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What The Antiques Roadshow Can Teach You About Selling A Home

Many homeowners are confused about real estate valuation, but a handful of antiques roadshow appraisals would enlighten them on how it's done.

5 Things to Never Say When Selling a Home

Home sellers need to watch what they say to home buyers and their real estate agents. These five phrases should be off-limits. 

The Brunello by AR Homes®

The Palm City Brunello model by AR Homes® is now open. For more information, contact our Stuart Team at Oakmont.

What it Really Costs to Buy a Home

It would be nice if houses for sale came with giant price tags so a buyer could easily compare “all-in” costs. Imagine trying to buy a gallon of milk and having to separately compute what it costs to feed the cow, distribute the inventory and stock the shelves. Let’s bottom-line your homeownership costs, from one-time...Read More

What Does Your Life Expectancy Have To Do With Your Zip Code? Everything.

Think everyone should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps? Try this one on for size.

IRS Tax Tip: Ten Tax Tips For Individuals Selling Their Home

The Internal Revenue Service has some important information for those who have sold or are about to sell their home. If you have a gain from the sale of your main home, you may be able to exclude all or part of that gain from your income.Read more →

Is Real Estate Still a Good Investment?

Find out how real estate can increase the value of your portfolio.

Is Real Estate Crowdfunding a Good Investment?

Ask a rich person how they got rich, and there’s a good chance they’ll say they invested in real estate. In fact, real estate is generally accepted as one of the most solid ways to build wealth. That’s why there’s no shortage of people who long to buy a home and watch its value rise over time. There are the landlords willing to manage years of tenants in exchange for an eventual return on their purchase. And then there are the folks you…

Reasons Why Real Estate is a Great Investment

The real estate industry has long been a niche that is constantly thriving. In it lies vast opportunities for the shrewd, forward-thinking investors and developers abound. Investments in the real estate sector can take many different forms such as: Investment properties including land, residential, commercial, retail, industrial, and mixed-use developments, publicly-traded Real estate investment trusts (REITs), real estate related company stocks and mutual funds. In our…

Are You Prepared For The 'Obamacare' Real Estate Investment Tax?

Real estate investors are preparing for a new 3.8% medicare tax on investment income in the health care legislation and need accurate information.

Which Is A Better Investment: Real Estate Or Stocks?

Stocks and real estate have both provided positive returns over the long run. Real estate provides utility, but comes with hassle. Stocks provide traditionally higher returns, but have no utility. Each asset class depends on your own lifestyle.

Real Estate is the IDEAL Investment

Despite what you may read in the financial press, real estate has always been and continues to be, the IDEAL investment. The Best Investment You'll Ev...

Is the Current Housing Market Favorable for Real Estate Investments?

Are you one of the investors wondering if the current housing market is favorable for real estate investments? Wonder no more. Learn the answer here.

Three Things That Make A Great Real Estate Investment

If you're looking into real estate investments, you likely want to earn wealth on real estate based on risk you are taking, while minimizing the amount of time you need to spend attending to the property. In order to accomplish this, you need to make some smart choices upfront when [...]

Can Commercial Real Estate Investment Truly Be Democratized?

As crowdfunding matures it’s unclear whether it can deliver on its promise of democratizing real estate investment.

Factors Impacting Commercial Real Estate and Real Estate Investment Trusts

Tax Benefits of Real Estate Investment

Tax Benefits of Real Estate Investment You can get many tax benefits of real estate investment by owning an investment property. Investors dealing in real estate get the maximum tax benefits in the ...

Your real estate questions, answered

From remodeling to refinancing, buying, selling and paying for a home can be complicated. TODAY real estate correspondent Barbara Corcoran offered viewers tips and tricks to getting the most out of your investments.