chrisgriffith on October 22nd, 2009

 
Yeah, this just about boils it down to the ugly reality of buying an, reo, foreclosure, bank owned home.
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chrisgriffith on September 21st, 2009

Identifying replacement properties for a 1031 exchange.

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chrisgriffith on August 1st, 2009

 
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chrisgriffith on May 20th, 2009

Humanizing The Buyer and The Offer
A fax to email showed up the other day and I opened it to find a cancelation of an offer for one of my listed properties. Having buyers get cold feet isn’t that unusual these days. Heck, if the Dow goes down 200 points on a random Tuesday buyers [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 6th, 2009

Chinese Drywall Checklist
I received the contents of this post in an email and thought the signs of Chinese Drywall was so well documented that it was worth sharing on the blog.  The photo examples are superb.  If you suspect your home has Chinese drywall you may find a few ways to self test the home [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 21st, 2009

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chrisgriffith on April 15th, 2009

 
The Vacation Condo Student Dorm Amalgam
Since Florida Gulf Coast University opened its doors parents have been investing in real estate in the Estero and Bonita Springs area to house their students.
It’s been a few years since having a kid go to school in Southwest Florida was a spring board for a retirement home [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 8th, 2009

The Road to First Time Home Ownership
As anticipated the month of March belonged to the first time home buyers. About fifty three percent of all closed sales in the Sunshine MLS were under $200,000. Short sales and foreclosures accounted for about thirty seven percent of the under $200,000 sales.

If you’re considering buying a home [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 1st, 2009

Opportunistic Business vs. Consumer
Predatory businesses are successful enterprises because they’re able to take advantage of confusing situations, lack of educational resources and the desperation of consumers. Like any other new wave of change the housing and foreclosure crisis has spurred many new enterprises. Granted there are many successful housing industry businesses that run on the [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 17th, 2009

Homestead Exemption Deadline | Bonita Springs Real Estate | March 1
If you purchased new real estate as a primary residence in 2008 the deadline for filing homestead exemption is just a few weeks away.   There are a few other exemptions that you may qualify for, also.
Here’s the link to the Lee County Property Appraisers site [...]

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chrisgriffith on December 4th, 2008

The Financial Crisis: an Historical Perspective
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chrisgriffith on October 16th, 2008

Getting Real Estate Advice From the Information Super Highway
How most consumers got their information ten or twenty years is so different that what is done today.  We shop for everything on the internet now; houses, clothing, cars, recipes, you name it.  If you don’t know where to get something or how to fix something it [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 14th, 2008

Who Said The Flu Couldn’t Be Funny?

The Love Story…
I will Seek and find you… I shall take you to bed and have my way with you.
I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan.
I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop.
I will exhaust you to the [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 30th, 2008

Bugs, Mold and Missing  Refrigerators
You know how those foreclosure homes and short sales homes often don’t have a refrigerator? Where do those refrigerators go? Sucked up by aliens? Stolen and sold on Craigslist?

I see it all the time. The fridge is gone and cha-ching the buyers think, “There’s $1,500 we’re going to need”. [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 27th, 2008

Home Buyer Incentive
If you’ve heard about the first-time homebuyer tax credit and wonder if you qualify, here’s some info for you.  When a first-time homebuyer purchases a home before the end of 2008, he or she gets a $7,500 tax credit in 2009 when they file their federal income taxes.  It’s not a gift of [...]

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