From yesterday's (04/13/12) vermontbiz.com
According to analysis of the MLS (Multiple Listing Service), real estate sales in Vermont increased by slightly over 10 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Compared to last year, MLS data for 2012 shows 955 sales while the first quarter of 2011 saw total sales of 867. This increase can be [...]
Flat Fee's Rob Foley is a contributing source to a story in Reader's Digest. Click here to learn the 13 Things Other Real Estate Agents Won't Tell You.
Flat Fee's Rob Foley quoted in Pittsburgh Post Gazette story regarding "lease to own".
Leasing to own or more commonly known as "rent to own" is in essence the "layaway" of real estate. However, unlike setting aside consumer goods, renting real estate to eventually own presents a number of practical and legal challenges not found with consumer [...]
Earlier this week one of the principal real estate brokers of the largest firm in Burlington suggested that my company's Radon Addendum "incorrectly states that 2 pCi/L is the US EPA recommended acceptable level for radon. The actual level recommended by the US EPA is 4.0 [...]
Most agents that represent buyers require the buyers to pay them a percentage of the purchase price as their fee for assisting in the purchase of a new home. There is an inherent conflict in this [...]
Because of the emotional aspects of homeownership, it is natural when selling a home to believe that your house is better than any other comparable property on the market and as a result is worth more than any other comparable [...]
While the internet has made the process of buying and selling homes much more efficient, there have been a few drawbacks associated with the ability of buyers and sellers to easily access volumes of property information [...]
Have you ever wondered how the oil industry has been able to maintain its monopoly of selling gasoline in the United States when advances in technology have led to cheaper and more efficient alternatives? Not only are the alternatives cheaper and more efficient, the overwhelming majority of Americans support these alternatives because they [...]
There was a day where a real estate agent would distinguish the quality of their services based upon their knowledge and experience in real estate transactions.
Today most agents no longer even attempt to distinguish their services upon substance. Instead they rely upon style to try to win over clients.
While there are many agents who do [...]