Real Estate and Reality TV
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In 2009 I wrote an article based on an HGTV "reality" show about a real estate sale in Chicago - you can read it here. Today I read an article from Inman News about real estate and reality TV.
When I write my own blog post in relation to a published article I usually go down the original list and write in my own thoughts. I'm going to tackle it a bit differently today.
Editing and True Reality
Unless you've been interviewed for an article in a newspaper or magazine or have been on a television show, you don't realize how editing can skew your entire interview or the true happenings while filming a show/documentary.
I've been published many times in local newspapers and The Wall Street Journal Online even published a story about me losing…
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This is part 2 of the Real Estate Neighborhood Expert series – click the link to see what started these posts. In a nutshell, this series began from an article I read in Inman News. The author was blasting agents that call themselves area experts. His thoughts were that these so-called experts would take high-priced listings because they weren’t keeping abreast of local market conditions. I commented on his post and wrote my own response, which you can read using the above link. That post is very long so I’m going to create some shorter posts to highlight specific things referred to in the Inman article.
Are you a recent grad thinking about buying your first home? Tread carefully. Although the historically low rates for a home may give reason to salivate, you want to take a closer look. With the FED’s plans to slow down the “quantitative easing” (QE3) over the next year as announced last month, we may soon see long-term interest rates going up. It may seem like a good idea to jump on the low interest rates before they go up. However, if you have student loan debt, it is critical that you consolidate your loans now. With that said, here are some considerations to ponder before buying your first home.
I caught a great "Buy Me" show on HGTV today that was shot in Chicago. It was very interesting because one of the owners was a long-time veteran real estate agent that had her REALTOR® son list the home.