Here is a market update for this year so far, concerning the Columbus real estate market & Pickaway county. Franklin county-wide : Single family properties only , including condos. 9,579 Total homes sold , down from 11,340 in 2007 (A total of -15.5%) $161,882 Average List Price ,down from $169,308 (A total of -4.38%) 115 [...]

After a total of 94 days we finally closed on this property. My buyers got quite the deal, even though it took a total of 94 days to close the property (18 days about were for the financing, the rest was mitigation wait). CITI took something like a $75,000 loss writedown on the short sale, [...]

I was doing some backtracking today from my blog to see rankings and foreclosure list research. I stumbled upon a wikihow article stating that the best website available to find free foreclosure lists is emailforeclosures.com. I figured this would be a good chance to see if there really is a good website that has reliable [...]

As a update to my previous post, I have now visited my gem in Dayton that was purchased from a tax lien investment group for a small, 4 figure number. Well, I knew the home was in rough shape, but i wasn’t expecting a complete opening in a wall that you could walk through. The [...]

I’m really , really trying to add more local content to my blog ,and this was one idea I had – Let’s take pictures of Pickaway County! So , I went out yesterday evening and took pictures of Hargus Lake in the evening (also known as AW Marion Park) It’s really a great park, I [...]

Welcome to my Real Estate & Community Blog. Here you will find plenty of information regarding 2 subjects – Real Estate Issues, and Pickaway County. Many of these subjects will intertwine, some will not. Please use the section on the right titled “Sections” To see my various topics. I have been reciving thousands of visits [...]

I wanted to post a update on what I’ve been doing this week, I’ve been really quite busy with real estate , I closed my first USDA loan property 2 weeks ago, which was really interesting. I will be posting more information on that at a later date, but I’ve been working on something a [...]

I wanted to post what I have recieved concerning this bill that has should be approved by the senate. I’ve already started calling first time homebuyers to tell them about the potential $7,500 credit they may recieve for buying their first home.   Highlights of the FHA portion of the Bill & Tax Credit Provision [...]

I wanted to take a little bit of time and do a general analysis of the Columbus market, to see how appreciation was being effected by foreclosures. As of this year with the Franklin county market – Overall sales are down by 711 units, which represents a 15% Decline overall from 2007, and a overall decline [...]

I figured that I would share the method that I’ve used successfully to located Pre-Foreclosure properties AND locate Foreclosure properties before they’re on the market or listed (Government Auctions).   First, I’ll explain how to locate pre-foreclosures, This process took me a week or two of digging, and talking to local authorities. Pre-Foreclosures are properties [...]