Philip A Raices
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…