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Archive for June 2007

June 14th, 2007

Flip This House Scandal: Reality TV Becomes a Flop (Part I)

Sam Leccima, the featured developer and property flipper from Atlanta, Georgia in the second season of A&E’s show called "Flip This House" is accused of being a scam artist.  "Flip This House"  is suppose to be a "reality TV show", but apparently everything was staged for TV.  Leccima did not buy the properties, the renovation […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 4 comments

June 13th, 2007

10 Mistakes to Avoid when Buying Real Estate

Janice O’leary of the Boston Globe wrote an informative article about the 10 Mistakes  Buyers Make.  Actually, the 10 items she mentioned are some of the most common mistakes I’ve observed most property buyers make.  She explained each item in detail and gave some real life examples (including hers) for some of the items. 
Here are […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 0 comments

June 12th, 2007

Real Life Stories of Landlord vs. Tenant Woes

Over at Building an Empire, Trisha a full time investor and Realtor shares her woes as a landlord.  You can read from her posts the sweet and sour details of being a landlord. On her recent articles, she particularly discussed about a tenant that doesn’t ran out of complaints.  This tenant happens to pay the […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 0 comments

June 12th, 2007

“Casey Serin” named by his publisher as a “brand name”

Casey’s publisher has spoken about their raw end of the deal regarding Casey’s upcoming book.  He is promoting Casey as a brand in the league of Darren Rowse, Shoemoney, Matt Cutts and even Perez Hilton.
The guest post is not only about Casey.  The publisher also talked about the details involved in writing and marketing a book, […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 0 comments

June 9th, 2007

Landlord vs Tenant Dispute: 10 Ways to Resolve Them Before it Gets Ugly

A rental property business is not that hard to manage.  The returns can be good to really profitable with minimal effort.  You don’t really handle a lot of people. Most of the time you just have to deal with a realtor, a lawyer, maintenance people and your tenants.  However, it involves a big amount of […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 0 comments

June 8th, 2007

Family Life After the Mortgage : 10 Common Scenarios Now

Bubble or No bubble, Real Estate from the time of the Baby Boomers has totally changed now.  Some are even saying that with today’s prices, the present generation will mostly be renters. The inflated real estate prices are way too difficult for most people to pay off. 
However for many young families, a house is […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 0 comments

June 7th, 2007

Solara…a Solar Powered Affordable Housing

Nowadays, if you want to sell your project like hot cakes the magic word is "affordability".  There is too much inventory in the market that bargain properties get snapped up first.
Among those highly in demand affordable apartment complex is the Solara.  It is a new energy-efficient apartment building in the San Diego suburb of Poway.   […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 0 comments

June 7th, 2007

Update: Casey Serin’s “I am Facing Foreclosure” is back

Recently, I posted about Casey Serin’s "I am Facing Foreclosure" as being officially over. Being his volatile self, he decided to make it live again. He started incorporating a guest blogger which is part of the transition process of making the blog a tool to help people in foreclosure rather than just an open diary […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 0 comments

June 6th, 2007

5 Things to Remember in a “For Sale By Owner”

In the Zillow Blog article "Buying Agent = 4%"  Diane Tuman wrote about a motivated seller offering 4% commission to a buying agent.  In a normal scenario where the commission ranges from 5% to 7% the buying agent/broker and the selling agent/broker equally divides the commission.  Thus, the buying agent/broker at a 5% commission would […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 0 comments

June 5th, 2007

How to Have the Mindset of a Real Estate Millionaire

Here is an interview of Dr Proactive Randy Gilbert (Host of the Inside Success Show) with Tonja Demoff; author of  "Bubble Proof: Real Estate Strategies that Work in any Market". 
Tonja Demoff discussed how to create positive money-making markets with the right kind of thinking.  According to her, you are in control of your financial […]

By Maricel Ferrer-Custodio -- 3 comments

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