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2009
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There's a CENTENNIAL in the air, I can feel it. Why yes, it's here in Hemet, California, located between Temecula and Riverside, not far from Palm Springs and Idyllwild. Check out this flyer with all the details. Don't miss it. Should be a fun weekend. Small town fun, tons of history and I w...
12/30/2009
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I just want to talk about a really cool hillside park here in HEMET, CA. called Simpson Park. You start driving up the hill from Florida Ave. which is the "main drag" in this town. You then ascend up the hill, oh, I'm gonna say about 2 miles, passing some very beautiful hillside homes, that, if...
12/30/2009
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A listing that I had in Menifee, California unfortunately went to sale before we could do anything with it. So, an agent representing Fannie Mae came to the door a couple of days ago and told my seller that she would offer her cash for keys if she cooperated. My seller was in the process of movi...
12/24/2009
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At least until January. It's already starting. All the magazines on the news stands are selling their January issues, and what is the hot topic? You guessed it, DIETING! I have it on good authority from someone who works in a bookstore, that the number one selling category of books after Chri...
12/23/2009
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This just in..... The California Association of Realtors Member Legal Services has published the following disclosure charts for 2010: Lease/Rental Disclosure Chart: Includes new disclosures for 2010 regarding water conserving water fixtures. REO Disclosure Chart: Includes new disclosure for 2010...
12/23/2009
The following was a part of an email I received this morning from the California Association of Realtors. I realize that it says the complaint shall be CONFIDENTIAL, however, I gotta wonder, "Is This What We Have Come To"? REALTORS® and their clients who encounter unlawful or unprofessional con...
12/22/2009
I read this on an email from the California Association of Realtors. This could be one reason why we are not seeing all the REO properties currently. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will suspend foreclosure evictions from December 19, 2009 through January 3, 2010. To help struggling families over th...
12/21/2009
Boy oh boy! Does 2010 look to be another great year in real estate? I think so. However, the past couple of years have focused on the REO market, but I am thinking the market looks like it will SHIFT to more short sales than foreclosures. I am spending as much time and effort as I can spare ri...
12/21/2009
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Does anyone know where short sales are really handled from? It surely must be from a planet far, far away, because whenever you talk to someone in a short sale transaction, you always get referred to someone else, which gets you hooked up to yet another planetary being. Typically, it seems, you ...
12/17/2009
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Not that I am not in the business to make a few bucks, but at least around the holidays, I don't like to see the foreclosure rate skyrocketing. Back in 1984, the broker that I worked for had an investor friend who would step in and carry hard money notes on some of his transactions. It just happ...
12/14/2009
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