Real Estate Agents and the Internet – How to Buy and Sell Real Estate Today

Then and Now Ten years ago, a search for real estate would have started in the office of a local real estate agent or by just driving around town. At the agent’s office, you would spend an afternoon flipping through pages of active property listings from the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS). After choosing properties of interest, you would spend many weeks touring each property until you found the right one. Finding market data to enable you to assess the asking price would take more time and a lot more driving, and you

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Ottawa Neighborhood Tips When Purchasing Real Estate For Investment

It is important for you to investigate the city neighborhoods when you have made up your mind to invest in a property. Ask yourself this question: ‘Will investing in a swanky neighborhood be cost-effective as a form of investment?’ Generally homes in an expensive part of town will cost too much and are not worth your money. While you may be able to find rare gems and bargains once in a while, it is safer to purchase a home in a less classy Ottawa neighborhood. At the same time, you should not focus on real estate in a low class

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Southern Utah Real Estate Market Conditions

With just 60 days to go before the 2014 Real Estate market hits -Reset- and dives into 2015, the October St. George Utah real estate market conditions and statistics continue to look positive. In drilling down on the current inventory, it’s hard not to notice the the greater St. George Utah area – primarily in the cities of Ivins, Santa Clara, Hurricane, Washington, St. George, Brookdale, and Pine Valley – currently has an inventory of 3,978 active real estate listings. Of those listing, only 196 are listed as condo/townhomes for sale; with 275 townhomes sold thus far this year on

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