Recently I had a discussion with a friend about differences of investing in stock market versus real estate. Buck for buck historically stock market wins, but there is a really big but. That big rear end is called leverage. Leveraged real estate outperforms any other kind of investment hands down.
Leverage is ability to use OPM […]

Recently I had a discussion with a friend about differences of investing in stock market versus real estate. Buck for buck historically stock market wins, but there is a really big but. That big rear end is called leverage. Leveraged real estate outperforms any other kind of investment hands down.
Leverage is ability to use OPM […]

After my MAX FEES encounter I’ve had my eye out for more loan-related license plates. There have been plenty, but I’ve had a hard time capturing them for one reason or another. Well, I finally got one worth sharing. I think that many of these license plates will end up like bad […]

There has been a lot of furor over my “Dead Man Walking” post which outlines my opinion that mortgage brokers are marching towards extinction.  It was written a week before Bank of America pulled the plug on their wholesale lending channel; and today a friend of Blown Mortgage lets us know that another bank has […]

ByTheOwner.com recently received a page ranking of 5 from Google. Page Ranking partly determines the results of google’s search results. Typically sites with a page ranking (PR) of 5 or more will be at the top of related searched. Google does not disclose the science behind page ranking, but typically well designed websites with lots […]

A recent Comscore Media Metrix for September 2007 ranked ByTheOwner.com/Duproprio.com as the 6th most visited real estate advertising website in Canada. Here are the results:
1. MLS.ca (www.mls.ca) 2. Remax International (www.remax.ca) 3. Royallepage (www.royallepage.ca) 4. La Capital (www.lacapitalvendu.com) 5. Canoe (www.micasa.canoe.com) 6. ByTheOwner.com/Duproprio.com (www.bytheowner.com)
ByTheOwner.com is proud to be amoung the top real estate websites in […]

PRESS RELEASE
Columbus Announced as Indie Art Capital of the World
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 29, 2007
Contact: Mike Reed, 614-348-9800, or Daniel Fox, 614-746-0333
COLUMBUS, Ohio “” The title of “Indie Art Capital of the World” was announced and awarded to the City of Columbus last Tuesday, October 23rd. This announcement marks […]

Here’s a look at the new condo developments in the Yonge Street corridor in North York.
Parking space and storage locker are not included in the purchase price unless indicated.
1. AVONSHIRE: 100 Harrison Garden Blvd., just north of Highway 401, just east of Yonge St. Builder: Tridel. Two 21-storey precast concrete and glass buildings […]

The survey also finds homeowners are almost three times more likely to start property hunting online than they were last time they moved.
Additionally, the study finds among buyers aged 18 to 44 this figure jumps to 42 per cent, compared with 20 per cent of those aged 45 and over, a sign that online property […]

So it looks like Halloween just ain’t going down in the Castro this year. Bummer. I remember my first Halloween in the Castro (long before I was a San Francisco REALTOR®)… I think Foster’s Beer had sponsored it that year or something because I remember drinking many cans of the stuffs and it […]