Whenever I would spend money foolishly as I was growing up, my Grandmother who raised me, would say, "Money doesn't grow on trees you know!" Even at a young age, I knew what she meant. As a father of five children, I am sure I used the same axiom with them. I knew that money didn't "actually" grow on trees, and yet I believed the principal behind this statement for many years. I did not realize until almost a year ago there was "some truth" in this statement as I began to sel

Should I pay cash or get a mortgage? I cannot tell you how many times I have been asked this question over my real estate career. Of course, the question was raised by those who could afford to pay cash for their home. In a lot of cases, it was people who had sold their home in areas like California or the northeast, where prices of homes are well above our local markets cost per square foot. They came South and found a real estate gold mine of homes that were similar in squa