by Joe McAuliffe | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Buyer Considerations, Cup O' Joe
2015 BUYER CONSIDERATIONS Save Your Cash, Get a Mortgage Instead Why are Financial Advisor with UBS, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and other brokerage companies encouraging their clients to refinance their homes? The answer is simple. No one expects interest...
by Joe McAuliffe | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog, Buyer Considerations, Cup O' Joe
2015 BUYER CONSIDERATIONS Warren Buffett’s Final Word on Real Estate Arguably, the most famous and successful investor in the world is Warren Buffet. Buffet’s uncanny ability to invest is legendary. For those of us that are old enough to remember, there used to be an...
by Joe McAuliffe | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog, Buyer Considerations, Cup O' Joe
2015 BUYER CONSIDERATIONS The Fast Track to Financial Security (part 2) We know from the savings chart you recently received that putting a little money aside every year by itself won’t cut it. If you have a pension, that could make a big difference. If Social...
by Joe McAuliffe | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Buyer Considerations, Cup O' Joe
2015 BUYER CONSIDERATIONS The Fast Track to Financial Security In 1995, when interest rates were at 8.5%, if you had been told that you could borrow as much money as you wanted at 4% interest, you would have said, “Where do I sign?” You probably would have taken the...
by Joe McAuliffe | Sep 30, 2015 | Blog, Buyer Considerations, Cup O' Joe
2015 BUYER CONSIDERATIONS Know Market Trends before You Buy Throughout the past 10 years there have been tremendous market swings in local and national real estate. This led to a great concern to prospective buyers. Buyers have learned to focus very heavily on what...
by Joe McAuliffe | Sep 29, 2015 | Blog, Cup O' Joe, Negotiations
2015 NEGOTIATIONS Be the Rock A widely held principle of motivation states that: “Fear of loss, is far greater than the ecstasy from gain.” In other words, people are generally more motivated by what they fear they will lose than with what they think they...
