Hojin’s Southwest Orlando Real Estate Scoop

Tax economist for the National Association of Home Builders, Robert Deitz, explains the ins and out of the first time home buyer credit for 2009. The biggest revelation of this interview is that the 2009 tax credit does not have to be repaid as it was in 2008. The 2009 tax credit is also refundable [...]

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If you’re a first time home buyer and you’re a procrastinator like me, then you’ve been putting off buying a first time this year when interests rates have been the lowest in history, home prices are half of what they were a few years ago, and the government’s teasing you with an $8,000 tax credit. [...]

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These days, home buyers are spending more time on the internet to search for properties making web appeal as important if not more important than curb appeal. A post on the Zillow blog, Web Appeal-It’s the New Curb Appeal, got me thinking about how important web appeal is becoming. The majority of home shopping begins [...]

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I’ve been selling a lot of foreclosures lately and noticed that most of the banks are conveying the property with a special warranty deed like builders often do. It’s odd because most people convey title to their property with a general warranty deed. They’re both warranty deeds, so what the hecks the difference? It sounds [...]

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I got an email about Chinese drywall from my boss today and at first, I deleted it thinking the Chinese are making everything these days. It seems like everything I own from the cheap tools I got at Wal Mart to my Nike shoes seems to be coming out of this place. So when I [...]

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I had to locate some underground utilities at my home this past week and a little banging around on the internet showed there’s a free service to locate them. All you have to do is dial 811. Well, I dialed the number and it didn’t work. I had to dial 800-638-4097 instead, but they came [...]

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A Guest Post by Betty Parker of Your Ultimate Finance Destination blog FHA loans or Federal Housing Administration loans are the simplest forms of mortgage loans for buying real properties. Among all mortgage loans, the eligibility criteria for an FHA loan are the easiest and necessitate lower than 5% down payment. The FHA loans are [...]

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I attended a real estate investing class this past week and here’s a few more things I picked up besides the possibility of double digit interest rates. Lisa has been a property manager for commercial properties for about 20 years and she has a pretty grim picture of the commercial market. Tenants are renegotiating their [...]

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I’m getting a lot of calls these days from bottom feeders looking to cash in on the declining market and I think it’s a great strategy provided they have a long enough time horizon. Many of them plan on renting the properties out until the market starts to improve, and usually shocked at the negative [...]

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