Michelle Rottach's Blog

Everyone will tell you that buying real estate is all about Location Location Location. How do you determine if the house you are thinking about buying has the right location? There's a great article on Yahoo Real Estate that lists the 5 keys of a "good" location. Link to the article You can chan...

Here's a snapshot of the real estate market in Camanche, Iowa This information is compiled for sales of properties that have sold from Jan. 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010. The data is from the QC MLS system and includes commercial, residential, lots, farms and acreage. The properties that are act...

Here's a current real estate market snapshot of Buffalo, Iowa This information is compiled for sales of properties that have sold from Jan. 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010. The data is from the QC MLS system and includes commercial, residential, lots, farms and acreage. The properties that are act...

Here's the market report for Calamus, Iowa in Clinton County This information is compiled for sales of properties that have sold from Jan. 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010. The data is from the QC MLS system and includes commercial, residential, lots, farms and acreage. The properties that are curr...

Here's the market report for Bettendorf Iowa in the Quad Cities. This information is compiled for sales of residential homes that have sold from Jan. 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010. The houses that are currently on the market are through April 16, 2010.   ACTIVE  - There are currently 186 homes f...

RE/MAX Real Estate is now ranked as the 10th most visited real estate site on the Web in March 2010, according to Web Metrics firm Hitwise. Remax.comhas been steadily rising on the Hitwise's rankings since December. The top ten sites made up 28.43 percent of real estate industry Web Traffic last ...

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday released a plan to speed up and encourage Short Sales as a means to help families avoid foreclosure. We've been offering Short Sale proposals to public officials for over a year, and although the new guidelines aren't everything we were hoping for, they do r...

Forget your diet! Now you have a REASON why you SHOULD eat a DQ Blizzard. On August 13th, Dairy Queen will donate a dollar or more for each blizzard that they sell. The donation will go to the Children's Miracle Network. Last year DQ raised 4.5 million! Let's help them raise even more this year! ...

               I specialize in helping first time home buyers in the Quad Cities area of Iowa. I love working with people buying their first house and sharing the excitement that comes with it. Buying your first home can be an intimidating experience if you are not armed with the right informatio...

Buying your first home can be an intimidating, scary prospect. I will help guide you through the entire process. so it's a fun, exciting time instead It's my job to help you become knowledgable in all aspects of the home buying experience. I'll help you take advantage of all of the programs that ...