Buying a Second Home - Seven Steps Toward a Successful Purchase

It's a buyers market, especially for second homes. What's more, you don't need to be wealthy to buy one. But you do need to be smart. If you're thinking about taking the plunge into second-homeownership, follow these seven steps to ensure a succusful purchase.

Clearwater Beach Real Estate: The Time is Now

Nothing compares to waking up each morning to the rising sun over the Florida Gulf of Mexico. Clearwater Beach in the Tampa Bay area is an outstanding choice for vacationers as well as primary and second homes, retirees, and active adults. The pace is fast, fun, and exciting. Come and get in on the real estate deals before it's too late.

Analyzing Condo Hotel

The Hotel Business meets the Second Home Investment

Buying Strategy in Slow Real Estate Markets

The general rule in real estate is determine your price range and stick to it when buying. In a slow market, however, this rule can be bent if not outright broken.

Buying a Lake or Mountain Home?

Key distinctions between buying a mountain or lake home versus a suburban home are layed out by an experienced professional. Author enumerates the most important details to evaluate and consider when investing in lake or mountain property.

Getting Pre-Approved Before Buying a Home

Buying a home for the first time can be stressful and full of surprises if you don't know all that's involved. Getting pre-approved for a home mortgage is a critical step in buying a home. By getting pre-approved for a home mortgage you can save yourself time and embarrassment.

6 Common Fears Why Filipinos Don't Invest on Properties

Property is not for the faint-hearted. It requires guts and inner-strength. Carefully examine the value of the property and see if it meets your long-term goal. If it is the one you wanted for a long time, you have to sacrifice a bit. Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at. Stand up for what you know is best!

Homeowner Associations and Homes for Sale-What Buyers Need to Know

We all have heard of both good and bad opinions about homeowner associations (HOAs) from the people who have to deal with them as a resident right down to newspaper articles.

Why Uncle Sam Wants You - To Purchase A Home!

Most first time homeowners do not realize the various tax incentives offered to homeowners by the U.S. Government. This article illustrates some of those tax incentives and discusses how home ownership contributes to an individual's personal net worth.

Home Buying Checklist

In order to make the home buying process easier, it is important that you come up with a home buying checklist. A home buying checklist is simply a list of things you must have and wish to have in your new home.

One-Third Of Condos Purchased By Single Women

Who knew that single women are gaining important strength in home purchase decisions? One is The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and the other is a Fannie Mae study from 2003. Fannie Mae projects that by 2010 thirty-one million households in the United States will be headed by women. That’s an impressive number, one not lost on businesses like home improvement, furniture and other nesting-oriented corporations.

Total Monthly Costs Overview For New Homebuyers

It’s easy for new homebuyers to get caught up in the basic costs and perceived affordability of purchasing their first home. But, beyond the mortgage payment, to avoid budget shocks later, it’s best to discover all the costs of home ownership. Costs will vary depending on the type of home (condo or single-family), location (urban, suburban or rural) and the type of mortgage loan you receive.

New Survey Reveals Dark Secret Of Real Estate Industry

Many of us in the real estate industry have always known a couple of the dirty little secrets that the industry tries to keep in a closet. Now a new survey throws the door open and lets these little know secrets out to the general public.

Common Home Sale Negotiating Baits And Switch Tactics

Buyers and sellers do a dance sometimes in negotiating a contract. But, both sides should be prepared for curve balls from an invisible third party or a nice-as-pie-but-inflexible principal. You can overcome these price and term bait and switches if you know how to respond to these no so obvious wheeler-dealers. The main tactic they use is to get you baited first, once significantly involved, they attempt to adjust terms in their favor.