Kansas City Real Estate and Community News

I found a new Johnson County foreclosure that has great curb appeal in the Kansas City MLS today! This newly listed Johnson County home for sale is a distressed home with over 2250 square footage. The real estate listing agent describes the home as under market. This 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home is in great condition and features 12' ...

The Lack of Proper Training by Kansas Public Safety Officers May Hurt You!Are you Being Protected by the Kansas Public Safety Departments? My answer is NO after what had happened to me this week and after talking to over 13 high ranking Kansas public safety officers in Kansas. Matter a fact, a short and free training session held for public ...

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 ...

As a Loss Mitigation Consultant, I accept assigments from mortgage companies to help in the communication process with their clients who are late on the mortgages. Typically, the mortgage company request new financials and depending on the circumstances, I am allowed to make recommendations to the client. Possible options include requesting a ...

November 16th, 2007 For Further Information contact: Chris Dowell Phone: 913-980-5809 email: cd@DowellTaggart.com Free Seminar: Learn How To Buy A Kansas City Real Estate ForeclosureWhy buy real estate at a ...

This week I had the opportunity to work with a buyer who wanted to buy a real estate foreclosure. He's heard all of the stories of buying $400,000 homes for $50,000. Although we didn't find these deals we did find 12 homes at substanially reduced prices. Before we headed out to view these 12 homes, my client got on the phone to ...

My trip to Branson was very interesting. I got online before I left and found out that I wanted to fill up with gas before I left. My research found that gas was higher in Branson then the cities around Branson. Before I left I filled up with gas at an Olathe Kansas Quick Trip. On the way down I saw gas prices from $2.72 to $2.88 a gallon, quite a ...

The Johnson County Fair is coming to Johnson County Kansas this August. Starting August 6th and running to August 11th, the fair will feature some great entertainment including the Family Fun night on Tuesday and the crowd favorite the Demolition Derby on Saturday night. The fair is held on the fair grounds in Gardner, Kansas. For information and ...

How is the Johnson County, Kansas real estate market? The average sales price decreased from $254,790 to $250,571 the past year on average in Johnson County, Kansas. With more homes on the market and the average days on the market increasing, this is a great time to buy a Kansas City home. Information obtained from the Heartland MLS.To view more ...

According to an article in CNNMoney.com the Kansas City real estate market is 4% overpriced. That is much better than many of the 299 largest real estate markets. Most of the overvalued real estate markets were in Florida or California. Naples, Florida leads the list as the most over valued real estate market at 84%. That means that a $329, ...

Did you know that real estate investors can buy an investment home with a Self Directed Roth IRA or Roth 401K and pay no income taxes?  Why, because Self Directed Roth IRA’s and Roth 401K’s are monitored by the Department of Labor, not the Internal Revenue Service. An IRA is a trust account that can be used to invest in many forms ...

[expires:2007-04-13:Note that this information is outdated.] That*s right! We are working for food. From December 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007. We will be donating part of our commissions and running food drives to help our local food pantry. We will be annoucing food pick ups on our website. If you are thinking of buying or selling property, ...

The latest question we have been asked several times from Kansas City home buyers is “We want to wait until next spring to buy a home, why should we buy a home this winter?” This is a very good question and my business partner and I have compiled a list of over 25 reasons and then we narrowed our list to the Top 9 reasons why Kansas ...

It’s a great time to buy a Kansas City Home. Interest rates have fallen seven months in a row and are near 40 year lows, inventories of existing homes are higher than they have been in decades and prices have stabilized. In fact the existing-home median price for single family homes in September 2006 fell from a year ago by 2.2% The ...