Pay Dirt - Linda Cullen's Real Estate Blog

Often we find it difficult to tell Sellers the truth.  But, delivered in a positive, caring way, it can be the best thing for everyone. One of the very best tips I give to sellers is for them to drive away and be away a while and then come home.  They need to look at the outside of their properti...

What's real estate life without yet another mandatory piece of paper and disclosure required.  Recently it a new disclosure that the homeowner just make:  CHINESE DRYWALL!  Like this: "Recent media reports indicate that there may be hazards associated with drywall imported from China which was in...

My new project.  With investors, in particular, looking for that killer deal ..... (killer price, sleeper of a property), it behooves me to become intimately familiar with what's out there so that I and my investor are positioned. There WAS a time when buyers called about properties under $100,00...

In December I became a licensed Pennsylvania real estate agent and have affiliated with Prudential Hodrick Realty in Williamsport, PA.  Of course I am still licensed in Florida with Coldwell Banker in West Palm Beach - Palm Beach County. I have found this connection to be well worth the time.  I ...

This is probably going on all over the country, but down here in Palm Beach County / West Palm Beach, Florida ... this is the latest due to the high foreclosure rates: A homeowner about to lose their home and move out (and angry!) or a tenant about to be evicted (and angry!) is contacted by some ...

It's an interesting, and encouraging, sign of the times: when an investor can buy a property and be able to flip it almost immediately.  Whether it's an approved short sale, a foreclosure, or a "regular" seller just wanting to get out and move on with his/her life.....suddenly we're back into an ...

I used to keep a log, year to year, of average sales in Flamingo Park, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County.  For some reason I stopped in 2004.  Perhaps it was my own way of saying to myself that property prices/values had gotten way too out of hand.  What did it matter? Values were way above the ...

The office is "officially" closed tomorrow for Easter Sunday.  Hmmm.....I've got some work to catch up on - and there will be no one to answer the phones which will be put on "night line."  Ha!  You just never know who might want to talk about purchasing a home in West Palm Beach or Palm Beach Co...

In today's market, it's a CRIME not to do everything we can to represent our sellers.  Have YOU tried to show property just to be told by the listing agent things like, "I have to meet you and it's not convenient for me....."?  Remember that we are hired to do everything legally possible to sent ...

Palm Beach County is mildly watchful as Tropical Storm Fay decides where she wants to visit in Florida. Only a very few on the east coast are putting up their hurricane shutters.  It doesn't hurt to be prepared; no matter where you live (the snow belt, tornado alley, along the California earthqua...