Certain Markets Will Be More Susceptible to Declines in 2022 By ATTOM Staff ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, released a Special Housing Risk Report spotlighting county-level housing markets around the United States that are more or less vulnerable to declines, based on home affordability, unemployment and other measures in the first quarter of 2022. The report shows that New Jersey, Illinois,
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From Prom Dresses to Real Estate By Brittney Fairweather My career started out quite differently than most. For one, I was a teenager. Second, I wasn’t exactly seeking a lifetime career. I had been asked to the prom and I was thrilled. I had the exact dress picked out that I wanted. However, dresses cost money — more than most 14-year-olds have from an allowance. I had to earn some
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When “Nothing But The Best” in Life Will Do When David Offutt describes his experience in real estate, it immediately becomes clear that the two-decades-plus veteran of the industry is not just experiencing a great deal of success; he is having a great deal of fun. “I love what I do,” he explained. “I know that every day I’m going to find an opportunity where I am going to impact
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Executive Summary By Kori Covrigaru PlanOmatic, the biggest and fastest provider of Property Insights and marketing services for the single-family rental industry nationwide, partnered with their client, Sparrow, a leading provider of well-kept single-family rental homes nationwide, to measure the impact of using a Matterport 3D Tour for rental property marketing. Challenge Sparrow had 2 main challenges to address in this study: 1. They needed to determine if there would
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The Secret to “Making Your Own Math” By Teresa Bilsky A business owner is interviewing accountants with a one-question interview, “What is two plus two?” Applicant after applicant answers four until finally an experienced applicant looks directly at the business owner and without any emotional reaction answers, “What do you want it to be?” Though this is intended to be merely humor, those who are experienced in tax planning smile
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There’s Plenty of Charm Left in the South’s “Magic City” By Carole VanSickle Ellis If you were hoping the much-hyped housing “cooldown” would make things more affordable in southeastern cities like Birmingham, Alabama, then it might be time to change your wait-and-see strategy for a faster-paced approach. In the southern “Magic City,” which boasts the largest metropolitan area in Alabama and claims a history of economic growth of nearly 4,000%
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