Tony's Big Bear REO Blog

One of the first questions that I ask a potential seller when I arrive at his house to discuss listing his home is, do you really need to sell?  If they answer that question with no, then my recommendation is to hold on to the property.  I'm sure that this sounds funny coming from someone who mak...

In 2003 I started selling Real Estate for the Tim Wood Group at Coldwell Banker in Big Bear.  I remember those days well.  When you wrote an offer on Big Bear property, you worked with the seller to try and write the cleanest and strongest offer possible. It was not uncommon to see multiple offer...

682 Holmes just came on the market in Big Bear at the remarkably low price of $219,000.00.  The cabin was built in 1977 and has over 16oo square feet of living space.  There is plenty of room between you and the guy next door.  This home sits on a 50 X 100 foot lot and when you buy this home, yo...

 Originaly Posted On www.tonycard.com   There has been a considerable amount of discussion in my office lately about the Short Sale process.   Many agents state that they hate Short Sales and they do their best to stay away from them.  With the Federal Government's plan to try and help homeowners...

 Originaly Posted On www.tonycard.com One of the agents in our office sold a bank owned property to a client of his just recently.  When the buyer arrived for the home inspection, they opened the house and found it flooded.  It turns out that the pipes broke due to the lines freezing while there ...

That is a very common question that I get from buyers who are looking to purchase a home in Big Bear.  It matters not whether it is a Seller's market or a Buyer's market, the question is asked.   I've even been asked if it is safe to figure on offering 30% less than the asking price, no matter wh...

This is one of the most frustrating things for a buyer in today's Real Estate market.  You do your homework and come prepared to buy a home in Big Bear.  You come to Big Bear and meet with your Realtor with your checkbook and your Pre Approval letter.  He has shown you the best 5-6 properties tha...

Previosly posted on www.tonycard.com I've been selling Real Estate for the Tim Wood Group at Coldwell Banker in Big Bear since 2003.  In this time period, I've seen the market do some crazy things.  In 2003 we had a strong sellers market with double digit appreciation.  In those days, the days on...

Banks are overwhelmed with foreclosed property and they are doing everything that they can to get them off the books.  After all, banks are not in the business of holding real estate.  As the consumer, everywhere that you look, you see advertisements for bank owned property for sale and the Big B...

This is one of the questions that I get almost daily.  This question got me thinking about the changes in the Big Bear market between 2008 and 2009.  As the results are rather interesting, I thought I would share them with you. Let's compare the number of homes sold in January and February of 200...