What if we had listened?
by Dolores Farmer

• "The prices of houses seem to have reached a plateau, and there is reasonable expectancy that prices will decline." (Time, December 1, 1947)
  

• Houses cost too much for the mass market. Today’s average price is around $8,000—out of reach for two-thirds of all buyers." (Science Digest, April, 1948)

• "The goal of owning a home seems to be getting beyond the reach of more and more Americans. The typical new house today costs $28,000." (Business Week, September 4, 1969)

• "The era of easy profits in real estate may be drawing to a close." (Money, January, 1981)
• "The golden-age of risk-free run-ups in home prices is gone." (Money, March 1985)

• "Most economists agree… [a home] will become little more than a roof and a tax deduction, certainly not the lucrative investment it was through much of the 1980s." (Money, 1986)

Don’t let the “experts” get you down; they are often wrong!!

TWO OF A KIND!
What does a drug dealer and a coke seller have in common? Well, in my case both of these fine men are members of my church.

One sells Coca Cola and one sells for a large pharmaceutical manufacturer!

In today’s society words mean different things to different people. Take the words Home Owner – you may not really fully own your for 20 – 30 years but it’s yours in the sense that as long as you pay the note no one will make you move. Not so when you are a Renter. Also When you are a home owner and the final note is paid it is yours – plus most likely the house’s worh is 20 – 100% more than the original price.

When you are a Renter the house is still worth much more than when you moved in, but you won’t own it – you just paid for the house for someone else! What a nice guy you are!
Don’t you owe it to yourself and your family to be a nice guy to them?

If you know someone that’s renting do them a favor – encourage them to seek out a qualified REALTOR® and talk – or better yet have them take advantage of my seventeen years of experience, Give Me a Call!

Tommy Helm GRI, CRS
Long and Foster Real Estate
Roanoke North
1638 Roanoke Road
Daleville, VA 24083
Office: (540) 966-1820
Cell: (540) 520-1174
Licensed in Virginia