Have local Deep Creek real estate agents been trying to mislead people or have they simply been giving awful advice?

I'll let you be the judge.

Exhibit A: January 21, 2008: "This is a great time to buy a second home at Deep Creek Lake!"

"local developers realize that Deep Creek has always been in high demand and that prices will go back up this summer"

Oh really? Prices will go up by summer 2008 will they? Where are all those satisfied clients out there who bought in January 2008 because prices were going to go back up in the summer? Six month forecasts, really? Are these real estate day traders or public servants who are supposed to be helping you out? I certainly can't tell. And as for value what does someone with a background in marketing know about value? I'd really like to hear more on that too.


Exhibit B: March 28, 2008: "CNN/Money Magazine Says Buy A Vacation Home Now"

Actually that is not what CNN/Money Magazine says at all, see for yourself here. She said it was time to look (leisurely) in soft markets where you could buy at a discount not go buy where prices had not fallen which is exactly what this blogger seemed to be suggesting.

If a real estate agent somehow managed to land in the eye of a hurricane and was asked to report on the weather I'm pretty sure it would be warm and sunny from now until the foreseeable future. I think these two exhibits (and if I looked I could find more I'm pretty sure) demonstrate that to be educated consumer you need to be aware of who you are taking advice from and what their real motivations are. As always, buyer beware.

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