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Alan Barker on November 3rd, 2011

The experts are predicting that Cache Valley will double its growth in the next 20-30 years. While this is exciting, Logan wasn’t exactly planned for a large population. As somebody who lives in the North end of the valley, but who works on the South end, I know from first hand experience the frustration of [...]

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Alan Barker on July 9th, 2010

I read an article this morning that 70% of the home loans in Nevada are under water, meaning that more than two out of every three homeowners in the state of Nevada owes more on their home than it is worth. These people are unable to sell their homes unless they have a huge savings [...]

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It seems like property management companies in Logan have one goal: collect rent from the tenants and take their percentage out as profit. Well there’s one Property Management Company in Logan Utah that has a little different focus. And this focus is very valuable to real estate owners and renters. Catalyst Property Management is different, [...]

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Alan Barker on June 1st, 2010

On July 1st, one month from today it will be law that all owners of rental properties in Logan will be required to have landlord licenses. Here is some more information about the licensing process provided by Mark Lunt of Catalyst Property Management. Once the application is turned in the City will give about 6 [...]

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Alan Barker on April 23rd, 2010

As real estate agents, we often get asked about HUD Homes. There is a lot of misunderstanding of what HUD homes are, but people usually know that HUD homes have something to do with foreclosures, and think they are some kind of special deal. Well people that think this, are mostly correct. HUD Homes are [...]

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This morning I got a phone call from a guy wondering about Homes in Nibley for less than $50,000. His friend had told him that due to the bad economy, there were nice, well built, “repod” homes for sale in Nibley for less than $50,000. Unfortunately this just isn’t true. Not sure where his friend [...]

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Alan Barker on March 16th, 2010

Making improvements to older properties doesn’t always result in a return on real estate investments.

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Alan Barker on February 23rd, 2010

It looks like the economics of being a landlord in Logan Utah will be a little less desirable. The local government has been trying for a while now to require landlords of properties in Logan Utah get licenses. What is the definition of a Landlord and when will they need a licence? According to LoganUtah.org: [...]

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There are so many good real estate deals out there. Good real estate agents are on top of these type of deals like Robert Brown. Logan Utah Realtor, Robert Brown, talks about some great investment properties in Logan Utah. Over the past few years the demand for rental homes in Cache Valley has increased due [...]

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Home Sales of Multi Family Homes in Logan, Duplexes, Triplexes, and Fourplexes are improving. They are definitely not outstanding, but over the last three months they have been up compared with the rest of the year. There are currently 9 Duplexes for Sale in Logan, and 26 Tri and Fourplexes for Sale. This includes most [...]

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