Finding a New Orleans Home Shouldn’t Be Such a Challenge For Consumers
One of my pet peeves with the New Orleans MLS (Multiple Listing Service) is that they have not kept up with the times in regards to how they share real estate listings with the agents that subscribe to...
View ArticleDo I Have to Repay the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit If I Sell?
We’ve been running across some folks that took advantage of the $8,000 tax credit when they purchased the New Orleans home that they would now like to sell. It brings up the question, what happens if...
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Finishing Touches For Investors Matter
While out touring new listings recently, there were a couple of flips on the list. (A flip is a home purchased by an investor, updated or renovated and then put back on the market for sale) Now, in...
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Holiday Un-Decorating Can Double as Prepping Your Home for Sale
If your house is not already on the market, odds are you are waiting for the holidays to be over before doing so. I remember when I sold my last house, there was no way I wanted to be “show ready”...
View ArticleIs Pulling Listings from Online Syndicators in the Best Interests of Home...
Last week, there was a heated discussion in the real estate industry when a San Diego broker publicly announced via a YouTube video that they would no longer allow their listings to be displayed on...
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Random Thoughts and New Orleans Real Estate Musings | 4/6/2012
Some random thoughts that I had to share with someone, so it might as well be you Believe it or not, multiple real estate offers DO still exist. They might not be common, but it still happens. If...
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New Orleans Homestead Exemptions Are Now Permanent
I must have been asleep when the Louisiana Legislature passed La. R.S. 47:1703:1 last year, but I certainly became aware of it when I received the nicest letter from the Orleans Parish Assessor’s...
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New Orleans MLS is Making Agents Do What They Should Have All Along
If there is one thing that is a certainty about most REALTORS®, it’s that they don’t like change. They complained when they had to start putting their listings online They complained when legal...
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How To Estimate Taxes When Buying a New Orleans Home
Because the New Orleans Multiple Listing Service (MLS) doesn’t provide information on property taxes, we often get asked by home buyers how to determine what the taxes will be on a particular house. If...
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What Will the New Ferry Schedule Do to Algiers Point?
With the sunsetting of tolls on the Crescent City Connection, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is now fully in control of the Algiers/Canal Street ferry operations, including...
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