Tim Owensby on January 3rd, 2010

Many in the real estate industry are trumpeting an impending rebound in residential real estate. They are talking about how the extended tax credit programs for home buyers will push up the demand and save the real estate industry.
While there is no doubt these tax credits will help home buyers because they essentially cover much [...]

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Tim Owensby on June 15th, 2009

I got up this morning a little earlier than usual, fired up the MacBook Pro to check email (and because I’m a parent, the weather at the summer camp my son is attending this week.)
Anyway, I open my email and receive this…
I want to thank you, the last segment episode 5 of your podcast is [...]

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Tim Owensby on February 3rd, 2009

The other day a tweet on twitter announced a new blog post on Active Rain by a Realtor. Part of the title had, “why buyers want to low ball”. So, naturally, it caught my attention. I read the article and was the second to post a comment. My comment simply talked about how investors often [...]

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Tim Owensby on June 4th, 2008

This morning I get an email from one of our people in the field trying to sell a home we have had in our inventory for a while. They wanted to know how to get in contact with former renters to get copies of the utility bills.
Huh? Are you nuts?
They said in the email they [...]

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Disgruntled homeowners are starting to sue the agents and brokers who sold them their homes at the height of the boom.
They might just have a case because all too often the broker and agent oversteps the line in discussing the value of the property.
The defendant in the Ummel case is Mike Little, a veteran agent [...]

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Tim Owensby on July 14th, 2007

In my last post I talked about real estate agents and blogging. But, that post was really about clueless real estate agents and how they market their message to investors.
I’m going to finish my real estate agents who blog thought here.
Now, before I make a lot of enemies here I want to say there are [...]

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