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BNET Author Biography
Alison RogersSince graduating from Harvard summa cum laude, Alison Rogers has been a reporter, an editor, a real-estate agent, a Wall Street desk jockey, a columnist, a failed flipper, and a landlady. A member of the National Association of Realtors, she currently sells and rents luxury co-ops in Manhattan for the...
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Ask the Experts: Real Estate
Is it time to buy real estate? Our editors discuss mortgages and the housing market. If you have other financial questions, e-mail asktheexperts@moneywatch.com.
Tags: Financial, MoneyWatch, Real Estate, Mortgages, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Ask the Experts, Jill Schlesinger, Jack Otter, Alison Rogers, Housing, Refinance, Mortgage. Bubble
Videos 2009-11-20
Four Things You Should Know About Your Fire Insurance Claim
California's burning, again; the flames north of Los Angeles, also known as the Station Fire, have already killed two people, and are threatening tens of thousands of homes, causing the governor to declare a state of emergency in Los Angeles and Monterey counties. So of course it's...
Tags: Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-01
Can I Break My Lease If People Bark about My Dog?
Dear Ali; I have a companion dog that we kept out on our apartment's patio until we got complaints saying he barks too much when people walk by. Since then, we have kept him in a kennel in our home when we leave, but now we have more...
Tags: Complaint, Schorr Law, Workforce Management, Capital Structures, Human Resources, Finance, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-04
Real Estate Industry Battle Begins in Canada
I know "Canadian lawsuit" is a phrase that usually makes my attention wander, but if you're a homebuyer, real estate agent, or in the publishing industry, there's one Canadian lawsuit out there that might affect your life. The history is a little complicated, so grab a cup of coffee while...
Tags: Industry, Real Estate, Business Operations, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-09
Renovating to Sell
In today's soft market, you've got to be, as my boss Gil Neary says, "the prettiest girl at the dance." That means you, as a seller, need to do all the renovations that two years ago you could have pushed off on your buyer. But which ones?...
Tags: Job, Kitchen, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-09
For Sale: Three Stories, Presidential Neighbors
A new listing in Chicago is stirring interest because of its deep front porch and high security -- the house is next door to the Hyde Park/Kenwood residence of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The website for the Greenwood Avenue house is generating traffic....
Tags: U.S. Secret Service, House, Chicago, Garrison, Real Estate, Web Site Development, Construction, Web Technology, Business Operations, Internet, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-15
Banker Fired After Using Foreclosed Malibu House for Parties
This post was updated September 16, 2009 Why buy when you can just live off of Bernie Madoff's crumbs? That's a question to ask a Wells Fargo senior vice president, who reportedly spent weekends partying at one of the bank's foreclosed properties, a $12...
Tags: Bank, Los Angeles Times, Bernard Madoff, Real Estate, Financial Services, Business Operations, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-11
Can I Break My Renters' Lease If I'm the Landlord?
Dear Ali, I am temporarily in Arizona working on a project for my company, so I have rented out my townhome in Colorado. My renters have signed a lease for one year, ending next summer. The problem: My mother has fallen seriously ill in California and I need to move...
Tags: Lease, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-16
4 Ways Your House is Better than Bernie Madoff's
This post was updated on September 18, 2009 Bernie Madoff's Montauk beach house is for sale, [update: according to our friends at Bloomberg News, the house quickly sold for more than its asking price of $8.75 million] and it's "not that palatial" (New...
Tags: House, Bernard Madoff, Martha, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Branding, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Marketing, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-03
Feds Examine Banning Upfront Fees on Loan Modifications
If you need to modify a crippling mortgage, you're not the only one -- estimates are that some three million mortgages still need to be modified. Unfortunately, that many homeowners in distress has created a climate that's ripe for fraud. Now, according to Jim Puzzanghera of the...
Tags: Homeowner, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-18
Closing costs, state-by-state
Everything really is bigger in Texas. Bankrate.com's annual state-by-state survey of closing costs, which came out earlier this month, shows that Texas has displaced New York City as the place where mortgage industry closing costs ranked the highest. (A note on methodology: the survey actually took some...
Tags: California, Survey, Bankrate.com, Taxes, Free Trade, Marketing Research, Personal Finance, Mortgages, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Capital Structures, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-21
$30,000 Beds Not Bunk, Journal Says
I guess it's the men who wear the pajama pants in the family, because according a new report from the Wall Street Journal, makers of luxury beds and mattresses costing upwards of $30,000 have raised sales by targeting men. The report by Ray A. Smith (which came...
Tags: Bed, Sales Strategy, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-23
Should I Take a Reverse Mortgage?
Dear Ali: I'm retired and some of my stocks have suffered all this financial trouble we've been having, so my banker mentioned a reverse mortgage to me. What do you think, is that worth looking into, or is there a catch? I can't tell if they're scams or not. ...
Tags: Equity, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-09-25
Selling Your Home in a Tight Credit Market
Dear Ali; I was told by my agent that the government halted conventional and FHA loans on mobile homes. I own a mobile home and it was set to close at the end of August. What can the buyer do now? I have to sell the house...
Tags: Credit Market, Mobile Home, Warren, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-08-27
Housing Numbers Up, But Don't Get Too Hopeful
Sales of new homes rose 9.6 percent in July, which is an uptick for the fourth month in a row. Nearly three-quarters of Home Depot's markets had stronger sales in the second quarter than in the first quarter. And a popular housing price index shows that housing prices ticked up...
Tags: Uptick, Home Depot Inc., Mortgages, Sales Strategy, Real Estate, Sales Force Management, Finance, Capital Structures, Sales, Business Operations, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-08-26
The Comparables That Homebuyers Shouldn't Forget
Dear Ali; I was told that apartment prices have dropped 20 percent in the area where I am looking to buy. There is a unit that I like which just went on the market; since a similar unit sold for $1,000,000 last year, I should be...
Tags: Unit, Market, Financial Services, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-08-25
A Bidding Lesson from Madonna
If there's one "Ask the Agent" question I get all the time, it's this: "I like a home that's listed for sale at the price of $X. What should I bid on it? Should it be 90% of $X, or 80% of $X?" And I say, over and over,...
Tags: Price, Madonna, Real Estate, Business Operations, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-07-01
The One Number Every Home Seller Needs to Know
Dear Ali; We want to list our home to sell it, and we are interviewing real-estate agents. What number should we talk about first, listing price or commission? A: In any listing pitch you're going to talk about both -- because they're intertwined. If your price is "lower"...
Tags: Agent, Statistic, Sales Strategy, Real Estate, Sales Force Management, Sales, Business Operations, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-07-08
Writing a Successful Real Estate Ad: What Your Agent Won't Tell You
Dear Ali; I am trying to sell my house myself (as a FSBO, For Sale By Owner), and I am little stuck in trying to write classified ad copy. Do you have any insider tips? A: Writing great ads is a lifelong craft, so for every one...
Tags: Advertisement, Agent, Customer, Real Estate, Business Operations, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-06-16
Can I Bid on Two Houses at the Same Time?
Dear Ali; I am a first-time buyer and I have seen more than one house I like, but I'm not interested in paying full freight in this economy. Can I submit lowball bids on more than one house? Is that legal? A: Real estate...
Tags: Seller, Attorney, Real Estate, Business Operations, Alison Rogers
Blog posts 2009-08-03
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