Real Estate Industry Blog

Everyone tells you to stop renting and purchase a home in Las Vegas. It’s a sound, financial decision, they tell you. It’s a great investment, they cry. Wanting to buy a home and being prepared to buy a home are completely independent of one another, however…. To read the entire article, click on the link [...]

Las Vegas, Nevada has always been a popular city, and it has always been high up on the list of top destinations to make a permanent residence in. Even through the recent housing market crisis in the United States, and despite a wavering economy, there is still plenty of Las Vegas Homes For Sale – [...]

Golfers are invited to tee off in support of Project Shepherd by participating in the Kris Kringle Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, December 5 at Lakewood Country Club. Participation will directly benefit Lakewood’s Project Shepherd program and assist local families who are in need during the holiday season. The tournament is a key fund raiser [...]

If You use your vacation getaway every weekend or just a few times a year.. You should rent it out occasionally to offset some of your expenses. This is OK as long as you don’t set off any alarms with our friendly IRS people.( I’m not giving legal advice, please consult with an attorney or [...]

Interest rate declines spark a spike in mortgage borrowing.   Borrowers streamed back into the mortgage market last week as loan applications jumped nearly 17%, according to a regular survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association. “Rates were going down last week,” said Keith Gumbinger of HSH Associates, a publisher of mortgage information. “There were people, [...]

Foreclosure prevention group Hope Now says it’s helped 2.5 million home owners since the start of the housing crisis last summer.   Mortgage lenders have helped nearly 2.5 million troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure since the mortgage meltdown began in the summer of 2007. That’s according to the latest report from Hope Now, the coalition of [...]

One of the top 5 questions we get from our clients is how do we market their Las Vegas home to potential tenants?  That is a very good question and it should be a question you ask when you interview any Las Vegas Property Management Firm!  Finding a qualified tenant for your Las Vegas property [...]

CHICAGO-As properties lose value around the world, the Institute for Real Estate Management is reminding owners that professional care of buildings will make a strong difference in what sells and what doesn’t in today’s down economy. The organization, formed 75 years ago, has been slowly growing around the globe, and enjoying success as companies in [...]

Many experts predict that Las Vegas will continue to grow but will have to come up with solutions for water resources, education and infrastructure.  Las Vegas is already experiencing a construction boom on the Las Vegas Strip.  There are numerous projects under construction but none come close to the massive project on the south end [...]

I thought I’d share a success story told to me by one of our mortgage CRM clients, Tim Davis. Tim’s company, Titan Home Loans, based in Nashville TN has executed on our Surefire System, the industry’s only turnkey mortgage CRM solution including postal mail, email and a database monitoring function.  One particularly powerful component of [...]

Could you please email with some basics to start with. My website is almost done. I am having a pro web designer build it. They are going to provide SEO for 3 months. I am sure it is the pay per click kind. I am interested in becoming the GO-TO agent in this area…especially my [...]

Tuscany Village is a master planned golf course community conveniently located off of Lake Mead Blvd., just West of Boulder Highway in Henderson, Nevada.  The golf course, designed by Ted Robinson is expected to have over 2,100 homes surrounding it once the community is completed.  This guard gated community has so much to offer! Tuscany [...]

I am sure many of you received an email from Zillow that was titled, “Get Google Love Through Zillow and SEO.”  The first thing that came to my mind was, I can’t believe they are blatantly stating that by using Zillow you can get “Google Juice”?  According to the email, if you use their site, [...]

EZfloorplan is now an affiliate member of the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM), effectively expanding its extraordinary floor plan service to include Residential Property Management Professionals and Real Estate Sales Professionals. Southbury, CT (PRWEB) October 22, 2008 — EZfloorplan.com has been providing its unique marketing service for over 3 years, transforming a hand [...]

I was pricing out some products today, and I was very surprised to see the rates on Mortgage Back Securities lower today, which meant lower rates for your home mortgage. I made my calls to the fence sitters, and said” it is time to buy, let’s get going to lock you in”. Mortgage interest rates [...]

Popular as a film and television location destination and known all over the planet as The Entertainment Capital of the World, Las Vegas holds tremendous promise for those interested in income producing properties. Despite economic downturns, a fresh approach and endless possibilities await investors who venture into the Las Vegas real estate market. Cuts in [...]

Great help from within our city of Lakewood. Linda, is a wealth of information Lakewood has always been a community that values homeownership and fair treatment of renters and property owners. The city of Lakewood shares that long-standing commitment. Linda Padilla-Smyth, Lakewood’s neighborhood preservation manager, can assist residents in learning more about Lakewood housing opportunities, especially for [...]

by Broderick Perkins The federal government doesn’t have all the answers for the economic crisis that’s really hitting home.   Local efforts, however, have a different, more immediate take on the issue. That’s because the housing crisis isn’t only affecting those who lose homes, but also their neighbors, communities and municipalities who suffer the fallout. [...]

I had a client 2 weeks ago that I advised her to lock the rate at 6.25% My client said “no rates are going to drop”. I asked her where did she get that information, she said from a friend of a friend who works for a bank. I pleaded with her to lock that [...]