By Ilyce Glink Realtor’s unprofessionalism pushes buyer to breaking point
Q: I am a first-time buyer and because of my real estate agent, I am very stressed and frustrated. I’ve been looking for a house since October. I won’t go into detail about the horrible behavior of my agent, because it would take […]

Michael Jackson today announced that the foreclosure sale of his Neverland Ranch property scheduled for this week has been canceled by Colony Capital, LLC, which just acquired the existing loan on Neverland Ranch from an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group.
Mr. Jackson said, “I am pleased with recent developments involving Neverland Ranch and I am in […]

ByTheOwner.com’s customers are opening their doors to buyers. There were more than 300 open houses scheduled last weekend. Open Houses are a great way to bring buyers and sellers together. Here are two recent testimonials of a customer that sold by doing open houses:
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Owning your own island is pretty common for rich celebrities, but did you know that you can purchase your own private island from as little as $82,000?

Would you believe that some of these islands go for as little as $200 thousand? And we aren’t talking about some sort of cannibal-filled hellhole, either. Consider Paradise […]

These cards are out-of-the-box ideas that most clients would love to have, but would never have the balls to actually use. Hopefully you will enjoy the ideas presented here as much as we did and will get inspired to create your own cool designs.
Let’s start with a cutting edge design. Literally.
You can make use […]

Until last year, many renters felt tremendous pressure to buy a home because prices were on the rise and financing was seemingly affordable. But now that pressure has subsided and many renters have decided to put off this major investment due to fear of falling home prices or an inability to obtain financing on what […]

ByTheOwner.com’s website statistics for the month of April 2008:
Website visitors increased from 694,507 visits in April 2007, to 990,641 in April 2008. This is a 43% increase in website visits from April 2007 to April 2008.
Pageviews increased from 6.0 million page views in April 2007, to 8.2 million pageviews in April 2008. This is […]

How the Real Estate Web sites would be if they were women:

Realtor.com She is an elderly and old-fashioned spinster who wears spectacles, a gray bun, and a late 19th century outfit. She may appear like “just an old lady”, but she is actually quite clever.
ForSaleByOwner.com She looks like she is stuck in the 90’s […]

Home Depot said Thursday it is closing 15 “underperforming” stores and will put off the opening of 50 new stores nationwide.
None of the 15 home improvement stores set for closure is in Arizona or the Southwest. Most are in Rust Belt states such as Wisconsin, Indiana, New Jersey and Ohio, which account for nine […]

One of our customers reported that their Fizber Yard Signs were stolen. We feel sorry for those owners affected and understand that it is very frustrating. Here are some ways to protect your yard signs:
1. File a police report, a yard sign, especially when purchased, is your property and when someone steals it you […]