by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Oct 1, 2013 | General
Vacant properties, thanks to the housing bubble bursting several years ago, are still extremely common in many neighborhoods. Banks may have trouble selling these properties for a variety of reasons, one being that while the homes sat empty, they were vandalized and...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Sep 17, 2013 | General
In cities where rentals outweigh homes for sale, people who want to buy are sometimes forced to stay in the rental market because there isn’t much choice for buying—the homes available may be too expensive, the wrong size, or in an undesirable area of town....
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Aug 20, 2013 | General, Real Estate
Over the past decade or so, rehabbing and then reselling homes—commonly called “flipping” homes—has become a lucrative business and a great way for those who have the renovation skills to make a living. These flippers, however, don’t usually live in...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Jul 30, 2013 | General, Real Estate
When the economy waxes and wanes, housing prices and renting availability changes with it. One constant, however, is public housing. These buildings take a lot of time to construct, though, and before they are finished it’s important for the companies working on...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Jul 23, 2013 | General, Real Estate
As any business developer or city planner knows, vacant buildings can be a serious issue when it comes to safety. The longer buildings don’t have tenants, the more likely it is that they’ll become a target for crimes like vandalism and theft. Many people...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Jul 9, 2013 | General, Real Estate
A housing bubble, by definition, is when prices for real estate rapidly increase followed by a sharp decline in value for those same properties. The last time it happened, the housing market saw people walking away from mortgages they couldn’t afford to pay and...