Forrest's Blog

In case you missed it, Prudential Americana Group, REALTORS announced yesterday at a company-wide sales meeting that monthly fees are being eliminated. No more monthly fees!Additionally . . . new, aggressive split plans were announced for all sales executives.  There was thunderous applause to bo...

If you are a REALTOR in Nevada and interested in the political landscape for 2008 . . . you will not want to miss this opportunity! On January 19, 2008, both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party will hold their presidential caucus in Nevada. A caucus is an opportunity for registered vot...

H.R. 1852 modernizes the FHA mortgage insurance program, once again providing American homeowners with safe, affordable mortgage alternatives.  This bill voted upon and passed in the House of Representatives earlier this month.  It is now in a Senate committee and hopefully will be passed in the ...

 Sellers, Buyers and their respective agents work extremely hard to reach that point when both sides finally agree to and accept an offer.  We all realize that this moment or "meeting of the minds" merely starts the clock ticking for the next 30 to 60 days with everyone eagerly anticipating the d...

In Part 1 of this series we discussed the nature and objectives of the real estate "Flipper". Flippers are really one specific type of short-term investor or business that relies upon the old formula of buy-low, upgrade for maximum return using the least amount of capital, then sell-high. But wha...