Ready. Set. Real Estate Blog

My team and I had an excellent experience at the International Blockchain Congress last week and came home with a whirlwind of knowledge. I was so happy to see my brief overview was so well received by the ActiveRain community and it looks like a lot of people are interested in how this technolog...

Last month Forbes magazine published an article online about the ways blockchain tech could impact the real estate industry. This caught my interest as there's been a lot of buzz about blockchain technologies and I was curious if they could represent a new tool to may our lives easier without thr...

Close your eyes and imagine a beach with water so blue it makes the sky jealous, sand so soft and pristine it’s like walking on clouds. This is a place where the sun sets over the water in a blaze of pinks and oranges and where every day feels like a Jimmy Buffett song.  If you’ve thought of runn...

So you’ve decided to make the jump. Maybe you want to be able to paint the walls any color you’d like (we hear Ultra Violet is in for next year) or have a backyard for your dog to play in or are just tired of having the expense of rent instead of the investment of homeownership. We hear you, and ...

It is well documented that real estate prices are up. From Augusta, Georgia to Augusta, Maine, Anchorage to Orlando and everywhere in between, potential home buyers are feeling the pinch. While home values are relative to location– the average rent for a studio in San Francisco, California equals...

When your job involves something as personal as buying a home, emotions run high. Whether a couple is excited to close on their first home or a family had to leave a house they’ve loved for years, there’s bound to be a lot of feelings and maybe a few tears. Here are a couple of thoughtful little ...

Conventional wisdom states that winter is the worst time to buy or sell a home, but we haven’t had a conventional real estate market in some time. While it used to be people were less interested in buying and selling during the hustle and bustle of the holiday seasons, the rules have been rewritt...

People tend to dream that a never-before-met great uncle will leave them a sprawling waterfront estate in a will they didn’t know existed. This sounds lovely (minus the death of your uncle, RIP!), but it doesn’t happen very often. In the real world, what actually occurs is that your crazy cat-lad...