Recent Blog Posts by Jeff Gingerich

The Bizarro World of Real Estate

A recent encounter with a private seller on behalf of a buyer client left me dazed and confused.  As a big Seinfeld fan, the closest I could come to describing it was the episode where Elaine makes a new group of friends and Jerry describes them as a Bizarro world. Here is the scenario.  A buyer client expressed an interest in seeing a privately listed property.  ...

It's Caveat Emptor When Buying Privately

Caveat emptor comes from Latin and embodies the principle of "let the buyer beware".  When I think back to the tough times in real estate in the early '90's, I remember a number of new clients forced to sell who had bought a private sale during the good times in 1989-90.  An analysis of their situation often revealed a number of issues.  In many cases, they had overpaid ...