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AFFORDABILITY HIGH, INVESTORS BACK

2011 Rebound: Affordability High, Investors Back Plenty of signs point to the housing market finally bottoming out and moving into rebound mode this year, experts say in a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. Investors, who were burned when the housing bubble...

MORTGAGE RATES AT FIVE-WEEK LOW

Mortgage rates benefited from a "flight to safety" this week. A "flight to safety" happens when investors are nervous about owning risky assets like stocks, but do not want to miss out on earning a return on their funds, so they allocate their money into risk-free...

FEATURED BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

BOISE CRIBS RECOMMENDS BAREFOOT CLEANING COMPANY Don't take chances with companies you don't know. We put our reputation on the line with pre-screened and trusted vendors. Barefoot Cleaning Company is a full-service, truck-mounted carpet cleaner serving Ada and Canyon...

CASH BUYERS IN BOISE

More Cash Buyers in the Boise Real Estate Market According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, cash transactions were up in many major real estate markets across the U.S. in 2010. The same is true for the Boise real estate market where in 2010 18% of the home...

HUD APPROVED BROKERAGE

Boise Cribs Real Estate is the Newest HUD (Housing & Urban Development) Approved Brokerage in Idaho.  HUD homes offer an exceptional value for the right buyer.  Visit the HUDhomestore to see the full inventory nationwide and then contact us.  When a HUD Home...

BUY RENTALS NOW

The book I recommend on the subject is above. If you're debating why you should be interested in investing in Boise area multi-units & apartment buildings when the prices of single family homes is so cheap, this article from moneywatch.com should help you out"...

GRANT PORTER COLUMBIA MORTGAGE

Last week had its share of bad news (foreclosures, price declines, etc.)  It's sometimes hard to make sense of it all.  Call me at 409-1708 and I'm always happy to tell you exactly how I see it.  It's not as cheery as the proponents say, but it's not as gloomy as the...

JAN 31ST BEST DEALS!

Click on the icons below to see what I believe are some of the best deals in the market right now. Most of these are Short Sale/Bank Owed/Foreclosure.   By way of disclosure, we are not representing that we are the listing agent of these properties.  We have selected...

BOISE MASTERMIND

The Power of Mastermind. Napoleon Hill, author of one of my favorite books, Think and Grow Rich, first wrote about the power of a “Mastermind”. And even though that book is nearly 100 years old, the concepts stand true. The “Mastermind” is an incredible principle used...