Recommending a Radon Test (or Not) “No man Realtor can serve two masters.” Regular readers will recall a recurring theme on this blog. No, not my penchant for alliteration. 🙂 My stance on single agent dual agency, which is when the same agent represents the Buyer as well as the Seller. Namely, I regard it...Read More
Blog “Traffic Reports” First, a disclosure: while I cannot identify specific visitors to this blog (nor do I want to), I CAN see the domain names they — you — are visiting from, as well as which posts visitors start and finish on. I regard that as useful feedback, and use it (at least a little...Read More
“Risk Without Return” Just two weeks after I last noted plunging interest rates (see, “Refinance Redux, or, “Thanks, Greece!”) . . . they’ve dropped even further. This time, the catalyst is Spain (can you spell C-O-N-T-A-G-I-O-N?) While home Buyers may not follow gyrations in world debt markets, if you’re looking for a home — or...Read More
Avoiding Personal Property “Tug of War” The general rule in residential real estate is that fixtures stay, personal property goes. Which, I suppose, just begs the question: ‘what’s a fixture?’ (See, “How to Tell if Something is a Fixture“). But a good corollary is, “when in doubt, better to be explicit.” So, the Sellers in...Read More
Exec Comp 2012: One CEO Equals . . . Everyone in Cleveland?!? In 1989, the chief executives of the seven biggest banks in the country made about 100 times the income of the typical American household, on average. On the eve of the crisis in 2007, they made more than 500 times the median. –Eduardo...Read More
“They Heard it Through the Grapevine” I’m sure there’s more than one definition of a tight-knit neighborhood, but here’s mine: when a friend calls you up to congratulate you on selling a home two blocks away from him — and he doesn’t know the Buyer (your client), and the home hasn’t even closed yet! It...Read More
