It can’t hurt to ask

In certain parts of the world, the marketplace is designed for negotiation. Don’t ever offer full price and don’t ever accept the first negotiation...

More fraud red flags

Summer is here and while you’re sitting on the beach you might not want to think about real estate fraud, but fraudsters may be...

Too good to give up

According to Lawrence Yen, whom I quote frequently, “It’s a unique market condition.” Coming from the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, this...

Fraud by any other name is still fraud

For many of us who hold Florida real estate licenses in the state, you will be renewing this year. Renewal is pretty easy, it’s...

Packing up the wealth

Pity the poor governors of some of the large metropolitan areas in the Northeast, West and Mid-west. Specifically, New York and Illinois, where their...

Louise Bolger

Louise Bolger writes about real estate in Castles in the Sand. Email