By T.W. Shortt, Broker, CRS®, CRB®
REALTY WORLD Knox Realty Group, LLC
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday real estate practice. REALTORS® can now use AI-assisted tools to analyze comparable properties, prepare market analyses, and even recommend residential lease prices.
But an old body of law is following this recent technology into the real estate office: antitrust law.
By : Jeff Farmer
eXp Commercial / Action Advisors, LLC
Ask people outside Kentucky what comes to mind when they hear “Fort Knox,” and the answer is
usually gold. For those of us who live and do business in Hardin County, the greater value of Fort Knox
is something entirely different. It is jobs, payroll, families, retirees, contractors, housing demand, retail
spending and economic stability.
By TW Shortt, CRS™, CRB™, Broker at REALTY WORLD Knox Realty Group, The Fort Knox Office™
More than four years ago, I wrote a Focus on Finance article asking why Zillow had become such a dominant force in residential real estate.
Continue readingBy T.W. Shortt, CRS, CRB, Principal Broker, REALTY WORLD Knox Realty Group, LLC
Selling real estate can become difficult when the property is tied to a divorce, estate, inheritance, disagreement among heirs, military transfer, financial hardship, tenant dispute, lien, title defect, trust, or power of attorney. In these situations, placing the property on the market may be the easy part. Identifying and resolving the issues standing between the owner and the closing table is often a challenge.
By Dominic Schroeder, REALTOR®
Complex Real Estate Transaction Specialist
REALTY WORLD Knox Realty Group, LLC
A Hardin County family finds a house in Elizabethtown they love. The layout works. The yard is large enough for the children. The location is perfect.
By: T.W. Shortt, CRS®, CRB®, Broker, REALTY WORLD Knox Realty Group LLC
A recent Heart of Kentucky MLS listing contained a short sentence in its private remarks that should get every broker’s attention:
“Agent is offering a $1,000 selling bonus.”
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By T.W. Shortt, CRS®, CRB®, Broker, REALTY WORLD Knox Realty Group, LLC
When homeowners prepare to sell, they usually look at other existing homes in their neighborhood and ask, “What are those houses listed for?”
That remains important—but it may no longer identify their strongest competition.
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By T.W. Shortt, CRS®, CRB®, Broker, REALTY WORLD Knox Realty Group, LLC
When homeowners prepare to sell, they usually look at other existing homes in their neighborhood and ask, “What are those houses listed for?”
That remains important—but it may no longer identify their strongest competition.
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By T.W. Shortt | Former Radcliff City Councilman, Co-Founder of the Radcliff Small Business Alliance, and Local Business Owner
My recent article about Radcliff’s declining commercial corridor produced a strong public response. Readers mentioned Fort Knox downsizing, the closing of the Wilson Road gate, online shopping, high rents, absentee property owners, and changing consumer habits. All are legitimate factors.
But we must ask a harder question: Has Radcliff’s commercial decline also been driven by years of inadequate planning, weak coordination, and a failure to remain focused? My good friend Jeff Kennedy aptly describes this pattern as being “loyal to dysfunction.”
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By: TW Shortt, CRB, CRS™
Kentucky Real Estate Broker
REALTY WORLD Knox Realty Group™
Most residential real estate transactions follow a familiar path. A property is listed, a buyer makes an offer, financing is arranged, inspections are completed, and the parties move toward closing.
But not every transaction fits that pattern.
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