Parsing the Home Buyer Tax Credit Realtors are already fielding questions from clients (see below) about the newly-passed $8,000 tax credit for home buyers. Details are still sketchy — the stimulus bill’s provisions repeatedly shifted — but the gist of it appears to be: 1) a scaling tax credit of up to $8,000 (not the...Read More
Resuscitating a Cold ListingClients may not always appreciate it (or even know), but there’s a big difference between what an attentive, skillful Realtor does in the course of marketing a home (a “listing” in Realtor-speak), and what someone less capable or motivated does. To take just one example, consider what happens when a home fails...Read More
