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Originally Posted At www.bigbearilluminated.com What a crazy market we are in these days. Gone are the days of conventional loans on traditional listings. Gone are the days of your only worry being if you made your offer high enough to get the property. Or if you priced your listing high enough ...

When dealing with a bank in a foreclosure situation, you never know what you are going to get. Sometimes the bank is just happy to get the property off of their books and are extremely easy to deal with. Other times, not so much. I recently wrote a blog about how a certain bank was being a real ...

I have some clients who are looking for a little vacation place up here in Big Bear. They have done the math and decided that they can go up to $110,000 and not a penny higher. They are set on this number and will not, for any reason, go above it. As you can imagine, there are not a great many ho...

As we all know, loans are harder and harder to get these days. If you have a buyer with great credit and 20% down, things are still peachy keen. However, if you have buyers that are purchasing for the first time or don't possess sterling credit, odds are you will have to deal with some sort of go...

Originally Posted At www.bigbearilluminated.com I just put this bank owned beauty into escrow today. It is located in the prestigious Bear Loop neighborhood located on the north shore of Baker Pond. This home was built and sold in 2006 for a selling price of $869,000. It boasts  3,154 square feet...

Originally Posted At www.bigbearilluminated.com Like most Realtors today, I have been dealing with quite a few bank owned properties. Like conventional listings, they come in all shapes, sizes, and conditions. Some banks price them to move, others not so much. For every REO I see that is a great ...

Last night I witnessed something that was truly inspirational. We have a local man going to the Olympics to represent our country in Beijing. This may not be a big deal in some big cities, but in our little town it is an event of fantastic proportions. Ryan Hall was born in raised in Big Bear Lak...

I was looking for something to read in an airport bookstore the other day. I really liked the movie " No Country For Old Men " and decided I would read the novel on the airplane. As I was about to buy it, another title from the author, Cormac McCarthy, caught my eye. The book was " The Road ", an...

Something happened to me a few days ago that really chapped my hide and I need to vent:) I figured there is no better place than on my blog. Okay, here's the situation. I have a client that has been looking for a very specific property type for over a year now. I know he is a serious buyer, but i...

Originally Posted at www.bigbearilluminated.com This bank owned home is in the highly desirable Fox Farm neighborhood in Big Bear Lake. If you are looking for alot of square footage for a small price, this is the home for you. It measures in at an impressive 3,204 square feet. It boasts 5 bedroom...