Tony's Big Bear REO Blog

  Now that the prices have come down, it is time for you to buy that vacation cabin in the Big Bear Valley.  Obviously, you want to get the best cabin you can for the least amount of money, right? The best way to accomplish this is to make sure that you are in the strongest negotiating position p...

How Many Times Have You  Seen A For Sale Sign In Front Of An Interesting Cabin In Big Bear,  And Wondered About The Asking Price? If you're like most people thinking about buying a cabin in the Big Bear Valley, you see ads about cabins for sale, and it seems that everywhere you look, there are si...

One of the most commonly asked questions that I am asked when showing property in Big Bear is, how much should I offer?  Is there a set rule that says I should offer 30% less than the asking price?  This is an excellent question and it is also a difficult question to answer. The reason I say this...

It seems that everyone is doing Brokers Price Opinion's for the banks these days.  Unfortunately, I just recently lost one of my short sale listings to the bank.  What was sad about this situation was that I had a very good offer on this property to begin with.  Once the offer was presented to th...

Most people think that the arrival of November is the start of the holiday season.  After all, Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  When I think of November, I think of the Santa Ana winds.  There hasn't been a year that has gone by without the Santa Ana winds howling th...

As long as I've been selling Real Estate in the Big Bear Valley, we've had out of area agent's call us for help.  For starters, unless an agent is a member of the local Multiple listing Service, his or her lock box key won't work in our lock boxes.  I often wonder what their clients think of thei...

What are the banks thinking?  Yesterday I shared my thoughts with you regarding the banks listing their homes with out of area agents.  Today I want to share with you a situation that took place just recently on one of my escrows with an out of area agent. This situation is going to concern one o...

TRUE OR FALSE? When it comes to selling a property in the Big Bear Valley, the fact that it is  bank owned or an REO property should make no difference in the approach that you take to selling it.  It shouldn't matter if it is privately owned or bank owned, to be successful in selling the propert...

As a child, I can recall living in a house that had a wood shake roof on it.   I never gave any thought to the fire dangers associated with a wood shake roof, but my dad sure did.  I can remember many 4th of July celebrations when the neighbors would shoot bottle rockets back and forth, and I als...

With the change in the Real Estate market in the Big Bear Valley, I am seeing more and more appraisers come up from down the hill to find work.  Unlike many cookie cutter communities down the hill,  the Big Bear Valley is comprised of a handful of smaller communities.  If an appraiser is going t...