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I am conducting buyer and seller seminars throughout Long Island and I am continually hearing people tell me what they think about the Long Island real estate market. I hear things like, "Oh, the market's going to pick back up soon." I also hear things like, "The market is crashing and all prices...

Share"The Long Island Real Estate Market Scares Man to Death!" I can see the story newsline now! A friend of mine wants to buy a home. He earns a very good salary but at the end of the day, he's scared to death of...just about everything, from losing his job to his wife not ever finding employmen...

The title kind of says it all.  You're Broke Because You Want to Be: How to Stop Getting By and Start Getting Ahead The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It's Not About the Money...It's About Being the Best You Can Be! Mastering the Art of Selling Real Estate: Fully Revised and Updated 21 Things I W...

I recently sat through a class for improving CMA's and the topic of short sales came up. Multiple agents in the class suggested that short sales should stay on the market for over 3 months in order to help "prove" fair market value to the bank.  A few agents said that if a short sale is on the ma...

I recently sat with a homeowner to discuss the fair market value of their home and to talk with them about the Long Island real estate market. We sat to talk and started talking about the market. She had lived in her home for 35 years and was curious about selling. As we talked, I showed her all ...

For the past 3 years, we've heard about mortgage defaults and lots of people talking about the "subprime loan crisis" but Option ARM mortgage defaults will shortly become the unfortunate talk of the town. Option Adjustable Rate Mortgages are mortgages that reset after a specific time to a capped ...

"So this guy I know is a real downer..."  Ever talk about someone like that?  Every time they open their mouth you kind of ask to yourself, "Oh boy, now what?" I think President Obama is that kind of guy.  He can't help himself from using sensationalistically fatalistic language when talking abou...

I'm going to make this short and sweet because I'm busy making money.  While I appreciate the opportunity to have exposure on activerain for free and while I appreciate with their search engine rank help with my websites, I have to complain (of course) about their unwillingness to feature blog po...

I'd like to see how many people respond to this post. Do me a favor - after you've posted how many people you know - please ad up the total and post the total number at the very end of your post. So this should work like this: I finish my post with a number "5". then the next poster's number is a...

Strange thing. I hear on the news about all this unemployment and it slowly creeps into your backyard. I know several friends and some family members who have lost their job. So I started to pay closer attention to what's going on in our backyard here on Long Island. I decided to write about the ...