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November 1, 2012

Holiday Decorating Or Listing Disaster?

Looking for some blog post inspiration, I was combing through my usual sources this morning and a post on Facebook from my friend Ines Hegedus-Garcia at miamism.com caught my eye. Her article, “When are Holiday Decorations too...

October 15, 2012

Listing Syndication – The Battle For Your Home Data

Last week, we opened up the conversation about listing syndication with a brief background of what it is and how it came about. Today, our focus will be to look at the advantages and disadvantages of listing...

October 11, 2012

Listing Syndication – What’s The Big Fuss?

This will probably be the hardest blog post I’ve ever written. The listing syndication debate is complex at best, with arguments on both sides of the fence and supporters championing their views with gusto. First,...

September 26, 2012

3.8% Sales Tax On Real Estate Thanks To Obamacare?

I feel like I talk more about the 3.8% “sales tax” on real estate (via the Health Care Reform Act or Obamacare as it has become known) more than I do most other things, but that’s because...

September 25, 2012

Seeing With Buyer’s Eyes To Sell Your Home

Home sweet home. Your palace. Your castle. This is where you live and you love it, but now it’s time to sell your home. Once the decision is made, your home becomes public domain –...

July 24, 2012

Appraisals, Assessments, And Fair Market Value

The words appraisals, assessments, and fair market value all relate to one of the most common questions in San Antonio real estate – “what is my home worth?“ These three terms often get jumbled up...

July 3, 2012

Healthcare Law And The 3.8% “Sales Tax”

With the recent decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the Healthcare Law (aka “Obamacare“) and all the talk of “the tax” being floated around, I suspect we will once again be hearing and seeing...

March 14, 2012

First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Lookup Tool

The first time home buyer tax credit is bringing up a lot of questions of repayment this year, so the IRS took notice and has created a look up tool to assist buyers who received the tax...

March 8, 2012

Uncanny Home Staging Tips

Staging – you’re heard the word a thousand times. You hear it on TV and you’ve certainly heard it from your real estate agent if you’ve sold a house in the past ten years. An...

February 28, 2012

What’s The Value Of Hiring A Realtor?

I recently met a friend for dinner, and he told a tale of another friend’s recent run-in and frustration with a San Antonio real estate agent. This wasn’t one of the horror stories of fraud,...

February 27, 2012

Selling Your Home? Exposure Is Essential

Listing a home for sale isn’t as simple as putting a sign in the yard and entering some data into the San Antonio MLS (Multiple Listing Service). I should know, I help agents do it...

February 14, 2012

3.8% Sales Tax On Real Estate Via Healthcare Reform Bill?

“It’s true…I read it on the internet.” Once again, talk of the 3.8% tax (miscalled a “sales tax”) on real estate transactions is making the rounds via email. When HR 3200, the Health Care Reform...