Posted in Buy Foreclosure, REO BASICS, REO Investment, tagged Buying REO, Foreclosure NY, Island Advantage Realty New York LLC, Long Island Foreclosure, Long Island REO, REO Investments, REO NY on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is no place like home. Sure, we all like to go away for vacation, but isn’t it always a relief when you come home? Home is the place where everything makes sense; you know exactly where the light switches are with out even looking. Home is where we live the majority of our days [...]
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Posted in Buy Foreclosure, REO BASICS, REO Investment, tagged Buying REO, Foreclosure NY, Island Advantage Realty New York LLC, Long Island Foreclosure, Long Island REO, REO Investments, REO NY on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The older I get the more I see that there is very little in life that is really black and white. In reality there is actually more grey area than anything else. My nephew loves video games; my mother thinks that they are horrible and that children should be forbidden to use them. The truth [...]
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Posted in Buy Foreclosure, REO BASICS, REO Investment, tagged Buying REO, Foreclosure NY, Island Advantage Realty New York LLC, Long Island Foreclosure, Long Island REO, REO Investments, REO NY on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a big believer in family. I have a huge, close family and we believe in helping each other whenever possible. But there are times when I don’t advocate having your family help you. If you break your leg, you’re not going to ask your cousin Vinny to set your leg unless he happens to [...]
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Posted in Buy Foreclosure, REO BASICS, REO Investment, tagged Buying REO, Foreclosure NY, Island Advantage Realty New York LLC, Long Island Foreclosure, Long Island REO, REO Investments, REO NY on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Aunt Natasha always used to say that owning a home was like living in your piggy bank. When I was a kid that didn’t sound like much fun, my piggy bank was cute but small. Now I understand what she meant, when you rent a home your monthly payment simply disappears into thin air [...]
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Posted in REO BASICS, REO Investment, tagged American Troups, Buying REO, Foreclosure NY, Iraq, Island Advantage Realty New York LLC, Long Island Foreclosure, Long Island REO, relocating to NY, REO Investments, REO NY, Retired Military on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had the most embarrassing moment the other day. It’s a long story but I had just gotten a green tea latte and was leaving the coffee shop when my heel got caught on the edge of the door matt. The next thing I knew I was lying in the doorway and my latte was [...]
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Many Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The price of gas has taxed the average home budget to its absolute breaking point. With cold winter months approaching there are some people who are wondering how the will weather this economic storm.
For many families the answer has come in the form of buying REO property. [...]
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Posted in REO BASICS, REO Investment, tagged Budget Home Buying, Buying a Home, Buying REO, Island Advantage Realty New York LLC, Long Island Foreclosure, Long Island REO, NY Foreclosure, NY REO, REO BASICS on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are some events that are so memorable that they are etched into our memories forever, weddings, the birth of a child and putting the keys in the door of your first home. As a real estate professional it is one of my favorite things about my job to be able to see the joy [...]
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Posted in REO BASICS, REO Investment, tagged Island Advantage Realty New York LLC, Long Island REO, Manifesting a house, New York Real Estate, New York REO, NY Foreclosure, Positive Thinking, The Secret on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a client who is a big fan of “The Secret”. If you aren’t familiar with “The Secret” it is a best selling novel and DVD that teaches the power of positive thought. Followers of “The Secret” are encouraged to visualize things that they want to have happen in their lives and to even [...]
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As you probably know REO stands for Real Estate Owned, this is a name for properties that were foreclosed upon and did not sell at auction. Sometimes these properties are called Bank Owned. REO is a hot topic of conversation simply because there are so many of them on the market. As the sub prime [...]
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REO property can be a great investment. There are a few criteria to look at to tell you a property is good investment for you. One of the most important considerations is location. A property can be a great deal, but if it’s not in an area that works for you and your family then [...]
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