December 2007

How to AVOID the GREY area of Selling

Joshua Keen

Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 6:45am. 371 Views, 0 Comments.

Daniel Rothamel of Real Estate Zebra shares how to avoid pitfalls and GREY areas when selling your home in today's turbulent real estate market.  Afterall, selling real estate is a Black & White situation.  Either you sell...or you don't.

RealSource Brokers Launches NEW website....

Joshua Keen

Monday, December 17th, 2007 at 8:15pm. 340 Views, 0 Comments.

Welcome to the NEW and (need I say?) improved RealSourceBrokers.com website.

For most of 2007 my team and I have been working closely with a top design and programming team at REW to develop a revolutionary Intown Atlanta Real Estate website.  Our goal was to change the way buyers and sellers search for real estate and real estate related services online in the Metro Atlanta market.  We launched our new site today and we're excited about what it has to offer all of our customers, clients and friends.

So please...take a moment to browse the new site...and don't forget to take advantage of the cutting edge technology and breakthrough user interface while searching for your next Intown Atlanta home.  From detailed neighborhood and school information to…

How’s the market?

Joshua Keen

Saturday, December 15th, 2007 at 5:03pm. 307 Views, 0 Comments.

Well, the market is what the market does… and here in Atlanta, it does what it does relatively slowly.  We all know the changing real estate market conditions have been covered in the national mainstream media, but those of us who have been active in the Atlanta real estate market know that the national real estate boom of the past few years managed to pass us by. Atlanta housing prices have enjoyed steady appreciation without the skyrocketing increases that have pushed other large markets toward a bubble and Fortune magazine predicts about 4% growth in values for the Metro Atlanta area over the next two years…not far off the 6% annual return we’ve seen in over the last five years.

With the real estate market operating like any other financial market - on…

The MARKET Is the Only Determinant Of The VALUE Of Your Home

Joshua Keen

Saturday, December 15th, 2007 at 5:00pm. 288 Views, 0 Comments.

There’s an old saying in real estate: “Sellers are NOT the deciders of what their home is worth, but they ARE the deciders of how quickly their home will sell.”

The REAL value of your home is what a willing buyer will pay for it, and what you will accept - TODAY. Nothing more. Nothing Less.

OK, so let’s say you’ve determined that the average discount on homes in your area is 2.5 percent of expected selling price. And sales information shows that your home is worth $300,000. To determine a list price that is within 2.5 percent, divide $300,000 by .975 (1.00 less .025 = .975). This gives you a list price of $307,000.

But remember this: Markets and the economy are in constant flux and conditios can change drastically in a short period of time.…

Who wants to be a Millionaire Real Estate Investor?

Joshua Keen

Saturday, December 15th, 2007 at 4:53pm. 256 Views, 0 Comments.

For years we have all heard the stories of people making a fortune speculating in real estate. But what precisely is speculating? Is it just a fancy word for investing? Not quite. Speculating generally refers to the practice of flipping properties before they are even complete. Now, that being said; it also needs to be pointed out that speculating comes with a great deal of risk and only works at specific times in specific locations. The kind of locations where speculating works are areas that suddenly have a huge drawing power like trendy vacation spots, new ski resorts and new construction areas that are close to famous attractions. Great examples of areas like this were Florida and Las Vegas in the early 2000's.

Now, speculating is really not for the…