I read a Baltimore Sun article a few days back that noted the struggles that young people face when choosing the real estate industry as a profession. In very basic terms, the factors noted in the article are self-evident. That is, people looking to buy or sell a home or commercial property will often “discriminate” […]

The concept of “staging” a home to sell it, first developed as a sales technique on the West coast and having more recently made its way east, is becoming a popular way to sell houses in a real estate buyers market that often requires a little bit more effort on the part of home sellers […]

We’re currently in the process of leasing a commercial property in Baltimore, Maryland and I got to thinking about the various roles that are played throughout even a fairly simple transaction. We own a commercial building in a very nice area of downtown Baltimore and we’ve listed it with a leading broker in the area. […]

Latin immigrants in the United States, both legal and illegal, are leaving the country or moving around within the U.S. in increasing numbers of late, and it has nothing to do with border patrols, fence-building and immigration legislation. Asked why they’re leaving, many note that the type of available work that made the U.S. so […]

While it’s still unclear where the housing market will end up after its meteoric rise and recent cooling, the fundamental principles of real estate investment strategy remain relatively unchanged. For those new to the game, the approach to real estate investing is essentially the same as it was during the boom – assuming your strategy […]