Rick's Blog

I have recently started looking for a new rental property, and found a couple of interest so I scheduled them for today. The first one that I looked at was pretty nice, but somewhat questionable on the layout. It is priced alright, but I would want to get them to come down a bit to make sure I ha...

This article needs to be read by everyone. I do not understand how so many supposedly educated people are making predictions as to what the market is going to do. We have one problem, and that is that some of these guys that are making theses predictions are now out of the business. Cnn did an ar...

I just looked at a number of places for future rental properties, and I think that the biggest problem with homes is not the overall cost to purchase but rather the taxes. When you buy a home that is $30,000 with a mortgage that is under $300/month, but the taxes yearly for non-homestead taxes ar...

I found a home about 2 months ago, but I happened to find it after it had an accepted deal. Now here is the problem. The agent did not place the home as pending and continued to show the home not to mention she did not disclose that there was already an accepted offer. Well doesn't that just make...

Having played hockey and been told by so many people that you will not make it, or you aren't good enough, and things like you aren't fast enough. I was so tired of the negativity that I wanted to explode on someone, but I found the best way to get to people was to say nothing, shrug it off. I wa...

I was just looking through some homes that have recently sold in Marion Twp. I came across a 2,500 sqft. victorian home that closed this month. It was a foreclosure that was originally listed for just under $265k. The price slowly worked its way down to $180k. Then it finally sold for $158,889 wi...

I found this next quote while searching for my last one, and this one is great. This refers to good habits and constant hard work. These are all things that we as real estate agents must do on a constant basis in order to stay on top of this business. Well here it is. ""Winning is not a sometime ...

It has been a while since I have done an inspirational quote, so I wanted to do one that would kick off the week on a positive note.  Here is one that has helped to keep me doing what I should be doing on a daily basis. If we take a day off it is like taking a week off, so here is a quote to keep...

Some new movies came out this Friday, and I guess for some reason the girlfriend wanted to go and see Alvin and the Chipmunks. Not sure why, but ok. Eventhough I wasn't the happiest to go, because of I am Legend coming out as well. How do we pick the kids movie over that? I don't get it either, b...

Alright, yesterday I posted about Just Breathe and the spin class that I took. I finished the post saying I was going to take the yoga class today, and I did just that. I know that yoga is about meditation and a lot of stretching. Well that is just what this was. I know that stretching can be ver...