Real Estate Investing

12 Tips For Finding Neighborhoods That Don’t Lose Value

By Bill Petrey, Realtor

It’s not too hard to find neighborhoods where home prices don’t fall. Highly desirable neighborhoods that maintain or increase in value have a few characteristics in common.

A well-established neighborhood close to a city Homes priced slightly above the median home price Has few, if any foreclosures Has long-term neighbors that have lived in . . . → Read More: 12 Tips For Finding Neighborhoods That Don’t Lose Value

Don’t Get Fooled By Price Per Square Foot Comparisons

By Bill Petrey, Realtor

When comparing one house to another, the statistic that’s often used is price per square foot. Unfortunately, using price per square foot doesn’t paint an adequate picture when comparing houses. It can often be misleading and doesn’t take other factors into consideration. You can’t make generalizations like that when comparing unique houses.

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Tips To Avoid Making Bad Real Estate Investments In Today’s Market

By Bill Petrey, Realtor

As there are some golden rules of property investing, there are also types of investment properties best avoided. While I disagree about short-term selling as a bad strategy, I do agree that it’s an extremely risky strategy and a hard strategy to be successful with for the novice investor. Short-term selling should be left . . . → Read More: Tips To Avoid Making Bad Real Estate Investments In Today’s Market

Agent Harvesting: The Best Way To Find The Top Producing Real Estate Agents In Your Area

By Bill Petrey, Realtor

The biggest mistake buyers and sellers make when hiring a Realtor is that they do not do their homework before hiring a real estate agent. They end up with a house that sits on the market longer, sells for a lower price, and the time spent dealing with that agent is a nightmare. AgentHarvest helps minimize the chance of these things happening by finding agents in your area that are currently selling houses like yours, in your neighborhood, for you to interview. We don’t make you sign contracts and you are not obligated to use any of the agents we connect you with. So basically AgentHarvest is a free service requiring no obligations on your part.

Here’s what our customers have to say about our agent finder services.

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12 Tips For Finding Neighborhoods That Don’t Lose Value

Don’t Get Fooled By Price Per Square Foot Comparisons

Tips To Avoid Making Bad Real Estate Investments In Today’s Market

Agent Harvesting: The Best Way To Find The Top Producing Real Estate Agents In Your Area