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La Jolla Real Estate Market Update

by on November 8, 2011

I was having a conversation with a new client about the La Jolla condo market, and was asked about how it stacked up against the rest of San Diego over the last few months.  My response was one with many different angles, but generally speaking I don’t think one can accurately track a subsection of [...]

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Be Careful Buying a Toronto Re-Sale Condo

by on September 19, 2011

Is it Safe to Buy a Condo ~ $ 20 million Fraud Ontario Real Estate Source                                  By Brian Madigan LL.B. Channel Property Management operated in Toronto for years under Manzoor Khan of Brampton, Ontario. Channel specialized in condominium management and gained the confidence in many cases of immigrants who identified with him from his native [...]

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Pacific Beach Investment Property Opportunity Best in Decades

by on September 13, 2011

How good is the investment property market right now?  Well, for the first time in literally decades, properties positively cash flow with 20% down.  The drastic decline in interest rates coupled with the property price declines in recent years have made entry level investment property ownership one of the more exciting investment opportunities anywhere. We [...]

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From Condos to Apartment Leases – Riding the Rental Trend

by on January 25, 2011

Rewind five years, and images of sparkling, nearly-completed condominium towers fill your mind’s eye, along with darkly amusing memories of speculators flipping contracts on condos not yet constructed. In the housing bubble, developers went hog wild building condominiums, but the buyers all but disappeared in the collapse. What happened to these condos? In the worst [...]

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Opinion: the top 3 qualities in a good Realtor(R)

by on December 10, 2010

What three prequisites should a Realtor(R) have? In my opinion, it’s education, relevant work experience, and a secret ingredient: attitude. First, a good education. A real estate agent should have, at the minimum, a post-secondary education with a degree in commerce, business management, marketing or finance. An MBA is a useful asset as you know [...]

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Three ways to protect yourself from condo fraud

by on October 25, 2010

Condominums are popular with young, first-time homebuyers, but they aren’t without their complexities – Owning a condo unit is a bit like being a shareholder in a corporation, with all the financial due diligence it demands. Here are the top three ways to protect yourself, the homebuyer, from making a bad investment with your home. [...]

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Irvine Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended

by on December 12, 2009

The recently expanded Federal tax credit program, extended for a limited time, combined with historically low interest rates, and large price reductions in Irvine homes an condos, makes now a great time to buy a home in Irvine. The existing Federal government tax credit program of up to $8,000 for first time homebuyers has been [...]

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