#watchingtherealestate Archives

The Need to Know Before Selling or Buying in 2021: Polk County, FL Realty Price Check

Disclaimer The information provided is assumed to be true but is provided for informational purposes only. Because each property and each buyer or seller is different, please seek the advice of a professional real estate broker or an attorney when

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Polk County Real Estate Trends- April 2020

Right now, we are currently living in times where there are many uncertainties and life is different from our normal. The COVID-19 has caused many to pause what they were currently doing and re-evavlueate. For some people, the re-evaluation may

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Seller’s Beware… Credit Scores May Be Changing

Credit changes are coming! This summer, Fair Isaac Corp.—the company behind FICO scores, is launching a new scoring model. It called is the FICO Score 10. This change is to effect 110 million Americans’ credit scores, and about 40 million consumers will

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Are alternative Real Estate Investments right for you?

In my prior post, I used my recent real estate transaction as an illustration of showing the strong demand for real estate investments. In my last post, I wrote about the 30+ offers that came in when we placed the

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Rent or Own: Which Is Better?

Rent or Own: The U.S. Census reported a 31% growth in single-family rentals from 2007 – 2016. It was during this time that large real estate investment companies bought many single-family foreclosure homes that were then turned into rentals. Most

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Are IBuyers Taking Over The Real Estate Market?

In the real estate market, IBuyers are all the rage. They are gaining in popularity as home sellers push to reduce the “pain points” associated with moving. However, the number of cash-sale real estate transactions is falling. So if IBuyers are so

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Sharing commentary and articles of interest

The Commercial and Residential rental industry has had relatively few changes throughout the years, especially in smaller cities and towns. But big changes are now coming! With investment into real estate tech companies up over 600%, you can bet that these

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The Best Information All in One Place

I really like search engines like Google. Information is so easy to come by. In seconds, you can find out really important information like the height of the Sears tower, 1,450ft high and that I’m only 1,145 miles away from

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