The Real Estate Association of York and Adams Counties just released the February 2010 real estate sales statistics. Despite the fact that the average sale price is slightly lower than 2009 it's a positive sign to see sales volume for 2010 16% higher than last year. Burmudian Springs, Fairfield
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03/12/2010
The first three posts of the series are linked below: So You Want to Buy Investment Properties - Evaluate with me So You Want to Buy Investment Properties - The Property - Part II So You Want to Buy Investment Properties - Lending - Part III As I stated yesterday, I emailed a few lenders to see
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03/11/2010
If you're following the series I'm going through the steps to properly buying an investment property. If you're just now tuning in, the first two posts are linked below. The property we are evaluating can be seen to the right ------> So You Want to Buy Investment Properties - Evaluate with me S
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03/10/2010
My friend tooks this picture of her dog looking out into a field. It sort of reminds me of everyone waiting for the economy to shift back into a more normal state. We are all looking forward waiting, wondering, and hoping that we'll gradually come back into an economy full of jobs and real esta
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03/10/2010
Yesterday I wrote a post about a project that I'm going to tackle for my analyzing investment properties class. I set the scene for the project and the goals I want to achieve. To read the blog: So You Want to Buy Investment Properties - Evaluate with me - CLICK Today we are going to meet the p
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03/09/2010
Today I had to head north to Harrisburg to meet with my accountant. While I was in the area I gave my Grandma a call to see if she wanted to grab breakfast or lunch. We ended up going up to her church for lunch. There were probably 80+ people there for lunch and music. My Grandfather passed a
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03/09/2010
"My last Realtor couldn't sell my house, but the next guy sold it in 7 days." I heard this statement a few months ago, and began thinking about situations where this happened to me or people I know. One of the best agents I know recently had this happen. It certainly wasn't this particular agen
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03/08/2010
I've been given a project for my Broker class that will actually prove valuable to any consumer that desires to buy rental properties. The objective behind this project is to select an available rental property, gather the necessary information, and evaluate the property to see if it's worth pur
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03/08/2010
"Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures." -Vince Lombardi About a year ago I read a book about Vince Lombardi entitled "What it Takes to be Number One." The primary focu
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03/08/2010
Recently I started searching key words I'd like to dominate in my market. While I've done pretty well in Gettysburg I've overlooked the surrounding towns. To set the scene my County has roughly 44,000 homes. Gettysburg is the biggest town, but many of the surrounding towns offer a lot in the w
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03/07/2010
