Blog Tour USA (or should I call it, The ANNUAL Blog Tour USA?) is kicking off next Sunday, July 1, in Boston, MA.
(It’s actually kicking off the night before, at a huge New York City party.)
Here are some details:
We’re announcing Blog Tour USA, the first (as far as we know) cross country real estate blog […]

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You can’t find a better New England city than Marlborough, Massachusetts.
I guess.
Anyway, a new loft project called Renaissance Lofts was profiled in today’s Globe.
Renaissance Lofts sits near downtown, in a neighborhood of single-family homes, auto body shops, and storefront churches. There are other hints of renewal in the city. A nearby old armory building […]

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So, when you get conflicting information from a developer, how can you figure out who is telling the truth?
Do you believe:
” … the website says there are only about 20 units left …”;
“The … development is currently 60% sold, with approximately 30 units remaining …”;
“There are 150 condos in all, with 30 units reserved […]

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You know what must be tough?
Buying your condo in 2004 for $725,000 and then having to put it on the market in mid-2007 for $699,000.
Which means, after commission, you’re only going to end up with around $665,000.
That’s a $60,000 loss.
By the way, it’s a good time to remind you all, losses on the sale of […]

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The real estate slump has not hit the Back Bay.
I saw a flyer for a single outside parking space behind 134 Beacon Street.
Price: $149,000.
Sweet.
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So, sometimes you go to a store, and there’s just one checkout line, but multiple open registers. Other times, there are lines for each register.
What’s up with that?
There’s a science to this, believe it or not. Queue management, it’s called.
If you think about it, it makes sense, right?
At a bank, one customer might […]

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