Travis A Martinez, Real Estate Consultant

There are many articles and opinions about improvements on a property and whether you can recoup the cost at closing.  many of these are based on national averages and many are for specific location.  All of them seem to include Kitchens and bathrooms.  One recent article is a very good synopsis of how to improve property values by ...

The prevailing interest rate is often referred to as the "cost of money."  Or more simply put the amount that you have to pay to use someone else's money.  Typically long tern money (30 year mortgages) is more expensive then short term (10 or 15 year mortgages) money.  Another way of looking at this is as an ...

I was a little appalled this morning when watching the Today show that they had a gentleman that said "Don't you dare buy now!"  He was a TV personality that you often see on shows like CNBC's Mad Money,  he was also the co-founder of TheStreet.com, Jim Cramer.  He obviously has a background in investing in Wall ...

Everything in the lending market changes quite frequently.  That is why I am in the selling side of real estate.  My take on the situation based on different conversations with mortgage brokers and investment planners is this: Some companies made some poor decisions in lending to people that did not have good credit.  Because of ...