Real Estate Talk For Home Owners & Investors

For most people, committing to a mortgage is one of the scariest moments of their lives. Our cave man ancestors would be stunned to see people working for thirty years just to own a home. Back in the old days, you just found a cave, chased the bats out of it, and moved in. We [...]

Want to be a landlord? Here are some points to consider. For those of us who are investors, real estate has been considered as a decent, long-term investment that can provide us with some reasonable level of diversification. Its historical returns have been somewhat lower than stock market returns over the long run as measured [...]

This house for trade! There are a couple of ways that homeowners engage in home swaps. We’ll talk about both of these ideas. How To Trade Your House In The first method is to actually swap your home permanently for another residence. Sounds like an outrageous thought, but there are services that actually support these [...]

Amortization means “to kill”. Follow the etymology far enough, and you end up with the Latin root of “mort”, meaning death. What are you killing? Your debt, of course. You can use an amortization schedule (or amortization table) for any type of loan, but such a schedule is most commonly used with mortgages due to [...]

Back before the nation’s housing market ended up going to the dogs, it was acceptable — and even smart(!) — to pursue a home with as little money as possible. Indeed, many families felt that the risks they were taking by chasing a dream seemed worth the future rewards of the real estate bubble. Now [...]

It’s been a while since the wobbly real estate market took center stage. There were a few infamous celebrities that came out of that period. Someone who may sound familiar to you is a fellow named Casey Serin, who gained notoriety for pulling a few crazy stunts during the real estate mania and subsequent collapse. [...]

Real estate depends on location. But even a nice location can have a problem. Sometimes, when driving around suburbia on our way to visit friends or family, we take the Bay Area back roads. At times, we find ourselves lost in the elegant settings of some of the ritziest neighborhoods in Silicon Valley, those which [...]

As we’ve seen in the recent past, a downturn in the real estate market can have repercussions in other aspects of our lives, from employment to consumer spending and beyond. One way to determine if your area’s improving is to compare your local real estate market to the national real estate market. A few signs [...]

Buying and selling a home can be a lot of work, but a knowledgeable real estate agent can save you effort, time, and money. Just walking into the nearest real estate office or hitting the top results on the search engines might not give you the best results, though. With that in mind, here are [...]