November 22nd, 2008 
admin by Kevin Gleason
Residential single-family real estate is reeling. The sub-prime crisis has hit and it has hit hard. Homeowners struggle to keep the largest single source of wealth they possess, their home, from dropping into the abyss. The broad brush of public opinion that paints all investment vehicles black covers single [...]
October 8th, 2008 admin
Back in July we put up a post with this same title and at the time we noted the poor performance of Wall Street year-to-date. We were comparing investment opportunities between stocks and real estate to make a case for the latter. Events since then have provided all the more reason to consider shifting some [...]
August 20th, 2008 admin We previewed a wholesale property a while ago that we found very interesting. Its a 1950’s two story colonial. Overall in pretty fair condition, but another example of a rehab gone bad. The rehaber was trying to bring in today’s more popular open concept design to the first floor living area. First impression – unique [...]
August 7th, 2008 admin We visited a very sick house not too long ago. It’s a house that will literally die if its present stakeholder, a bank, does not get it the immediate medical attention that it needs! We think “medical attention” is the right phrase – this house IS SICK – having become a health hazard in just [...]
July 30th, 2008 admin My name is Kevin Gleason. I have been a commercial real estate broker since 1986. Over that time I have sold numerous commercial properties, encompassing apartments, shopping centers, office buildings and single-tenant net-leased properties. The clients and customers I have served have two things in common:
They have all built wealth through investing in real estate [...]
July 14th, 2008 admin Highlights from a July 14, 2008 article in Realty Times – “Washington Report: Foreclosure Facts of LIfe?” by Kenneth R. Harney
The article is an overview of a recent speech by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson given to an FDIC housing conference. Labeled as, ” blunt, tough love comments about the home foreclosure crisis and the [...]
July 8th, 2008 admin When you look around our website and blog, it doesn’t take long to find posts about very interesting properties, recent deals and talk about the opportunities that this market is offering. We know that there are real deals “right here, right now” as we like to say. We’ve seen them – been inside them; checked [...]
June 29th, 2008 admin In a press release earlier this year the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA) said that this real estate market is full of opportunities. We couldn’t agree more! Despite high inventories, record high foreclosures and sellers having difficulties finding buyers, this market is presenting amazing opportunities at the same time!
We get blasted with national bad [...]
June 29th, 2008 admin We look at a lot of pre-foreclosure and REO properties every week – maybe 5; maybe even 10 or 12! We walk through them so we can help our buyers and investors when they call us with their inquires. We do it because we want to advice our clients as best we can on the [...]
June 28th, 2008 admin We enjoy watching many of the programs that show people rehabbing houses and then selling them for mega-profits! We think its entertaining! It’s even cooler when they complete their projects in 5 days or less! Why are they always under such ridiculous deadlines anyways? Maybe the producers have a vested interest in companies that make [...]
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