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$6000   2461 Maryland Gary, IN  3 bedroom 1 bathroom with basement need TLC $8000    1640 Carolina  Gary, IN  2 unit building needs TLC $6000    2157 Kentucky  Gary, IN  need TLC 2 bedroom 1 bathroom with basement $2000    2324 Kentucky Gary, IN (vacant land) $6000    1730 Maryland  Gary, IN 2 un...

Have you seen in the not so recent past headlines like "Will real estate survive, market at its lowest decades," or "Real Estate bubble burst"? Those headlines send chills down both buyers and sellers spines.  Buyers just did not buy and sellers did not sell.  Sellers did not sell not from the la...

In Indiana, the flood gates have been open and a first time homebuyer can get up to $25,000 from the state of Indiana to purchase a home.  You may also qualify to get an additional $8,000 from the federal government. Never before has there been such an incentive for buyers to purchase a home.  Th...

I use postcards to advertise my listings with great success.  Recently, I sent out 40 postcards to homes that surrounded my recently reduced REO (real estate owned by a bank) listing, and I received several calls and got several potential interested buyers for the property. Amazingly all these ca...

Did you know radon can enter your home through water?  What water?  Ground water and well water are the water sources that can cause radon to enter your home.   In other words, radon can enter your home from the ground.  Why should you be concern?  Well, if you have a basement it is located under...

The way that an individual makes money is by keeping expenses low and income high.  The latter is true for any business venture; however, you may be wondering how do you accomplish that in real estate?    To keep expenses low you must be aware of your expenses.  Your expenses may be: Property tax...

The Illinois Housing Development Authority is willing to help any armed service person to purchase a home if he or she has one thousand dollars in saving to apply towards the purchase of a home. The program is called "G-I Loans for Heroes".  The serviceperson would, however, have to have two mort...

More often than not, an individual experiences an invasion to something that we all hold dear, our identity.  An alerting statistic in 2008 stated that identity theft cases have increased by 22 percent.  That fact does not disprove the theory or common knowledge that identity theft will replace t...

The five costly mistakes that a real estate investor can make is not: protecting the assets in his or her portofolio researching the town or community the investor is buying in knowing the fair market rents knowing what type of property is most profitable for the investor knowing the cost of reha...

There are a couple of little mistakes that cost homeowners a lot of money.  One of those mistakes is not filing for tax exemptions.  Another mistake is not understanding the mortgage.  Still yet another mistake is not knowing your right if you are trouble with your mortgage.    In the recent past...