Author: Aly Chiman

I don’t know about you but this is a question that used to go through my mind. Granted I was only young at the time and I didn’t really understand much about anything but I knew my parents had a mortgage on their property and I knew that some of my other relatives rented their property but I didn’t understand why.What motivates someone to want to own property in the first place?I have tried to…

What exactly are the taxpayers of New Jersey paying for?A good education for their children?Proximity to “the big city”?Upkeep of the infamous Jersey Shore?Or maybe the Governor’s office shutting down a majority of the George Washington Bridge?While these are all great perks of being a New Jersey property owner (maybe not the shutting down of the George Washington Bridge), but they come at a substantial price. Property taxes in New Jersey are some of the…

Posted by in , , , , , , , , , with Below is a list of the zip codes people live that have visited my personal real estate website, within the past 45 days. A high percentage of visitors stay on the site in excess of 60 minutes ing for properties. According to the 2010 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers released by the Association of Realtors, 90% of all home buyers used…

Posted by in , , , , , with As buyers wade back into the market, there’s plenty of information to be found online. And that may be more trouble than it’s worth. arlier this year, a client asked Troy Deierling, a realtor in Sedona, Ariz., to set up appointments for three homes he’d seen online. Those viewings never happened: In spite of their supposedly current listings, Deierling discovered the properties had already sold. One…

A distressed property is a property that needs work doing to it. It could be what is called cosmetic distress, which simply means there is no major structural work to be done – you might just need to repaint, re-plaster or remove some out of date wall paper. However, cosmetic distress can also include putting in a new kitchen or bathroom and totally revamping the whole property.Properties in cosmetic distress are the bread and butter…