Philip A Raices

Philip A Raices

316 Articles

All Things Real Estate: Buyers are liars, sellers are yellers and lawyers are destroyers!

Seriously, my headline isn’t meant to insult or be condescending, but I am quite sure everyone, including myself, has experienced

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All Things Real Estate: Northeast exodus gives Georgia curb appeal

Just got back last week from a business trip to Georgia and was happy and thrilled with the price of

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All Things Real Estate: Do your homework before moving abroad

Have you been contemplating purchasing a vacation home or pied-á-terre in a warm and sunny climate within or even outside

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All Things Real Estate: Pricing your home for sale today

Have you noticed that higher-priced homes sales are cooling off a bit, especially above $1.5 million, if they had been

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All Things Real Estate: Spruce up outside before an open house

You’ve de-cluttered your interior and applied a fresh coat of paint, installed some new fixtures to replace certain items in

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All Things Real Estate: How to hold a safe and effective open house

Whether you’re a homeowner or a licensed Realtor, holding an open house for yourself or your client requires a bit

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All Things Real Estate: Solar spells savings on commercial properties

Most owners of commercial properties are ignorant of the benefits of using solar and energy cells in the day-to day-operation

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All Things Real Estate: Get educated about buying or selling your home

I am completing this column very early on Labor Day and probably should have finished it on Saturday, but there

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All Things Real Estate: Still time to sell and buy despite slowdown?

Why are homeowners who are thinking about selling as well as purchasers who were contemplating buying pulling back and slowing

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All Things Real Estate: Find a broker who’s done the homework

When interviewing brokers and salespeople to find a purchaser, investor or tenant for the sale, rent or lease of your

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All Things Real Estate: Buy now or wait for prices to fall?

This is a question that more and more people have been asking me and for most situations the answer is

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All Things Real Estate: How have home prices done year over year?

Unless you’re not watching the news on TV, or aren’t reading any newspaper or online information, your head might be

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All Things Real Estate: Take DIY route to sell your home post-pandemic

I have provided numerous columns on the crucial steps to take in preparing the outside exterior of your home, not

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All Things Real Estate: Challenges of buying a co-op

A new law was passed a few years ago in Nassau County that co-op managements and boards have 40 days

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All Things Real Estate: Know the rules and regulations before investing abroad

So you’ve now decided to purchase a vacation home or condo in a development or hi-rise outside the U.S. Maybe

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