Kansas City Real Estate and Community News

Today I worked with an out of town real estate investor. The couple hours we searched on our local MLS for distressed properties for sale. We searched foreclosures, pre-foreclosures, REO's, RELO's and HUD properties. My client was amazed at the good deals we found. Here are some of the real estate deals we found. We even found a bank owned ...

For the past 3 weeks I have been showing 8 groups of people homes for sale in Kansas City. At first I would show start by showing them homes for sale in a 4-5 hour period. After I got a grasp of what they were looking for, I would hunt the Kansas City MLS for homes that would fit their search criteria and e-mail them the new listings. When the ...

Clients are asking if the falling interest rates will improve the chances of sellng their Kansas City homes closer to fair market value, and conversely, will the falling rates make investing less attractive? The experts agree that falling rates enable more buyers to take advantage of home ownership....But lenders have slowly but surely ...

Many of the real estate search tools are implementing neighborhood search tools. Though this maybe good, how do they define a neighborohood? Should it be by different phases in a development (most homeowners don't know what phase they live in), a school area like elementary or high school or should it be by city's name. I find that ...

Learn How to Buy Real Estate Foreclosures with Other Peoples MoneyThis “SEMINAR” is presented by:Glenn Stockton, a Local Foreclosure Attorney Topics Included at the Seminar: ·    Lifecycle of a foreclosure·       Negotiating a successful contract to buy a ...

I was looking in the shopping guide in Southern Johnson County and saw an advertisement for the Aspen Creek Subdivision in Gardner, Kansas. The Headline read:” Finished homes selling fast.” As a local real estate professional, I like to keep up to date with the local real estate market. I drive past the homes everyday in Aspen Creek ...