has to be done. After all, if you won’t tell your own story, in your own words, who will? And there are many out there in the social media world who do so artfully, and without being too “in your face” about it. It’s just never been my strong suit.
But today, I do feel justified in bragging just a little bit on the agents in my office at RE/MAX Unlimited. [Read more...]
Cash May be King, But it Won’t Guarantee the ‘Royal Treatment’
December 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Conventional wisdom in real estate, and many other industries, says that cash is king. So buyers bringing a cash offer often beat out buyers who need a mortgage, even if the offers are otherwise the same or quite similar.
Smart idea? The answer, I think, is not always. [Read more...]
Foreclosures, Vultures & Lessons in “Buyer Beware”
December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
And you thought I was going for the easy metaphor. No, as you can see from the photo at left, I’m talking about actual vultures. These little beauties were roosting on the roof, and in the trees, of a bank-owned home I recently went to preview here in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. [Read more...]
The Glamorous Life of a REALTOR® (And How to Spot A Good Agent Along the Way)
December 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s no secret that REALTORS® have a bit of a perception problem. The conventional wisdom is that we’re paid too much for doing too little. I guess that’s one thing we have in common with Wall Street CEOs.
But the similarities end there. [Read more...]
