Rebekah's Blog

Happy New Year!!   It was a great 2010 and 2011 has all the ingredients for an outstanding year. As an apartment broker and property manager, a big chunk of my business has to do with income property, Landlords/Investors, Tenants and how to help them to all get along. With that in mind, I just wa...

First off, let me admit that I am very spoiled. I have a place to live. I see people every day that are in default and are losing their houses. I know. I am lucky to have a place. It's super great and my sweetie makes me laugh every day. I am super blessed. Ok, now can I bitch just a little? We j...

1890 Winding Creek SAN JOSE, CA Bank Owned Evergreen Townhome with two Private rear patios, 2 master bedrooms and 2 Car garage with opener. Feels Like Home! 2BR/2+1BA Townhouse $100,000 Year Built 1984 Sq Footage 1,473 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors 2 Parking 2 Car garage Lot Size...

3080 Whitesand Drive SAN JOSE, CA **BANK OWNED**Schedule your tour before this one is GONE! 408-378-5568 3 bed 3 bath! Laminate wood floors, big windows and 2 car garage! 3BR/3BA Single Family House $399,900 Year Built 1984 Sq Footage 1,303 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 3 full, 0 partial Floors 2 Parking...

Rebekah Owen, REO PRO! | Benchmark Properties | (650) 492-5958 277 Tradewinds Drive #7, San Jose, CA Clean 2 bed 2 bath condo with large patio overlooking greenbelt 2BR/2BA Condo $1,500/month Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Sq Footage 992 Parking 1 dedicated Pet Policy Conditional Deposit...

When I started in real estate in 1988 it was illegal to have a numeric score associated with your credit report. We learned to get a general impression of the company, their leadership and their spending habits by reviewing their trade lines. How they used credit and the consistency of their re-p...

This morning I was reviewing a NNN leased investment in Memphis Tennessee. My folks are considering trading their apartment building for this type of investment because they still get monthly rental income but they don't get all the maintenance and personality issues that they do with apartments....

My friends daughter was sitting on the sofa, bored. Her boyfriend was at school and there was no one to play Wii with her. Please! she bleated with a big sad-eyed look. The other day they were all playing a baseball game and it had seemed like fun so, I gave in and sat down.   "What are we playin...

I've been doing propeerty management for 20 something years. I first started out with my own properties and slowly added a client here and there - mostly by referral. My degrees are in finance and I can crunch a number with the best of them but I don't think that's the skill that's needed when ma...

I am a real estate broker. I don't work for the government or google or the teacher's union. I won't be getting a pension check or a gold watch after 30 years of service. I was on track to leverage my investments into a nice $6K/mo income by the time I was 50, when the real estate market dumped. ...