Posts from March 2021

More than 15.5 Million Affluent Households across the Globe are in the Market for Residential Real Estate over Next Three Years, According to a Study

Consumers in top 1-5% bracket surveyed across 17 countries, representing more than 30 million households

NEW YORK CITY, NY, Feb. 17, 2021 - A comprehensive study of the world's affluent households by Luxury Portfolio International® (LPI), the luxury marketing division of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, the largest global network of premier locally branded residential real estate brokerage firms, revealed compelling metrics on the demand for residential real estate among the world's wealthiest.

The just-released study, State of Luxury Real Estate, focused on consumers in the top 1%-5% income bracket of 17 c...

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Try and contain your excitement over my clever title today. I typically love to use a play on words or an alliteration, but today I just wasn't feeling it. I'm still (casually) house-hunting and honestly enjoying the process. In the past decade or so, when looking for a place to rent, I spent loads of time on the interwebs seeking out rentals. The home shopping process has been literally the same. I'm spending time researching neighborhoods and homes and eventually I'll work up to actually visiting the home..you know... like a real human meeting with other humans. Hard to believe, I know. Can we stop wearing hazmat suits to the grocery store yet? Ugh.

If you're still debating whether to rent or buy, this article is for you. If you are not in this boat, I suppose you can turn the page, take another sip of your coffee and enjoy...

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When I first went to college, I registered, paid, bought a plane ticket to Minneapolis and arrived on campus having never set foot there (or in Minnesota for that matter). It was a little silly for sure, but I knew I wanted to attend there and nothing was going to change my mind. In the case of my college choice, it fulfilled all of my "must haves" and most of my "nice to haves". Were I buying a house, my confidence would have been on the same level.

In our current (mildly insane-but slowly getting better) global climate, buying a home site unseen is becoming more common. While working over in Lincoln, we had a handful of people purchase condos never having stepped foot in them. For a ski condo, I think that is a little less risky. You are basically buying a place to recreate a few times (weekends) a year. I read once that th...

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I think it's in the Bible where it says children should be seen and not heard. Today I'm going to extend that advice to those of you currently (or about to be) selling your home. The reality is that most of us are not trained salespeople. We don't have the years of experience and smooth savvy of "Big Tom Callahan". We have encouraged sellers in the past to allow their real estate professionals to handle the showings and the subsequent questions. I'd like to share a few items today that might help keep you out of trouble if your agent is not around and you're stuck talking with those potential buyers.

First and foremost I would never encourage anyone to be dishonest. There are certain things that you are required by law to disclose about your home and there are other things that you may just feel more comfortable telling th...

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