Vince Hoehn of CENTURY 21 Pierce Realty LLC, Manitowish Waters, WI

The headline a few days ago was that 13% of US homes are vacant, up from 12.1% in 2007 (from the US Census Bureau.  Wisconsin is at 13.1%, up from 10.2% in 2000.)  Excel spreadsheet with data on all 50 states  What made it a headline is the concern that an increase in vacancy rates translates into increased downward pressure on home ...

Subtitled:  Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth is. For some time now I have been saying that this is a great time to buy real estate.  Buy when everyone else is selling, sell when everyone else is buying -- you have heard a variation of it many times.  I've said it, I believe it, and perhaps the following will ...

I know from first-hand experience how difficult it is to earn a respectable living as a real estate agent, especially in the challenging market we now find ourselves in. However, judging by an article I recently read, things could be a lot worse for me if I lived some other areas of the country. The article cited one Los Angeles-area brokerage ...