I speak with a lot of real estate agents on a daily basis and they all seem to be talking about how many deals are falling apart over inspection items.

As you know, a lot of Realtors these days are utilizing social networking to get the message out about a home that they are trying to sell on behalf of their client.

I have often talked about the battle between buyers and sellers in today’s real estate market and I don’t want to badger the point any further, but I think that the problem has now spread to the realtors.

A year ago, I wrote that “there has never been a bigger gap between a buyer and seller than what we seeing in the current market place.” I wish I could report that a year later, the gap has closed significantly, but it hasn’t.

It’s the end of the July and in a few short weeks the summer real estate season will begin to slow down. Right around the second week of August, things begin to slow down as parent and children try to sneak in one more vacation before school starts.

You do not have to be Bill Gates to get a mortgage, however, mortgage requirements have tightened up considerably. Unless you are a vet applying for a VA mortgage, 100% financing is gone.

There is a saying in business that 20% of the people you deal with create 80% of your aggravation. I believe this to be true because I have seen it time and time again in my own life. The question is: what do you do with the 20% that you consider as toxic people?

The other day, I was taking a glance at the recent MLS statistics and it jumped out at me the startling difference in stats compared to one year ago.

Seventy-seven percent of home buyers had a home inspection done last year. Why wouldn’t everyone want a home inspection? An example would be a contractor doing a fix and flip.

These may seem like common sense to the seasoned real estate buyer, but you can’t believe how many people make these same five common mistakes year in and year out in buying real estate.