If you were looking for a car, would you go to a boat dealership? 

I wouldn't either.  Why then, do so many people take advice about real estate from completely unreliable sources?  I wish I had an answer.  I infer that it is because they don't know of a truly reliable source for housing information.  While I always recommend a local full time expert as the primary source for any residential real estate information, there are a handfull of really great online sources for national, regional and even state specific home sales related information.  I'll be highliting a few of them right here over the next few weeks. 

One of my absolute favorites and one I use to make wise decisoins with and for our clients and friends is Keeping Current Matters.  Below is a recent entry from KCM and great example of just how sharp the crew over at KCM is.

“The millionaire says to a thousand people, ‘I read this book and it started me on the road to wealth.’  Guess how many go out and get the book? Very few. Isn’t that incredible? Why wouldn’t everyone get the book? A mystery of life.”  – Jim Rohn

Mr. Rohn explains that if we want to make the right financial decisions in our lives, we should depend on the same sources the wealthy read. This past month four different iconic financial resources said the same thing:

IT’S TIME TO BUY A HOME!

Here are all four resources.

Forbes Magazine: The Next Mortgage Crisis

Wall Street Journal: It’s Time to Buy That House

MarketWatch.com: Now Might Be the Best Time Ever to Buy a Home

JP Morgan Market Insights: Housing: A Time To Buy

Enjoy reading them!!

Have fun exploring other great content on the KCM blog and knowing that these folks know thier stuff. 

Go get em,

Todd Tramonte