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What is a short-sale? A short-sale occurs when a homeowner realizes they won’t be able to afford their mortgage payments but still wants to salvage their credit by avoiding foreclosure. If you sell your house through a short-sale, with proper credit repair you should be able to purchase another h...
04/29/2009
Before I get going about the steps in the buying process, I’d like to provide you with a brief disclaimer. Every state is different. There are different regulations, norms, fees, entities, etc. I’m extremely familiar with the process in California, but if you live outside of California some of...
04/16/2009
There are clearly two ways I could go with this entry. I could either highlight all the positive aspects of good REALTORS, or I could go negative and illustrate the many faults of bad REALTORS. Frankly, with where we are as a country right now, I’d much rather focus on the positive side of the bu...
03/30/2009
Maybe it’s time to buy your first home. Maybe you want to purchase a rental property. Maybe it’s time to upgrade from your current house. Regardless of the reason, it sounds like you’re going to be buying a house in the next year. Resist your urge to immediately call a REALTOR. Resist your urge t...
03/13/2009
Relocation can be a trying time for any family, even under the best of circumstances. So with the culmination of independant research data (Primacy, WorldWide ERC & Bert Sperling), We Find Agents brings you the "Best Cities for Relocating Families". With a focus on a new life in a new city, we wa...
03/10/2009
Imagine this scenario. You’ve decided to sell your house. You go out one morning to get the paper and you look down your street. To the left you see a “For Sale: Foreclosure” sign. To the right you see a sign that reads: “For Sale: Short-Sale.” You open up the paper and see the headline: “Existin...
02/10/2009
Relocating to another city can be hard, especially when you’re on a time crunch. The logistics get even tougher when real estate is involved. How are you supposed to buy a house in another city when you’re not even there yet? If you own a house already, what do you do with it? Is renting an optio...
01/30/2009
Buying and selling Real Estate is a complicated process, and it’s not uncommon for buyers and sellers to get confused. With so many people involved in the process, and with your largest asset on the line, it’s important to know whom you can trust, whom you can work with, and whom you need to be s...
01/22/2009
Should I or Shouldn’t I -When to Stretch Your Pricepoint You’ve found a house, you’re engaged in negotiations, and the seller is standing firm at a pricepoint beyond your comfort level. Do you stretch your pricepoint and guarantee yourself the house or stand firm and risk loosing it? This is a ve...
01/12/2009
Negotiations involve two key motivational factors: your desire to complete the transaction balanced against the financial impact. Both you and your counterpart on the other side of the negotiation want to complete the sale. Also, both you and your counterpart have an acceptable price point alread...
01/05/2009