Case-Shiller Report: Breaking it Down

The Case-Shiller Report (CSR), which provides a glimpse into the housing market, is closely reported by all the major media outlets but there are some things about this report that aren’t revealed in a 45 second sound bite.
First off, their index for home sales in Boston is down 3.4% which in this market is great […]

Commercial Investing. Advantage Small Investors - For Once!

The Wall Street Journal reported a couple of weeks ago about the opportunities that exist in this current market for small investors of commercial properties.
A lot of my clients fit this category and I thought I would pass this information on to the readers of the Boston Real Estate Blog. Unfortunately, the WSJ is […]

MA Casino’s

A lot has been written about the Governors Casino plan for the State. I have held back from talking about the subject because I feel the opening of an actual casino is years away… if ever.
But, speaking hypothetically, I would like to point out what will mostly likely happen to the towns that do […]

Tis the Season - for Exam’s

This morning I received a call from my boss, and CEO of NextGen Realty, Demetrious Salpoglou. The cheerful sound coming through my cell phone meant only one thing - our yearly real estate exam was today.
Every year Demetrious in all of his impressive/annoying OCD mannerisms administers a 115 multiply choice exam that combines both the […]

Smoke Free Aparment Building - That Means in the Unit as well!

So the Guy in 3 C likes his cigars, then there’s the over-achieving single woman in 8 E who is alway puffing on a cigarette, while the Newly Weds from Key West in 5 D well… its a distinctive smell that comes from their apartment.
Sound like your apartment building? Although a lot of […]