Preparing for and overseeing a homeowner association’s finances are perhaps the most important board responsibilities. It takes money and careful planning to maintain and preserve common area property. One of the best forecasting tools is a “reserve study” is needed to identify common element components, their useful lives and cost of repair or replacement. Unlike [...]

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A lot of times people will ask what they can do to generate more referral based business, since as everyone knows, referrals is the lifeblood of any successful Realtor.
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With the mortgage meltdown showing few signs of resolution, a new idea has emerged in Washington: Let the FHA get a piece of the action.
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What should a smart home buyer do with that fat federal tax rebate check?
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Existing home sales slid two percent in March, says the National Association of Realtors, down over 19 percent from March 2007 when interest rates were nearly one-quarter percent higher. The national median existing-home price (2) for all housing types was $200,700 in March, down 7.7 percent from a year ago when the median was $217,400. [...]

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