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Acres.com Debuts Tool to Track Residential Market Growth
The tool can identify the people behind holding companies and shell entities involved in land deals. Continue Reading Acres.com Debuts Tool to Track Residential Market Growth
San Antonio Realtors Group Rebrands MLS
The LERA acronym stands for “Local, Expertise, Regional Access.” Continue Reading San Antonio Realtors Group Rebrands MLS
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Russian Realtor Advised Women to Marry Ukraine-Bound Soldiers to Gain Widows’ Compensation
Marina Orlova was sentenced to 80 hours of community service. Continue Reading Russian Realtor Advised Women to Marry Ukraine-Bound Soldiers to Gain Widows’ Compensation
Tech Helpline Adds 6 Realtor Organizations to Client List
The service is owned and operated by Florida Realtors. Continue Reading Tech Helpline Adds 6 Realtor Organizations to Client List
Nest Seekers Launches Art Brokerage Affiliate
Nest Collections was created in partnership with Studio Kasa founder Josh Kasper. Continue Reading Nest Seekers Launches Art Brokerage Affiliate
Buying a house with a friend
Source: Bankrate --- For many prospective homebuyers, sole ownership is prohibitively expensive. With inflation and mortgage rates still high, some people may be thinking about less-conventional options for buying a home. While spouses and family members are frequent...
House Bill introduced in Texas Aims to Reduce Wait Times for Development Permits
A bill introduced in the Texas House aims to cut down on development permitting backlogs across the state by offering alternatives if local authorities don’t make a decision on them within a specific time frame. House Bill 14 would require regulatory...
Realtor Organization Provides Background Searches as Member Benefit
The San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR) has signed a contract with Forewarn to make its background search services available to the 13,000+ members they serve throughout San Antonio and the surrounding area. The organization says the move will promote proactive real...
International Real Estate Expo to be held in Mumbai in April: Foreign investment opportunities for Indian HNIs
Source: Financial Express --- High net worth (HNI) and wealthy individuals who intend to invest in international real estate and premium luxury properties will get an opportunity to explore investment options soon. The fourteenth edition of International Real Estate...
Sellers Retreat from the Market, Increasing Inventory Shortage and Buoying Home Prices; Affordability Takes Step Back on Rising Interest Rates
Black Knight, Inc.'s Data & Analytics division released its latest Mortgage Monitor Report, based on the company's mortgage, real estate, and public records datasets. With both supply and demand in the housing market being impacted by a volatile interest rate...
The 1031 Exchange Tax Deduction That Home Sellers and Real Estate Investors Have Been Using for Decades is at Risk of Being Sunset
In the president's budget plan for 2024, Biden is calling for an end to what the IRS calls a like-kind exchange, or a 1031 exchange, as it is commonly known among real estate professionals. The strategy allows sellers to postpone paying taxes on any capital gains — or...
How To Set Up LLCs For Real Estate Investing
Source: Forbes --- A few blog posts ago, I explained, in shorthand, a formula I use for setting up LLCs in real estate investing. It’s not a universal formula, but it’s a very robust structure that can help most real estate investors create anonymity for their...
This realtor created a Tinder for property co-ownership
Source: Maclean's --- Since becoming a real estate agent in 2015, Lesli Gaynor has specialized in co-ownership. She sees it as a model of housing that addresses the problems of affordability, lack of density and social isolation. Co-purchasers are often family members...
Real estate comps: How to find them
Source: Yahoo! Life --- Real estate comparables — known as comps for short — are one of the most important tools used to determine how much a home is worth. Whether you’re trying to price your home for sale, buy a new one or just gauge how much home equity you’ve...
What salary is needed to buy a home in these popular U.S. cities?
Source: Bankrate --- The real estate market has been volatile over the past few years. We’ve experienced high buyer demand, persistently low inventory and mortgage rates rising steeply after a period of record lows. In many cases, elevated home prices mean housing is...












