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Papa Bhaal's House of Horrors teaser

This is a slasher/rural horror AU for BG 3, which follows a group of killers in the style of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, House of 1,000 Corpses(and its sequels) as well as just a general gritty horror vibe. It takes place in the Faerun equivalent of the late 70's, early 80's, ages are all done in human terms for our purposes, just consider them equivalent, and our cast is as follows:

The Killers: Bhaalists: Sentry Ojeda- 19 years old, a Tiefling, The second youngest of the Bhaal cult, an artist as well as a bit of a honey trap. Currently infatuated with the family's business associate Enver Gortash. Orin The Red- 13 years old, a Changeling, the youngest of the Bhaal cult, looks up to her big brother Sentry and loves working on art projects with him. Great at pretending to be a distressed child in danger. Tomi Kisaragi- 26 years old, a fey creature in the form of an elf, likes to play home maker and lull visitors into a false sense of security. Has a very unique gardening project. Jackal Silk- 25 years old, Drow, an accomplished tracker, hunter, woodsman, and mechanic. Pretends to be a savior on the road or in the wilderness for passing travelers all while isolating them further. Also an asshole. Gary Stormscale- 30 years old, a dragonborn, the eldest Bhaalist 'sibling' so to speak and usually the one in charge when Sarevok isn't around. Mainly cares for Sentry and Orin, generally considering the others old enough to take care of themselves. Appears to be the most calm and rational, but horrifying when in one of his dark moods. Gabrael Grimmaldi- 29 years old, a Tiefling, the care taker and motherly older sibling out of the group. She is protective of Sentry and Orin to a point of mania, also the most physically powerful sibling. Mostly keeps to herself. Sarevok Anchev- 50 years old, a human, presents himself as the patriarch of the family, taking on the mantle of 'Papa Bhaal' while the true father sleeps beneath the house until such a time there have been enough sacrifices to wake him. Ominous and imposing, he is still capable of pretending to be a gracious host to lure in travelers. Sceleritas Fel- ???, a fiend sent to serve the family by Papa Bhaal himself. Currently Sentry's attendant as Sentry is sort of the family's face while out and about, Fel tends to dote on his main charge and is excellent at hiding and destroying evidence. The Banites: Enver Gortash, Attorney At Law- 35 years old, a human, A sleazy lawyer and business man from the big city who has set up in Moonrise County and brokered a deal between the Bhaalists and the Myrkulites. While they're focused on their rituals and traditions, Gortash's aim in all of this is real estate and getting rid of political rivals using the two cults. That being said, he does have a soft spot for Sentry. Seraph 'Serf' Holms- 30 years old, a half-orc, Enver's enforcer and body guard. Not particularly bright or ambitious, but believes in whatever it is Enver told him they're doing. Valda Everett- 27 years old, a tiefling, Enver's personal assistant. She is professional, prim, and deadly. Valda comes from a well respected family back in the city and is a highly dedicated Banite and model employee. The Myrkulites: Judge Ketheric Thorm- 65 years old, a half elf, The local judge of Moonrise County and hiding some deadly secrets in the local graveyard. A grim and dour man who gives off a very unsettling vibe when travelers encounter him. Sheriff Z'rell- 35 years old, a half orc, the law around Moonrise County. A very popular woman at the local dive bar, but despite her attractive appearance and forward flirtations, there is a sense of danger that comes from any encounter with her, be it business or pleasure. Coroner Balthazar- ???, Undead, the mysterious County Coroner, always masked up and dressed fully in heavy lab gear. He is seldom seen anywhere but the local morgue or the graveyard.

The Survivors: The Locals: Alfira- 25 years old, a tiefling, the local radio DJ who doesn't believe all the murder cult stories that are going around until she finds herself caught up in their games. Lakrissa- 25 years old, a tiefling, Alfira's partner, loves the idea of a murder cult and gets excited at the idea of discovering what's really going on in Moonrise County. Highway Patroller Zevlor- 50 years old, a tiefling, a former investigator and government agent who left his position in disgrace after failing to expose a corrupt official back in Elturel. Now he is determined to make up for his mistake by exposing whatever is going on in Moonrise County. Rolan- 20 years old, a tiefling, has a shitty job at the local pawn shop/book store with an ass hole boss he can't stand, but he needs the work to support his younger siblings. A friend of Sentry's from their school days. Karlach Cliffgate- 25 years old, a tiefling, used to work for Gortash before he set her up to take a fall for him, currently hiding out in the closed down diner, planning revenge. The Travelers: Wyll Ravengard- 24 years old, a human, returning home to settle his late father's estate and fix up the old house so he and his fiancee can settle in Baldur's Gate permanently. Jaina Thalassia- 20 years old, a tiefling, Wyll's fiancee, traveling with him to their new home and starting a new job as a teacher in the city. The story snippet so far, just a sample mind you:

“Fuck fuck fuck...Why did you piss him off, Aryn?” The young elven woman sobbed, sliding down to a sitting position, legs not able to carry her any further as she hugged her knees to her chest. “You should've left him alone, why'd you piss him off?” “Hey it's not my fault, Brynna! How was I supposed to know he was crazy?” The human shot back, pressing his back to the door of the shed as it strained against the vicious knocks against it from the outside. “Guys...please stop fighting, the Fist will be here soon, I'm sure...it's gonna be okay we just have to stay calm and....” The dwarf was cut off as she and the human were thrown across the shed as the door splintered, sending them sprawling. Four pairs of glowing eyes lit up the darkness and the blade of an axe gleamed in the pale moonlight. Screams pierced the night. ----

“Good afternoon, Moonrise County. It's Alfira coming to you from Last Light FM, your local source for weather, traffic, news, and some good mood tunes. It's getting chilly as harvest season begins, so druids get those crops harvested quickly now. We are also likely to see rain for the holiday weekend, tough break for those last minute tourists looking for a woodland get away. Traffic heading towards Baldur's Gate is at a stand still thanks to a stopped vehicle across the roadway. Now here's our chart topping local favorite three years running, The Sirens' cover of local folk song 'Down By The River'” Alfira removed her headset and nodded her head gratefully as her partner handed her a cup of coffee and the morning paper. “Thanks Lakrissa...” She took a sip and then eyed the headline. “More tourists disappeared, huh?” “Yeah, fifth group this year....I think the cult is getting restless.” Lakrissa grinned, her tone sing-song and teasing. “There's no cult, Lakrissa. Honestly it's probably just overconfident city people getting lost in the woods without enough supplies. It's sad, but not some crazy murder conspiracy.” Alfira frowned, shaking her head. “And I'm not going to entertain the idea it is and get everyone in a tizzy.” “But it's fall, Alfira. Spooky season! Don't you wanna do a little themed broadcast and get those numbers up?” Lakrissa's grin widened, eager and excited. “Gods know the station could use it.” Alfira stifled a laugh and looked deadpan at her lover. “Lakrissa, it's Moonrise County, population like...MAYBE two hundred at best...Those numbers aren't going anywhere.” ---

“Move it a little to the left, Orin.” Sentry frowned, making a frame with his hands and scanning the hanging corpse dangling from a meat hook in the shed. His little sister repositioned the head just a little closer to the shoulder, slightly off from where it would naturally have been, and looked quizzically at her brother. “Yeah! Perfect! Just like that!” He reached into the pocket of his denim cut offs and produced a heavy needle and some waxed thread. “Now just hold it steady.” “There's room for a second head at this angle, slaughter-kin.” Orin pointed out with a grin as blood dripped down the front of her hand sewn red dress. “Shit, you're right. What are we thinkin', pig? Sheep?” Sentry pondered as he moved the needle expertly through the skin, sewing the head into place.

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What Are The Four Different Types Of Real Estate?

One of the most important and long-standing industries in the world, real estate, is without doubt. There are a myriad of ways to invest in real estate that even the most experienced investors face trouble knowing where to begin.

We'll help you invest in real estate by explaining the four types of property and the main reasons that make people invest money into real estate and going over the best ways to go about investing in properties that generate income.

The four principal kinds of real estate

Investments in palm beach condos for sale could be like a bit overwhelming, because of the many possibilities available.

It's important to know the basics of every type of real estate as well as how they function. This will help you to identify which asset is suitable for your investment strategy.

Residential

The market for residential real estate in the U.S. is just plain massive. According to World Property Journal, the combined value of the housing market has reached $33.6 trillion in the year that was greater than the GDP of both the U.S. and China combined.

It's simple to see why the U.S. residential market has witnessed a greater than 50% increase in value in the past couple of years, when you look at the various options for investment boca raton condos for sale.

Commercial

Commercial real property (CRE) is known for its world-class retail centers in Miami and its awe-inspiring office properties in Manhattan. The industry also attracts a large number of investors.

So, you may be stunned to discover that the magnitude of the U.S. commercial real estate market was lastly estimated to be between $14 trillion to $17 trillion, roughly half the size of the residential real estate market.

The reason that the market for commercial real estate has been slowing down is due to, although everyone needs somewhere to reside, not everyone requires somewhere to shop.

Industrial

Industrial real estate can be used for commercial purposes However, it is typically treated as an individual type of real property because of how the property is used.

Manufacturing such as the Tesla factory in Fremont, California

Food processing facilities and production facilities

Refrigerated storage and freezer facilities

Distribution centers and warehouses such as those at the 4.3M SF Boeing Everett Factory located in Washington

Parks for research and development such as the Research Triangle Park in Raleigh-Durham

Power plans and solar power stations

Companies such as Facebook as well as Google have data server facilities

Land

The land that is undeveloped or vacant can be purchased to develop it in the future as well as for natural resource rights such as mineral or water rights, as well as air rights in urban areas. Land investment is a very popular long term strategy because of the low taxes and the low maintenance costs.

Land comprises:

Undeveloped raw property

Hunting, camping, and fishing recreational parcels

Ranches and farms

Timberland

Orchards

Planned urban developments (PUD) to allow residential or commercial development

Lots of lots in a subdivision

Land brokers who are local to Florida, Arizona and Texas are a great source for finding vacant land and negotiating land purchase.

Final thoughts

It is vital to recognize the kind of real estate that best suits your needs as a real estate investor. Remember that not all markets are appropriate for all four forms of real estate. This is a major reason that many investors begin with investing in residential miami real estate. It's much easier to finance residential properties than commercial real estate. The tenants and investors are familiar with houses.

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People are panic buying homes as prices skyrocket around the world “This time last year we thought it was going to be 2008 all over again,” said Kate Everett-Allen, the head of international residential research at real estate consultancy Knight Frank. The fear was that house prices would collapse, as they reliably had done in past economic downturns. An increase in bankruptcies and unemployment would squeeze disposable incomes and make it difficult for highly indebted homeowners to keep up with their mortgages. Those fortunate enough to own second homes would be forced to sell to build up cash reserves, putting even more downward pressure on prices. “Actually, none of that happened,” added Everett-Allen. Instead, house prices soared even as the world suffered its worst slump since the Great Depression. From New Zealand to the United States, Germany, China and Peru, the same phenomenon has taken hold: home prices are skyrocketing, and many buyers are panicking. Among the 37 wealthy countries that make up the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), real house prices rose by almost 7% between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the fourth quarter of 2020 — the fastest year-on-year growth in the past two decades. So is this a bubble about to burst? No, according to Everett-Allen. Borrowing remains cheap and, once borders reopen, foreign investors will provide even further impetus to property markets, where purchasing activity has been largely driven by domestic buyers, she said. “That will play out over the course of the rest of this year and next, and then there might be something of a lull,” she added. The Covid effect In an unexpected twist, the pandemic has benefited house prices. That’s because governments around the world helped homeowners by temporarily banning repossessions and providing trillions of dollars of support for workers and businesses. Interest rate cuts kept mortgage repayments affordable in many places, while temporary reductions to purchase taxes in some markets spurred home buying. These measures cushioned the housing market from the coronavirus recession. But the pandemic itself has actually turbocharged prices. “If you lock up the vast majority of the population for months, they [rapidly reassess] what they want from their homes,” said Richard Donnell, research director at UK property platform Zoopla. As people were forced to transform houses into offices and classrooms, it didn’t take long for a “race for space” to take hold. Wealthier individuals in several countries have fled cities for larger suburban homes with more outdoor space in the anticipation that they won’t need to commute into central offices as much even after the pandemic ends. Many of them are financially in a better position than they were before the pandemic hit, since they’ve spent less on vacations and eating out, and can therefore spend more on house purchases. For example, in the United Kingdom, commuter towns within easy reach of London, such as Bishop’s Stortford and Winchester, have seen property values surge. “Anything with a home office within an hour train ride of London is going for 10% above market value,” according to Daniel Harrington, international head of growth at upmarket estate agent Fine & Country. One trend Harrington has observed in capitals such as London and Paris sees wealthy executives trading their centrally located houses for something bigger but cheaper further out of the city, leaving them with enough cash to buy a small apartment downtown and a holiday home elsewhere. That’s heightened domestic demand for property in places such as the French Riviera, which is traditionally dominated by foreign buyers. In the seaside resort town of Ilfracombe in southwest England, Lee Hussell, the director of estate agency Webbers, has sold two properties in recent months for £100,000 ($139,000) above the asking prices. “In 38 years of buying and selling homes I haven’t witnessed a market like it,” commented Henry Pryor, a UK buying agent. “There have been stories of buyers paying £10,000 ($14,100) plus just to be able to view a property.” With inventory levels in the United Kingdom some 30% below the norm, people are “panic-buying properties,” Pryor added. Transactions have been tracking above average every month since November, with March notching 180,000 sales, almost double the average for the same month over the past 20 years. “Twelve months ago, people were panic buying toilet paper for fear they might run out. That’s very much the sensation we have today [in the housing market],” he said. House prices in Britain surged 8.5% in 2020 despite the worst recession in more than three centuries. That’s the highest annual growth rate since 2014, according to the Office for National Statistics. And it’s not just the United Kingdom. In the United States, the number of sales of existing homes reached the highest level in 2020 since 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors. House prices rose 9% in 2020 and have continued to climb, with the median price of an existing home hitting a historic high of $329,100 in March. In one staggering example of how frenzied the market has become, realtor Ellen Coleman received 76 all-cash offers on a $275,000 fixer-upper in suburban Washington D.C. within three days of listing the property. The four-bedroom, 1,800 square-foot home sold for $460,000, a 70% increase on the asking price. From Auckland to Shanghai, Munich and Miami, house prices appear to be defying gravity. In Germany, properties are selling within two weeks of being listed and brokers are struggling to secure listings, according to Michael Heming, master licensee for Fine & Country in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “It’s a very strong market and prices are going higher and higher,” Heming told CNN Business. In Portugal, foreigners have been snapping up houses despite not being able to view the properties they’re buying. Prices there jumped 6% in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to Knight Frank data. Despite having no visitors from traditionally strong buyer markets, such as Brazil, Britain, France and Belgium, the first three months of 2021 has already broken sales records, according to Charles Roberts, Fine & Country Portugal’s managing partner. “We have sold quite a lot of that blind,” Roberts said, adding that foreign buyers want fresh air, open space and a picturesque bolthole to escape to for the next pandemic. “When travel opens up, I think we’re in for three months of pandemonium.” He recently sold an apartment in coastal Cascais, just west of Lisbon, for €3.5 million ($4.2 million) to a South African who has never visited the town. In India, prices have declined following a 6.9% slump in GDP last year, but transactions surged following the end of the first lockdown. “Covid led to activity coming back into the market,” said Hitesh Oberoi, the CEO of Info Edge, which owns India’s largest property portal, 99acres.com. “A lot of people want bigger homes,” he added. “Many people felt that because the economy was tanking they would get good deals.” Oberoi said that falling interest rates and lower duties on transactions in some parts of the country have also helped, but that the market is slowing down once again as India battles a devastating second wave of the virus. Governments move to cool markets In several countries, governments are already looking at ways to prevent their housing markets from overheating. In New Zealand — where median prices for residential property increased by more than 24% over the year to March to a record high — the government is under pressure to stabilize the market, according to Wendy Alexander, the acting CEO of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand. In March, the government announced a string of measures that they hope will “cool demand from investors” and slow the pace of price growth, Alexander said. For example, tax loopholes have been tightened and ministers are considering clamping down on interest-only loans to speculators. In China, where house prices in “tier-1 cities” including Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou rose by 12% on average year-on-year in March, “Beijing is more determined than ever to rein in property leverage,” analysts at Societe Generale said in a note last week. “Over 30 cities, accounting for one-fifth of national sales in 2019, have rolled out major tightening measures,” said Michelle Lam, Societe Generale’s greater China economist. “These include buying and selling restrictions, credit restrictions, increasing the holding period for tax exemptions and fixing loopholes via fake divorces,” she added. In the past, some couples have filed for divorce to get around caps that limit property ownership for families. But even with greater curbs in place, Societe Generale analysts expect the correction in house prices in China to be modest given that lending conditions will remain favorable and because of sound demand for urban property, limited supply in top-tier cities and persistent interest in property investment. Banking regulators elsewhere could also tighten mortgage lending rules in order to cool markets, according to Matthias Holzhey, head of Swiss real estate investments at UBS, who points to regulation more broadly as a possible threat to house price growth. For example, policymakers could increase taxes on land and transactions, particularly as governments seek to repair public finances following the pandemic. Why the boom is unlikely to bust But even as governments train their sights on the housing market, analysts are not predicting a house price correction. Global economic growth is projected to be much stronger this year, as vaccines are rolled out and lockdown restrictions ease, which will be supportive of housing markets. Crucially, interest rates are expected to remain low. “Historically, periods of weak house prices have been triggered by rising interest rates,” said Holzhey. Rock bottom rates have been a key driver of prices, particularly in the United States and Europe, because they make borrowing more affordable. Mortgage rates across the 19 countries that use the euro averaged just 1.3% in March, according to official statistics. Even with inflation edging higher, policymakers are expected to keep interest rates low to secure the recovery. They may have to change tack if prices keep rising and hold steady at higher levels, but major central bankers have been at pains to stress they’re comfortable to let their economies run hotter than normal if it will help juice growth and create jobs. “Mortgage rates will remain structurally low and supportive of market growth for the next couple of years,” said Adam Challis, Jones Lang LaSalle’s executive director for research and strategy across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In other words, don’t expect this boom to bust any time soon. — Anna Bahney contributed reporting. Source link Orbem News #buying #homes #PANIC #People #Prices #skyrocket #World

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People are panic buying homes as prices skyrocket around the world

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People are panic buying homes as prices skyrocket around the world

“This time last year we thought it was going to be 2008 all over again,” said Kate Everett-Allen, the head of international residential research at real estate consultancy Knight Frank.

The fear was that house prices would collapse, as they reliably had done in past economic downturns. An increase in bankruptcies and unemployment would squeeze disposable incomes and make it difficult for highly indebted homeowners to keep up with their mortgages.

Those fortunate enough to own second homes would be forced to sell to build up cash reserves, putting even more downward pressure on prices.

“Actually, none of that happened,” added Everett-Allen.

Instead, house prices soared even as the world suffered its worst slump since the Great Depression. From New Zealand to the United States, Germany, China and Peru, the same phenomenon has taken hold: home prices are skyrocketing, and many buyers are panicking.

Among the 37 wealthy countries that make up the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), real house prices rose by almost 7% between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the fourth quarter of 2020 — the fastest year-on-year growth in the past two decades.

So is this a bubble about to burst? No, according to Everett-Allen. Borrowing remains cheap and, once borders reopen, foreign investors will provide even further impetus to property markets, where purchasing activity has been largely driven by domestic buyers, she said.

“That will play out over the course of the rest of this year and next, and then there might be something of a lull,” she added.

The Covid effect

In an unexpected twist, the pandemic has benefited house prices.

That’s because governments around the world helped homeowners by temporarily banning repossessions and providing trillions of dollars of support for workers and businesses. Interest rate cuts kept mortgage repayments affordable in many places, while temporary reductions to purchase taxes in some markets spurred home buying.

These measures cushioned the housing market from the coronavirus recession. But the pandemic itself has actually turbocharged prices.

“If you lock up the vast majority of the population for months, they [rapidly reassess] what they want from their homes,” said Richard Donnell, research director at UK property platform Zoopla.

As people were forced to transform houses into offices and classrooms, it didn’t take long for a “race for space” to take hold.

Wealthier individuals in several countries have fled cities for larger suburban homes with more outdoor space in the anticipation that they won’t need to commute into central offices as much even after the pandemic ends.

Many of them are financially in a better position than they were before the pandemic hit, since they’ve spent less on vacations and eating out, and can therefore spend more on house purchases.

For example, in the United Kingdom, commuter towns within easy reach of London, such as Bishop’s Stortford and Winchester, have seen property values surge.

“Anything with a home office within an hour train ride of London is going for 10% above market value,” according to Daniel Harrington, international head of growth at upmarket estate agent Fine & Country.

One trend Harrington has observed in capitals such as London and Paris sees wealthy executives trading their centrally located houses for something bigger but cheaper further out of the city, leaving them with enough cash to buy a small apartment downtown and a holiday home elsewhere.

That’s heightened domestic demand for property in places such as the French Riviera, which is traditionally dominated by foreign buyers.

In the seaside resort town of Ilfracombe in southwest England, Lee Hussell, the director of estate agency Webbers, has sold two properties in recent months for £100,000 ($139,000) above the asking prices.

“In 38 years of buying and selling homes I haven’t witnessed a market like it,” commented Henry Pryor, a UK buying agent. “There have been stories of buyers paying £10,000 ($14,100) plus just to be able to view a property.”

With inventory levels in the United Kingdom some 30% below the norm, people are “panic-buying properties,” Pryor added. Transactions have been tracking above average every month since November, with March notching 180,000 sales, almost double the average for the same month over the past 20 years.

“Twelve months ago, people were panic buying toilet paper for fear they might run out. That’s very much the sensation we have today [in the housing market],” he said.

House prices in Britain surged 8.5% in 2020 despite the worst recession in more than three centuries. That’s the highest annual growth rate since 2014, according to the Office for National Statistics.

And it’s not just the United Kingdom. In the United States, the number of sales of existing homes reached the highest level in 2020 since 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors.

House prices rose 9% in 2020 and have continued to climb, with the median price of an existing home hitting a historic high of $329,100 in March.

In one staggering example of how frenzied the market has become, realtor Ellen Coleman received 76 all-cash offers on a $275,000 fixer-upper in suburban Washington D.C. within three days of listing the property. The four-bedroom, 1,800 square-foot home sold for $460,000, a 70% increase on the asking price.

From Auckland to Shanghai, Munich and Miami, house prices appear to be defying gravity.

In Germany, properties are selling within two weeks of being listed and brokers are struggling to secure listings, according to Michael Heming, master licensee for Fine & Country in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “It’s a very strong market and prices are going higher and higher,” Heming told Appradab Business.

In Portugal, foreigners have been snapping up houses despite not being able to view the properties they’re buying. Prices there jumped 6% in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to Knight Frank data.

Despite having no visitors from traditionally strong buyer markets, such as Brazil, Britain, France and Belgium, the first three months of 2021 has already broken sales records, according to Charles Roberts, Fine & Country Portugal’s managing partner. “We have sold quite a lot of that blind,” Roberts said, adding that foreign buyers want fresh air, open space and a picturesque bolthole to escape to for the next pandemic. “When travel opens up, I think we’re in for three months of pandemonium.”

He recently sold an apartment in coastal Cascais, just west of Lisbon, for €3.5 million ($4.2 million) to a South African who has never visited the town.

In India, prices have declined following a 6.9% slump in GDP last year, but transactions surged following the end of the first lockdown.

“Covid led to activity coming back into the market,” said Hitesh Oberoi, the CEO of Info Edge, which owns India’s largest property portal, 99acres.com. “A lot of people want bigger homes,” he added. “Many people felt that because the economy was tanking they would get good deals.”

Oberoi said that falling interest rates and lower duties on transactions in some parts of the country have also helped, but that the market is slowing down once again as India battles a devastating second wave of the virus.

Governments move to cool markets

In several countries, governments are already looking at ways to prevent their housing markets from overheating.

In New Zealand — where median prices for residential property increased by more than 24% over the year to March to a record high — the government is under pressure to stabilize the market, according to Wendy Alexander, the acting CEO of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.

In March, the government announced a string of measures that they hope will “cool demand from investors” and slow the pace of price growth, Alexander said. For example, tax loopholes have been tightened and ministers are considering clamping down on interest-only loans to speculators.

In China, where house prices in “tier-1 cities” including Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou rose by 12% on average year-on-year in March, “Beijing is more determined than ever to rein in property leverage,” analysts at Societe Generale said in a note last week.

“Over 30 cities, accounting for one-fifth of national sales in 2019, have rolled out major tightening measures,” said Michelle Lam, Societe Generale’s greater China economist.

“These include buying and selling restrictions, credit restrictions, increasing the holding period for tax exemptions and fixing loopholes via fake divorces,” she added. In the past, some couples have filed for divorce to get around caps that limit property ownership for families.

But even with greater curbs in place, Societe Generale analysts expect the correction in house prices in China to be modest given that lending conditions will remain favorable and because of sound demand for urban property, limited supply in top-tier cities and persistent interest in property investment.

Banking regulators elsewhere could also tighten mortgage lending rules in order to cool markets, according to Matthias Holzhey, head of Swiss real estate investments at UBS, who points to regulation more broadly as a possible threat to house price growth.

For example, policymakers could increase taxes on land and transactions, particularly as governments seek to repair public finances following the pandemic.

Why the boom is unlikely to bust

But even as governments train their sights on the housing market, analysts are not predicting a house price correction.

Global economic growth is projected to be much stronger this year, as vaccines are rolled out and lockdown restrictions ease, which will be supportive of housing markets.

Crucially, interest rates are expected to remain low. “Historically, periods of weak house prices have been triggered by rising interest rates,” said Holzhey.

Rock bottom rates have been a key driver of prices, particularly in the United States and Europe, because they make borrowing more affordable. Mortgage rates across the 19 countries that use the euro averaged just 1.3% in March, according to official statistics.

Even with inflation edging higher, policymakers are expected to keep interest rates low to secure the recovery. They may have to change tack if prices keep rising and hold steady at higher levels, but major central bankers have been at pains to stress they’re comfortable to let their economies run hotter than normal if it will help juice growth and create jobs.

“Mortgage rates will remain structurally low and supportive of market growth for the next couple of years,” said Adam Challis, Jones Lang LaSalle’s executive director for research and strategy across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

In other words, don’t expect this boom to bust any time soon.

— Anna Bahney contributed reporting.

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I need a real estate agent in Everett. Consider hiring a broker for a smaller one-time fee to simply review your contracts before signing if you're still dead set against hiring an agent to take care of all this. This is what I would do. I wouldn't worry about the cost; I'd worry about getting the right advice.

I've saved the worst for last.

One of my clients, an old friend, was looking to buy another property. Like the first, it was a duplex. He was looking to buy a second home, not a condominium. The duplex, like the first, sat behind a garage. It also had a screened-in porch, another common denominator. For whatever reason, the agent was pushing him to buy the duplex. I felt compelled to intervene.

He wanted to get the price down to what he could get with the 'gift of proximity' and still get a great price. I pushed him to think about it. The main reason the gift-of-possession was making him nervous was because he knew the second home would have to be remodeled.

I was able to talk him out of it. I need a real estate agent in Everett, so I asked him to research what it would take to remodel the duplex so he wouldn't have to make any of the alterations himself. He looked up the costs of such work online and decided it was doable with his budget. I didn't push him on it. In fact, I was proud of him. He knew he had the money and time to handle the remodel himself. I don't think he knew that in the process of remodeling, he was already planning to move. It was like I'd just given him the gift of foresight.

This is a pattern I've noticed among Realtors. People who choose a Realtor instinctively like them. I can think of no more powerful gift in life than the gift of foresight. Most Realtors don't have it. When they don't have it, they feel uneasy, uneasy enough that it makes them pushy. It's the gift of perception. If you aren't attuned to what it is a gift does, then you'll miss out on what it can do for you.

So, when you're interviewing potential Realtors, pay attention to their personalities and experiences. Say to them: I need a real estate agent in Everett. If they seem to be up for the task, grab them by the lapels and run your hand through their hair. If you've got a real estate background, ask them what it is they'll be doing to market your home. If you're an investor, ask them how they'll screen potential buyers. If you're a Realtor and you're a woman, ask her how she'll market your home. If you're a family, ask them if they have a children's program and what their criteria for accepting buyers are. Watch their body language and look for a glint in their eye that tells you they're thinking about your home. If they walk away with a hand-lettered sign and a smirk on their face, that's a clear sign they didn't do a good job and they don't have what it takes to represent your home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCJVD9lV9ws

Finally, you should ask your potential Realtor how they'll determine if a potential buyer is a good fit for your home. If they don't know, that's a sign that they'll have a lot of back and forth to do. If they do know, that tells you that they've done their homework, but you should also look for the extra inches in the walls and the slight imperfections in the paint that tell you something about the home's owner. You should also look for whether or not the Realtor is a good negotiator. When you find a Realtor who is a good negotiator, you'll be assured that they're a good negotiator and a good negotiator will guarantee that they're a good negotiator.

Looking to buy a home in Everett?  Contact Darren and Gwen Munson with Windermere Real Estate/Mill Creek 18323 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell, WA 98012 425-338-9400

http://www.munsonhomes.com

[reviewinglocalbusinesses]

I need a real estate agent in Everett. Consider hiring a broker for a smaller one-time fee to simply review your contracts before signing if you're still dead set against hiring an agent to take care of all this. This is what I would do. I wouldn't worry about the cost; I'd worry about getting the right advice.

I've saved the worst for last.

One of my clients, an old friend, was looking to buy another property. Like the first, it was a duplex. He was looking to buy a second home, not a condominium. The duplex, like the first, sat behind a garage. It also had a screened-in porch, another common denominator. For whatever reason, the agent was pushing him to buy the duplex. I felt compelled to intervene.

He wanted to get the price down to what he could get with the 'gift of proximity' and still get a great price. I pushed him to think about it. The main reason the gift-of-possession was making him nervous was because he knew the second home would have to be remodeled.

I was able to talk him out of it. I need a real estate agent in Everett, so I asked him to research what it would take to remodel the duplex so he wouldn't have to make any of the alterations himself. He looked up the costs of such work online and decided it was doable with his budget. I didn't push him on it. In fact, I was proud of him. He knew he had the money and time to handle the remodel himself. I don't think he knew that in the process of remodeling, he was already planning to move. It was like I'd just given him the gift of foresight.

This is a pattern I've noticed among Realtors. People who choose a Realtor instinctively like them. I can think of no more powerful gift in life than the gift of foresight. Most Realtors don't have it. When they don't have it, they feel uneasy, uneasy enough that it makes them pushy. It's the gift of perception. If you aren't attuned to what it is a gift does, then you'll miss out on what it can do for you.

So, when you're interviewing potential Realtors, pay attention to their personalities and experiences. Say to them: I need a real estate agent in Everett. If they seem to be up for the task, grab them by the lapels and run your hand through their hair. If you've got a real estate background, ask them what it is they'll be doing to market your home. If you're an investor, ask them how they'll screen potential buyers. If you're a Realtor and you're a woman, ask her how she'll market your home. If you're a family, ask them if they have a children's program and what their criteria for accepting buyers are. Watch their body language and look for a glint in their eye that tells you they're thinking about your home. If they walk away with a hand-lettered sign and a smirk on their face, that's a clear sign they didn't do a good job and they don't have what it takes to represent your home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCJVD9lV9ws

Finally, you should ask your potential Realtor how they'll determine if a potential buyer is a good fit for your home. If they don't know, that's a sign that they'll have a lot of back and forth to do. If they do know, that tells you that they've done their homework, but you should also look for the extra inches in the walls and the slight imperfections in the paint that tell you something about the home's owner. You should also look for whether or not the Realtor is a good negotiator. When you find a Realtor who is a good negotiator, you'll be assured that they're a good negotiator and a good negotiator will guarantee that they're a good negotiator.

Looking to buy a home in Everett?  Contact Darren and Gwen Munson with Windermere Real Estate/Mill Creek 18323 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell, WA 98012 425-338-9400

http://www.munsonhomes.com

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If you want to help the people of Haiti for real you need to read the following information and be on the National Conference Call this Saturday Morning February 15 at 10:30 Eastern Standard Time. We The Kids Moms has chosen to help a family caring for 13 orphaned, escaped or abandoned children being cared for by a Haitian family, the Nicksons.

Our guest speaker is Valerie Dirksen, the most trusted American to the Haitian people. Her account and evidence of Trafficking In Persons is shocking. Agents of the US Department of Homeland Security have called her knowledge of Haiti and trafficking "Encyclopedic". Valerie will expose the raw and ugly hidden secrets of TIP.

More than 80% of Aid Money to Haiti is stolen and/or money laudered. North of 18 Billion dollars is unaccounted. Haiti is possibly the international center of human trafficking especially of children. Children are sold and hired out for every degenerate and heinous purpose which you can possibly imagine. Valerie Dirksen has spent nine years collecting evidence of what is happening with Aid Money, networks of traffickers, Government involvement by politicians and bureaucrats, the involvement of major church denominations, NGOs, benevelent associations, and organizations claiming to help victims but are actually mercenaries capitalizing on the human suffering of Trafficking In Persons (TIP). Valerie Dirksen is by marriage the great niece of the late Senator Everett Dirksen (R) Illinois Senate Minority Leader who wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1968 and got it passed against heavy resistance from Democrats!!! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked closely with Senator Dirksen. Valerie’s parents are close friends of the William F. Buckley family. Val can be contacted through www.icras8.com. Phone: 678-313-8437 and e-mail: Valsellsatl@gmail.com

If you really want to help in these matters and/or help support true efforts to help victims where your money really goes to help the victims. and not enrich the administrators, talk to Valerie and get behind ICRAS8 (International Children’s Rights Advocates Society). Val is the person who put together the more than sufficient evidence for Interpol to issue the arrest warrants for Michael Geilenfeld, the heavily Clinton connected gay pedophile US citizen illegal orphanage operator with primary operations in Haiti and the DR and elsewhere in Latin America. Talk to Val to get behind true support for victims. www.icras8.com and phone: 678-313-8437 #WeTheKids #ICRAS #SeaQuestKids

We The Kids has a conference meeting, Saturday morning at 10:30 AM EST. Dial-in number (US): (515) 604-9099

Access code: 993-522-923#

Valerie Dirksen will be speaking about what the Nickson family is doing in Haiti, and the kids that are abandoned on the streets in Haiti

More Bio information: Valerie G. Dirksen, President International Children's Rights Advocate's Society (ICRAS)/President Executive Real Estate Services, Inc./Associate Broker - Chapman Hall Professionals

As a long-time Rotarian, past club president, and three-time Paul Harris Fellow, Valerie Dirksen has deep roots as a humanitarian. Her introduction to Haiti was January 12, 2010, the day the earth shook Haiti. Her vast international business experience in Europe, North America, and the Caribbean has led her to help victims of sex tourism and sex trafficking. She has advocated for a group of orphans who were abused by an American who operated several orphanages for over 30 years.

During this process of securing the predator's arrest warrant, she learned this problem is not limited to Haiti, it is a worldwide problem. She has put all her resources into helping the victims of these heinous crimes become survivors with a vision to end the global crime of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) so it is only known in the archives of history.

Valerie has spent countless hours advocating and raising awareness of the issue of sex trafficking and exploitation. ICRAS works on the 4 "P "s: prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnership. ICRAS is a resource for the community to learn, engage and volunteer and the website is www.ICRAS8.com

This experience has inspired her to write a book to shed light on this problem. She is a linguist and fluent in English, German, Dutch, and has a working knowledge of French and Spanish.

Hope that you will be able to join us or have people that would be interested in hearing what Valerie has learned since 2011.

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Consumer Guide / No.92 / Realtor Annie Challis with Mark Watkins.

Annie’s a top producer in the real estate industry representing both buyers and sellers from Downtown to Beverly Hills to Malibu and all areas between in Los Angeles.

MW : After leaving the UK, how did you get into real estate in the USA?

AC : I have lived in Beverly Hills since November 1989. I started in real estate after leaving the management company where I was President and we managed various artists. This involved worldwide travel from my US base promoting various star artists. I had been traveling probably nine to ten months of every year for over eighteen years and after my first two week break in that time I decided I didn’t want to do that anymore and have some “me” time. One of my dear friends and ex-client suggested buying houses, renovating and reselling.  Whilst doing that I decided to get my real estate brokers license so as not to have to pay commission to another agent. Then my business just grew from there with recommendations from friends to buy and sell for people.

MW : Did your real estate skills help you when buying your own home? 

AC : No, not really, you see I had actually bought and sold five homes of my own before I started in the real estate business. I love looking at houses, seeing what needs doing, do it and move on. I never really feel emotionally attached to a house, although I do love walking into my home and looking around and feeling peaceful. I guess the contents are more than the bricks and mortar mean more to me.

MW : How is your own home decorated, and would you move again? 

AC : My home is a mixture of antique and contemporary. I believe less is more so there isn’t too much “stuff” lying around. Yes I’d move again. Not sure when or where yet.  At the back of my mind, I think I would like to spend more time back in the UK where I have family. Having said that, I don’t know if I could spend winter there. My blood has thinned out since living in Los Angeles. I get chilly when the temperature goes down to 70 fahrenheit in the winter.

MW : Are there any marked differences in terms of how British and Americans buy and sell property?

AC : There is a huge difference how British and American Estate Agents operate. Over here in the US, agents have to have passed a pretty hard exam to get a license, and in order to buy and sell have to have that license which has to be renewed every four years. Both buyers and sellers are represented by agents over here and the whole process is done with official legal contracts, so rarely use a solicitor. Once someone puts in an official offer it is in writing and there is no “gazumping” (unlike in the UK), and the inspection is far more rigorous to determine if there is anything wrong with the property.

MW : Has Trump been a plus or a minus as far as you are concerned in the US housing market? 

AC : Although Trump has reduced interest rates for loans there are other things he has taken away like the amount of tax-relief on loans and on property taxes.

And with a sense of the country being “up in the air��� nobody can predict what will happen - a bit like it is for you at the moment (with Brexit)!!

MW : As former President of Stiefel Entertainment you looked after many top artists in the music business, tell me about your favourite songs by each of these artists you managed...

...Rod Stewart ; The Bangles and Patty Smith...

AC : Well this is difficult. I have to say that I liked most. Thank goodness we never had acts where I hated the music. I went through years of Rod Stewart’s music and indeed we have been good friends from my Capital Radio days. I love tracks that were out before I was involved in management, such as ‘The Killing of Georgie (part l & ll)’ from the 1970s.

I have great memories of the time The Bangles released ‘Eternal Flame’ in 1989 and still love it. It was No.1 on both the UK and US charts.

I liked the track Patti Smyth did with Don Henley in 1992 called ‘Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough’.

MW : Tell me about your time at London’s Capital Radio?

AC : I was working at Radio Luxembourg as an assistant during my school summer holiday and production manager/presenter Dave Cash asked me if I would join a new radio station setting up to start in London. I loved the idea and jumped in. We had an office in Piccadilly at the corner of Down Street with the Hardrock Cafe on the other corner. Director Richard Attenborough was there almost every day and very few of us including programme controller Michael Bukht, who was one of the nicest gentlemen I had met. We spent months there getting the station together, and then moved to Euston and suddenly loads of people joined and there we were. Capital Radio went on-air 16th October, 1973, shortly after LBC, with the first record played being Simon & Garfunkels ‘ Bridge Over Troubled Water’.

MW : Specifically, what shows did you present & produce?

AC : Kenny and Cash was crazy and producing that kept me on my toes. I loved Kenny Everett and Dave Cash dearly. We had such a good time.

I would put together a playlist but basically that show changed second by second, particularly as Kenny was such a genius and would put together jingles and snippets at his studio at home and bring them in the next morning. We did get a few morning calls once Aiden Day was the programmer director about tracks we played.  My biggest memory of that was when we played ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen.  Aiden was not pleased - it did of course go to No.1 in the UK in 1975 and stayed there for nine weeks until the end of January,1976.

I also came up with an idea for Gerald Harper’s Sunday Affair where we played a real cross section of music from classical to rock. Gerald was a well-known actor who had never done a radio show, but his charm from TV came over the air-waves and giving away champagne and roses didn’t harm that. It became a huge success. He was so easy to work with.

I had a good relationship with record labels and pluggers - they all seem to have respect. In fact I’m still in touch with many. It was an amazing social time when they appeared to have unlimited expense accounts for lunches and dinners.

MW : Is there any truth in the rumour that Gerald Harper might have moved from Capital to Radio 210 in Reading?

AC : Don’t know about that!

MW :  ...memories of  Maggie Norden? ;  Roger Scott? and Tim Rice?

AC : I have great memories of Maggie, Roger and Tim. Roger was an excellent broadcaster and went way too soon. I didn’t see much of Maggie and Tim as they had weekend shows. My closest pals were Kenny (Everett), Dave (Cash) and Tommy Vance.

MW : How do you know Steve Blacknell?

AC : I meet Steve through events in the business - it was an extremely social time. We are still in touch.

MW : What do you like to see and do in Beverly Hills? 

AC : I have to say that the area has changed a lot in the years I have been here.  When I first came it seems spread out and lovely as a city, now it is growing into a high rise city. The weird thing is once a home gets old they tear it down and build something new until that fad is over and do the same again. So people are trying to keep some of the older ones now. Los Angeles is such an easy driving access to all climates - here we have the sun and beaches and you can drive for two hours to the snow. Downtown LA, which is like the business area in the City in London is really being built up including theaters, museums, restaurants etc.

MW : What newspapers / magazines do you read?

AC : I read the British dailies online every morning to catch up on what’s happening there. I read The Week, New Yorker, the New York Times at the weekend. There are so many 24-hour news TV channels over here you get up to the second news

MW : What are you plans for the business...and how buoyant is the current market / any trends…

AC : I’ve got sales going on at the moment and enjoying that - who knows what the future holds.

https://www.anniechallis.com/

© Mark Watkins / October 2019  

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Why the 82-Year-Olds Who Voiced Bambi and Thumper Never Revealed They Were Part of 1942 Disney Classic

The voices of Bambi (Donnie Dunagan, left) and Thumper (Peter Behn, right) in ‘Bambi’ (Disney/ Everett)

You’d think it’d be a great party conversation starter. “By the way,” he would casually mention. “Ever seen Bambi? Of course you’ve seen Bambi. Everyone has seen Bambi. Well, I played him when I was 4.” Maybe throw in a “Biiiiiird“ for a good measure.

It’s fun-fact liable to blow minds. But throughout most of his lifetime, Donnie Dunagan, now 82, rarely mentioned his credential as the voice of the young deer in Disney’s 1942 animated classic. Neither did Peter Behn, also 82, who was also a 4-year-old whippersnapper when he dispensed those oft-quoted words to the wise as the young rabbit Thumper.

They didn’t even share this intel with some of the people closest to them. “I never really spoke about it to others,” Behn revealed to Yahoo Movies at a press event for the film’s 75th anniversary and release of the new Walt Disney Signature Collection DVD/Blu-ray. “When I got married for the second time, it was about a year so after that my wife finally found out.”

Explained Dunagan, a decorated veteran who served in the U.S. military for 25 years: “We didn’t talk about it. I certainly never talked about it in the Marine Corps.”

It’s more than their Disney connection that binds Dunagan and Behn. Both were showbiz tykes who left Tinseltown shortly after the release of Bambi. Both later enlisted to serve their country. And both ultimately lead successful (if “normal”) lives as in the private business sector.

At 3, Dunagan won a local talent show in Memphis that led his family to Hollywood. The curly-haired blond worked at a Shirley Temple-esque pace, making seven films (including Son of Frankenstein and Tower of London) between 1938 and 1941. He was initially hired as the model for Disney animators to capture the eponymous fawn’s facial expressions. “So the animators at Disney would have me sit on a stool, look left, look right, look afraid, and I did, and they would draw,” he said. Eventually, Walt Disney asked Dunagan’s mother if he’d also lend his voice to the lead character of the studio’s fifth animated feature, following Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo. (Watch above for exclusive archival footage of the Disney animators approach to drawing realistic animals for Bambi.)

Peter Behn’s father was screenwriter Henry Behn (Howard Hughes’s Hell’s Angels), who heard Disney was looking for young children to record the voices for Bambi, at the time a rarity in Hollywood. The young Behn auditioned to play Bambi, the deer whose mother suffers a tragic fate. But instead the studio asked the child to play Thumper, the hare who doles out such precious wisdom as “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all” (which has since come to be known as “The Thumperian Principle”).

Behn and Dunagan at a recent ‘Bambi’ event at Disney Studios (Disney)

Their interactions with the legendary studio head were limited but impressionable. Behn remembers Disney taking him to the zoo he’d set up on the Disney lot so the animators could study the movements of young animals. Dunagan said he’d become accustomed to being around Hollywood bigwigs from his early run in films, but while most execs ruled by fear and kept a distance from their employees, “Mr. Disney was the opposite of that…. He was a working leader. He was all over the place, in the hallways, in the parking lot, everywhere.”

The kids did not stay in the pictures, though. Behn’s family left Los Angeles in the 1930s as screenwriters began getting blacklisted for Communist leanings (“I don’t know a great deal about it, but I know it was an issue and my father didn’t want to be involved with that anymore,” he said). They relocated to the southwest, where his father became a creative writing professor at the University of Arizona, before later moving to Connecticut. Behn attended prep school and then volunteered for the U.S. Army, where he spent two years working on teletype interception and Morse code. After serving, he became a successful real estate broker in Vermont and later moved to Park City, Utah, where he has since retired.

Deaths in the family landed Dunagan in an orphanage in the years after Bambi, and he lived alone by the age of 14. He learned how to box and play football, and landed a football scholarship to University of Alabama. During the Korean War Draft in the early 1950s, he volunteered for the Marines after a recruiter told him, “Son, the Marine Corps has a football team, and you get paid!” Dunagan became the youngest assistant drill instructor in the Corps’ history, and was wounded twice leading patrol units in Vietnam. He later held management positions and companies like New York Life and Gerstenhaber, and now is “as about as retired as a water buffalo” in central Texas.

It wasn’t until Disney reps contacted Dunagan and Behn (“and found out we were still alive,” Dunagan cracked) in the late 2000s to make marketing appearances for home entertainment releases that they began openly talking about Bambi again.

“We had other lives,” Behn said. “We were growing up, we were getting married, we were creating jobs. [Donnie] was in the Marines for a long time. Those were more important at the time. We’d left what we were doing at a very young age. So the life experiences that happened after took over and there was no reason to think about it until later on. But now it does bring joy to the people who we come into contact with.”

Added Dunagan: “It leaves me with some regret that I did not tell [more people] about it, apart from family. Because once it got out, we could get more done with Bambi than if we were the Prince of Wales with a million bucks in our pocket.” He points to an appearance he made recently at a mall alongside his town’s mayor to fundraise for their struggling local Salvation Army chapter, where they easily earned enough to overcome its deficit. “Not because of the mayor, or the soldier, but because of Bambi,” Dunagan said.

The beloved film has remained prominent in their collective consciousness ever since returning to the Disney fold. “Somebody tried to take Bambi away from me now, I’m 82 years old, but I bet I could still box,” Dunagan laughed. “You’re not taking Bambi away from me!”

Bambi: The Walt Disney Signature Collection is now on Digital HD and Blu-ray. Watch an exclusive clip from the bonus features:

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I need a real estate agent in Everett. Consider hiring a broker for a smaller one-time fee to simply review your contracts before signing if you're still dead set against hiring an agent to take care of all this. This is what I would do. I wouldn't worry about the cost; I'd worry about getting the right advice.

I've saved the worst for last.

One of my clients, an old friend, was looking to buy another property. Like the first, it was a duplex. He was looking to buy a second home, not a condominium. The duplex, like the first, sat behind a garage. It also had a screened-in porch, another common denominator. For whatever reason, the agent was pushing him to buy the duplex. I felt compelled to intervene.

He wanted to get the price down to what he could get with the 'gift of proximity' and still get a great price. I pushed him to think about it. The main reason the gift-of-possession was making him nervous was because he knew the second home would have to be remodeled.

I was able to talk him out of it. I need a real estate agent in Everett, so I asked him to research what it would take to remodel the duplex so he wouldn't have to make any of the alterations himself. He looked up the costs of such work online and decided it was doable with his budget. I didn't push him on it. In fact, I was proud of him. He knew he had the money and time to handle the remodel himself. I don't think he knew that in the process of remodeling, he was already planning to move. It was like I'd just given him the gift of foresight.

This is a pattern I've noticed among Realtors. People who choose a Realtor instinctively like them. I can think of no more powerful gift in life than the gift of foresight. Most Realtors don't have it. When they don't have it, they feel uneasy, uneasy enough that it makes them pushy. It's the gift of perception. If you aren't attuned to what it is a gift does, then you'll miss out on what it can do for you.

So, when you're interviewing potential Realtors, pay attention to their personalities and experiences. Say to them: I need a real estate agent in Everett. If they seem to be up for the task, grab them by the lapels and run your hand through their hair. If you've got a real estate background, ask them what it is they'll be doing to market your home. If you're an investor, ask them how they'll screen potential buyers. If you're a Realtor and you're a woman, ask her how she'll market your home. If you're a family, ask them if they have a children's program and what their criteria for accepting buyers are. Watch their body language and look for a glint in their eye that tells you they're thinking about your home. If they walk away with a hand-lettered sign and a smirk on their face, that's a clear sign they didn't do a good job and they don't have what it takes to represent your home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCJVD9lV9ws

Finally, you should ask your potential Realtor how they'll determine if a potential buyer is a good fit for your home. If they don't know, that's a sign that they'll have a lot of back and forth to do. If they do know, that tells you that they've done their homework, but you should also look for the extra inches in the walls and the slight imperfections in the paint that tell you something about the home's owner. You should also look for whether or not the Realtor is a good negotiator. When you find a Realtor who is a good negotiator, you'll be assured that they're a good negotiator and a good negotiator will guarantee that they're a good negotiator.

Looking to buy a home in Everett?  Contact Darren and Gwen Munson with Windermere Real Estate/Mill Creek 18323 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell, WA 98012 425-338-9400

http://www.munsonhomes.com