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The last few months have been whirlwind for Dmitry and me.  In spite of all that you hear about the crummy housing market, we, through hard work, good fortune and a bit of creative thinking, find ourselves square in the middle of our best year in real estate-EVER.  Yes, you read that right.  Our best [...]

I think we can all agree the housing market needs a little kick in the pants right now! Well, your Federal Government to the rescue. This week congress passed a Housing Rescue Bill which will attempt to do a number of different things from foreclosure avoidance assistance, tax credits to some home buyers [...]

Here’s a true story that tops my list of foreclosure experiences so far.  Unfortunately, the list is longer than I care to recall.
Not so long ago Dmitry and I listed and sold a Birmingham foreclosure that had previously been owned by a builder who had tried to sell it for about $2,000,000.  He couldn’t find [...]

A new program about home staging is set to debut on HGTV Sunday night (10pm EST). The Stagers joins a plethora of shows (six that I can think of off the top of my head) focusing on preparing a house for a quick sale. This one promises to “go inside the hectic world [...]

Breaking News!
Fannie and Freddie are changing the rules on how payments on existing primary homes are treated when a buyer is purchasing a new home and plans to rent out the old house. In the past, we have been able to offset the payment on their existing home by showing a lease [...]