 Making Money Buying Real Estate
By Mark Karten, February 14 2010
Happy Valentine's Day and I hope you have tomorrow off for President's Day, too! As I wrote a few weeks ago, Las Vegas is the most undervalued market in the US. Our prices are 41.4% lower...
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Doing the Right Thing - Part 2
By Mark Karten, January 31 2010
Last week, I talked about "Doing the right thing" - specifically, if you owe much more than your home is worth and the chances of having positive equity are slim to none in the foreseeable future, what should you do?...
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Will Short Sales Turn the Market Around?
By Mark Karten, January 10, 2010
In real estate, the first weeks of January bring us all the year-end statistics, which I'm sharing with you later in this report. Similar to the way the stores manipulate us, so does the media...
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Understanding the Process of Buying a Home
By Mark Karten, December 20, 2009
It seems that most parents have read the book, "What to expect when you're expecting," a detailed process of pregnancy and birth. Today I give you the equivalent when purchasing a property...
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Nowhere to go but up
By Mark Karten, December 14, 2009
As we look back at 2009, it was a pretty amazing year to be a buyer of real estate. The prices that we thought were so low at the beginning of the year dropped another 15% by the end of summer.
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The Four Sides of Short Sales
By Mark Karten, November 16, 2009
You've heard the saying, "There's three sides to every story - yours, mine and the truth." Compared to a short sale transaction - that's nothing.
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Has the Housing Recovery Begun?
By Mark Karten, October 27, 2009
With the release of September's statistics, we now have official confirmation of the brisk sales and price increases that we've been witnessing these last few months.
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How to Get the Lowest Possible Price on a Home
By Mark Karten, October 22, 2009
Everyone loves a bargain, right? I've discussed the possibility of buying properties on the courthouse steps, which is the "cheapest way" to get a property, or is it?
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Is a second wave of foreclosures in our future?
By Mark Karten, October 6, 2009
The new TV season has begun and I'm engrossed in a show called FlashForward. The premise is that everyone in the world "blacks out" at the same time for 2 minutes, 17 seconds.
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Are You Ready To Buy?
By Mark Karten, September 6, 2009
With time going so quickly, the opportunity to take advantage of the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit is slipping away. You must close on your home by November 30, 2009...
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Now is the time!
By Mark Karten, September 1, 2009
There's no better time to buy a home than now. Prices are at their lowest, interest rates are historically low and if you haven't owned a home in the last three years...
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Home Warranties
By Mark Karten, August 30, 2009
Last week, I spoke about the importance of performing a home inspection on any property you're interested in purchasing. Just as important is the need to purchase a home warranty...
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