Current best practices for listed residence: Recommend sellers obtain legal counsel before using microphones because of potential wiretapping/eavesdropping laws/issues. Considering mentioning in all advertising/communications and even a small posted sign at the listing: "Property subject to surveillance at any time. By entering the Property you consent to surveillance (e.g cameras, microphones, eyes, ears)." That is… Continue Reading Surveillance Issues
Current best practices for listed residence: Recommend sellers obtain legal counsel before using microphones because of potential wiretapping/eavesdropping laws/issues. Considering mentioning in all advertising/communications and even a small posted sign at the listing: "Property subject to surveillance at any time. By entering the Property you consent to surveillance (e.g cameras, microphones, eyes, ears)." That is… Continue Reading Surveillance
By Kyle Malnati Real estate is a tough business; not for the faint at heart. Many of us work 60 to 70 hour weeks without any assurance that the deals we are working on will actually produce results. As an entrepreneur, you constantly wrestle with the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. I… Continue Reading Overcoming Personal Adversity While Building a Real Estate Career
This blog highlights the findings of a May 2018 Realtor® University Center for Real Estate Studies[1] research paper that found that manufactured homes[2] have increasingly become safer, with customized designs that give them the look of site-built homes, while being highly affordable at half the cost of site-built homes. For 6.6 million households, manufactured homes… Continue Reading Manufactured Homes: Affordable, Safe, and Decent Housing for Aspiring Homeowners
What to expect from the local housing market? People are changing jobs every 4 years[1] on average, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since U.S. workers are changing jobs more frequently than a couple of years ago, we take a closer look at the most popular moving destinations and the local housing market… Continue Reading Where is the Workforce Moving?
Unemployment is low and the economy is growing—more more than 4 percent in the last quarter—but home sales are actually going down for many real estate agents. The typical agent in the last year worked on 11 transaction sides, down from 12 sides the previous year. What’s going on? For starters, the inventory crunch is… Continue Reading Are You Competing for a Real Estate Pie That’s Not Growing?
http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/REC/Minutes/8-17-16.pdf SCR has requested that LLR SCREC look at solutions for "pay at close" by law or regulations to assist brokerages and associated licensees who desire to enter disbursement agreements with the closing law firm and directing the law firm to disburse money in amounts agreeable to all involved. Posted by : Byron King on… Continue Reading 2016 LLR SC Real Estate Commission Opines that “pay at close” Violates License Law
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine Furniture is getting curvier this year. Rounded options are pushing out the sharp-edge designs. It can be a nod to the 60’s and 70’s but contemporary fabrics and details are keeping it from looking dated. You’ll likely notice softer lines, curves, and ruching are growing more popular, designers say.… Continue Reading Hot Home Trend: Furnishings With Curves
Through the first half of 2018, existing-home sales are down just a tad, by 2.2%, while new home sales are up 7.4%. Home prices continue to move higher by 5%. Distressed property sales have fallen to historic lows, comprising only 3% of total sales in recent months. The one area of concern is increasing housing… Continue Reading No Housing Recession Over Horizon
“Blood Moon”, jobs and dating apps, Game of Thrones, the importance of reading, the Bank of Mom and Dad and emotional ties to your house. We couldn’t see the “Blood Moon” from the U.S., but a German astronaut on the International Space Station got some great pictures. Would you market your job on a dating… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: July 30-August 3