It’s no longer news that the real estate market has been ailing recently. I try to get away from making general statements about the market being ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ because in real estate, what’s bad for sellers is usually good for buyers, and vice versa. In that way, real estate is not like the stock market, which tends to be ‘bad’ for almost everyone at the same time.

While this recent housing crisis has created some favorable conditions for buyers – namely low prices, low interest rates, abundant inventory and superior bargaining power vis-a-vis sellers, it has been tough for buyers in other ways. Tight lending guidelines, deal-complicating appraisal and disclosure laws and a strong seller preference for all-cash offers have caused buyers to have to work much harder to get into the market than at any other time in recent history.

So, this Real Estate Remedies category is a catch-all. This is where you’ll find all of my fixes, rethinks and off-the-grid solutions to problems created by this uniquely crazy (and crazy-making) real estate market.

If you don’t see your particular *issue* here, ask me your question and I’ll try to answer it in a future column or webinar or post, or contact me for a one-on-one and get my personalized attention and custom solutions to your dilemma.