Stagflate your way to Greater Home Equity
So here I am, working on some reports about the properties I've got listed, and to cut down the monotony, I browse news web sites…
Tag: 2008
Santa Cruz Real Estate Industry Consolidation
And it's no surprise, either, that Flat Rate Realty closed an office - these discount brokerages do good when times are fat, but when times…
Short Sales – Salvation or Scam?
There are short sale gurus out there all over the place selling seminars and CDs and books to Realtors on how to do short sales…
Watsonville Foreclosure Tour
I just spent the last hour or so going through every house and condo listing from Larkin Valley down through Watsonville, and I found that…
Notes from the Bay Area Foreclosure Auction
I'd turned my brother on to the foreclosure auction some weeks ago, and he'd actually taken the time to drive around to quite a few…
Santa Cruz Gets Highest FHA Loan Limit – $729,750
Counties that get the $729,750 maximum for FHA loans are likely to get that same level for Fannie and Freddie mortgages, experts said. ... In…
Down Home Inspections
There is licensing for termite inspectors, and every termite report, after it's completed, gets shipped off to the Structural Pest Control Board in Sacramento were…
A Realtor, Verizon, and his Smart Phone
"Shouldn't you have a feature where you can get your system to send out a friggin' text message to let me know that I have…
January foreclosures up 57%
A good portion of people who receive notices of default will be able to cure the default or sell the property via a short sale…
A New Way to Get Locked Out
That's not too uncommon, I explained - listing agents have a habit of not calling people back, at least 10-20% of the time. ...Actually, they…