Office – Warehouse Condo – Today’s Property Type Small Business Owners Choice

Today, more and more small business owners, including accountants, doctors, and lawyers, are taking advantage of great mortgage programs and low interest rates on commercial real estate. Commercial real estate has far outpaced the appreciation of residential real estate and has put commercial real estate owners on the fast track to building wealth. Commercial real estate has proven over the […]

How to calculate daily, weekly and monthly rent

It’s common for renters to deal with a host of different price metrics when searching for an apartment. Owners, agencies, sub-tenants offer weekly, monthly, bi-weekly and sometimes even daily rental prices. This is confused with the fact that rents can be charged based on different time periods, such as monthly (per calendar month) or every 4 weeks. It’s easy to […]

10 common mistakes when starting to invest in real estate

Interested in investing in real estate? Or maybe you’re already an investor and wondering what you’re fighting for. The following are 10 common mistakes when starting to invest in real estate: Not learning the basics. When starting something new, including real estate investing, there are simple ways to learn the basics. You can go to your local library or bookstore, […]

Buying a house in Skopelos

It’s only been in the last few years that people from outside of Greece have been buying property here and generally speaking, Greeks are pretty new to the concept of selling property! In previous generations, houses were usually kept within the family and if the family was unable to maintain their property, it often fell into ruin. This was accentuated […]

Some Plumbing Basics for Home Inspection

When a home inspector inspects a home, the plumbing is one of the critical systems he examines for his report. Naturally, one of the first things he’ll do is check your faucets and fixtures for leaks. According to the American Water Works Association, nearly 15 percent of all water used in a typical home is wasted through leaky pipes, dripping […]

Referential offers

It is not inconceivable, when marketing a property in an environment of multiple offers, that a Seller may encounter what is generally referred to as a “benchmark purchase price offer.” A multiple offer situation arises when a subject property simultaneously attracts multiple Buyers, who then proceed to submit their respective offers. Since Buyers are unaware of the price and terms […]

Direct Mail Marketing for CPAs and Bookkeepers

In the accounting industry, direct mail marketing can be very profitable. CPAs and accountants are lucky to be in an industry where they can purchase a database that provides accurate information on leads. This makes direct mail marketing a very profitable approach to developing new customers. The first thing a CPA Accountant will need to do is purchase a list […]

But this time it’s different

One of the unfortunate tenants of the human condition seems to be an unrelenting propensity for repeating the same mistakes over and over again. The reason this persists is because of the constant arrogance of people in positions of power who manage to convince themselves that “This time is different” when they try to ignore market signals that show a […]