I had a great time today at the Miami Herald building in Pembroke Pines with Coldwell Banker's Jay Chernoff and Duff Rubin.  I know I learned a great deal from them and enjoyed asking them questions.  As promised I have included my presentation with links to local commercial organizations as well as websites for commercial properties listing services.

Our Senior VP of Member Relations Maureen Levine always does an excellent job with these FREE events.

Staying on track during listing presentationscan be tough when sellers have so many things on their mind.  They are worried about how long the sale will take, what kind of a price their property will command, what direction the market is moving, how much will the sale cost, what is the net profit or loss figure and lots more. 

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USA Lending & Realty's commercial department has 33 years of experience, trust, and excellence in selling real estate, listing, leasing, and managing commercial real estate.

Guest Blogger James Santiago, owner of JS Property Maintenance, shares some helpful tips for homeowners. To contact James, email him at santiago_james@bellsouth.net, or call him at 954.804.9015.

Your home is the most valuable asset you have. Just like your car, your home needs regular maintenance, to keep it running efficiently. Have your furnace, air conditioners, and hot water heater checked seasonally. Things, such as replacing filters, saves on your energy costs, and provides cleaner air for you and your family.

John D. Rockefeller once said, “The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.”

If you listen to all the talk about the housing market being in the dumpster, the subprime/foreclosure fiasco, the R word, and the credit crunch. . . it is easy to deduct that “blood is running in the streets,” making this an excellent time to buy real estate.

My cell phone bills, like those of many other people I am sure, frequently exceed my allowed minutes, leading to often shocking bills.
 

Though quite general, follow the next 10 steps as a guideline on how to prepare for homeownership.

1. Decide how much home you can afford. Generally, you can afford a home equal in value to between two and three times your gross income.  A mortgage professional can help you get pre-qualified.

2. Develop a wish list of what you’d like your home to have and a list of what you must have in your home. Then prioritize the features on your list.

At REALTOR.com’s new “Find aNeighborhood” site, home buyers and real estate investors now have another tool to add to their online arsenal of research resources.

Site visitors can now learn how many homes are for sale in a given market or defined geographic area, research the rental market, collect demographic data, and even learn about lifestyle profiles in specific neighborhoods.

Selling a home is like climbing Mount Everest – getting a signed contract is a great accomplishment, but that's only half the journey. The typical home sale today involves more than 20 steps after the initial contract is accepted to complete the transaction.

Researchers at Freddie Mac decided to put together a list of life expectancies of various home systems and major appliances and published it on The Old House Web at http://www.oldhouseweb.com/stories/Detailed/267.shtml.