by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 16, 2024 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
NAR’s Profile of International Transactions in U.S. Residential Real Estate surveys Realtors about transactions with international clients who purchased U.S. homes. In the 2023 Report covering from April 2022 through March 2023, the average ($639,900) and median...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 1, 2024 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Manfred von Richthofen was a German World War I pilot. A legendary ace in the Great War, who some may know due to Snoopy’s battles with him (flying his doghouse) in Peanuts. The real Red Baron had a dog which he acquired as a puppy. The flying ace described him at...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 15, 2024 | Home Ownership
In Part One I listed five of the ten disadvantages of having a pool according to Kiplinger, some of which I did not agree with. The last five are even more problematic: 6. Your Energy Bills Will Go Up. Yup, that is guaranteed, but not that much, and it depends on how...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 1, 2024 | Home Buying
In Death of the Ibuyer?, I recounted how the internet direct buyers had been punished when selling in the last half of 2022. In 2023 the bad times continued, as the institutional (Wall Street) buyers and the local iBuyers accounted for only 2,014 total home purchases...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 11, 2024 | Arizona and Its Amenities, Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
The national immigration picture differs from that of Arizona. Our proximity to Mexico and Central America means that we are the beneficiary of more Latino migrants. So according to the 2021 census, that Mexico is Arizona’s number one immigrant group should be no...