Marla's Blog

We all go into these short sales, eyes wide open, that they are going to take some extraordinary effort to get them done. I accept that but why oh why does WAMU have to make this short sale like swimming against the rip current? A complete file was sent certified mail and received May 7th. We hav...

There's an amazing series of articles in the Asbury Park Press, published by Gannett. The writer Mike Diamond has chronicled a long and sad history of municipal corruption in Monmouth County. Monmouth County is not the single corrupt county in New Jersey. Corruption is widespread, like a cancer t...

Attention New Jersey Agents! Have you contacted all your clients, told your farm that the Legislature is at it again! They have found another way to tax us. This time they are seriously considering legislation to allow municiaplities to impose a realty transfer tax in addition to the realty trans...

A colleague and I will be working as a team starting in September. I would like to get feedback from others who currently work on teams and those who have worked on teams. Good, Bad, Ugly? We have already been on one listing presentation and it went well. We are both high energy, understand our m...

This is a call out to all New Jersey Realtors. What do you think about the property tax situation in New Jersey?  I would also like to hear from Realtors across the US to learn more about how properties are taxed. I know there are low property tax states out there and your states still manage to ...