There’s Gold in the Mountains Did I get your attention? There is probably gold in the San Bernardino Mountains of California but I guarantee there is SNOW this weekend and it is not man-made.   Here are several pictures of Big Bear, California. Great place to site-see, spend a weekend in a cozy cabin or hotel, go skiing or snowboarding, or just go up for the day to do a little shopping and have lunch.   Don’t forget your chains! If you are interested in buying a second home in the San Bernardino Mountains or just want to live nearby, call me to find you a home.  Call Kristin Hamilton at 909-557-6966 to list your home. Inland Empire Homeowners, please call me for a Comprehensive Market Analysis to assist you with marketing your home for sale and getting the best price possible. Buyers, i... 02/17/2012

  SAN BERNARDINO SHORT SALE AGENTS HELP AVOID FORECLOSURE   Don't make the biggest mistake ever... Do not let the bank foreclose on your San Bernardino home! Loan modification is a temporary fix and can still leave you with negative equity.   FIND CA REAL ESTATE AGENTS   A BETTER SOLUTION IS TO SHORT SALE YOUR SAN BERNARDINO HOUSE   A short sale can let your deficiency be forgiven In most cases a short sale can leave you with no tax liability Our short sale real estate services are at no cost to you And we can help you get out of your bad situation   Don't be fooled! The bank will come after you and foreclose your San Bernardino house. They may even be able to get a judgment against you AFTER the foreclosure for the negative deficiency, which could be tens of thousands of dollars! But w... 02/10/2012

  Find a Short Sale Listing Agent in San Bernardino CA / San Bernardino Short Sale Real Estate Agent / Short Sale REALTOR San Bernardino CA   It is easy for San Bernardino CA home sellers to find many listing real estate agents to list their San Bernardino CA home, but if you need to find a San Bernardino short sale listing agent, the task will be more difficult. A short sale real estate agent does much more than take pictures and put your San Bernardino home in the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and put a sign in the yard.   The San Bernardino CA short sale agent also handles negotiations with your bank or banks. If your San Bernardino real estate agent has no experience dealing with short sales, loss mitigation and bank negotiators, you, the seller, may suffer. Most of our real estate... 02/02/2012

Going to the Beauty Shop is Exhausting. Monday, it was cool and cloudy so I put on Gidget’s hoody and she went outside to play. When I took off her hoody later, I realized how unkept and ungroomed she looked. So I made an appointment and took her to the groomers. She likes to go to Coventry Pet Grooming & Boarding on 412 Tennessee Street, Redlands CA. She has the same groomer everytime she goes there. Her groomers name is Julie. Thanks Julie! ♪♪♪♪♪  ♪♪♪♪♪♪  ♪♪♪♪♪♪  zzzzzzzzzzzzzz’s  ♪♪♪♪♪♪ Just a little tired here….a big yawn and nighty-night. Good Grooming can be so exhausting! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’s Personal Grooming is important: Keep your hair trimmed, colored, permed. Facial hair shaved or trimmed. Polish your shoes. If your shoes are old an... 01/27/2012

Week 1: Best Worst Photo- Russel Ray Photos January contest. I must admit, I usually trash my bad photos aka “bloopers” but I have a few that I liked so well that I kept them as a laugh. Below is my “Alien Dog CoCo” who normally looks pretty average but this picture got a lot of response when I posted it on Facebook. I had my camera on automatic so the flash came on when I took CoCo's picture and ....large alien eyes appeared.   Call Kristin Hamilton at 909-557-6966 to list your home. Inland Empire Homeowners, please call me for a Comprehensive Market Analysis to assist you with marketing your home for sale and getting the best price possible. Buyers, if you are planning to purchase real estate, let me assist you in finding the right home.  Google me at Kristin Hamilton, Keller Williams... 01/07/2012

CHIPS for Kids in California This 2011 Christmas season the California Highway Patrol is sponsoring a statewide toy drive to collect toys for children who might not have a gift under the tree this holiday season. Please bring an unwrapped new toy to any CHP station in your community or to a local Walgreen’s store. Please be generous and bring a gift or two. The toys will be distributed in their own area so the sooner the better. Please remember to help! The official date is until Dec. 15th, but they will still accept donations after that date.                 Call Kristin Hamilton at 909-557-6966 to list your home.   Inland Empire Homeowners, please call me for a Comprehensive Market Analysis to assist you with marketing your home for sale and getting the best price possible. Buyers, if... 12/13/2011

Christmas Photo Contest-©My Gingerbread House© Last night I attempted to make the perfect Gingerbread House. Well, it may not be perfect but I think it turned out cute and very colorful. I am taking it to the “Toys for Tots” event today in San Bernardino so it can be on display with other Gingerbread Houses. Remember, it is for the children. We want them to be happy and have that sparkle in their eyes! Take your donations to your local Fire Depts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call Kristin Hamilton at 909-557-6966 to list your home~~~~~ Inland Empire Homeowners, please call me for a Comprehensive Market Analysis to assist you with marketing your home for sale and getting the best price possible. Buyers, if you are planning to purchase real estate, let me assist yo... 12/04/2011

The Most Important Short Sale Do’s and Don’ts | Short Sale Tips for San Bernardino County CA Home Sellers Do educate yourself. This is THE most important thing you can do. San Bernardino County CA Short sales can be complicated. You need every bit of information you can get when you jump into the short sale process. Don’t wait until it’s too late. If you drag your feet and hide from the fact that you’ve stopped making mortgage payments, it will cost your credit rating and it will put any chances of a San Bernardino County short sale in risk. Do be diligent. There have been very closable San Bernardino County California short sales that fail because the San Bernardino County homeowners either stop responding to their agents, stop returning paperwork, stop returning phone calls, stop cari... 12/03/2011

SAN BERNARDINO CA REAL ESTATE LISTINGS Are you looking for San Bernardino CA real estate house and home listings? We provide a free MLS (Multiple Listing Service) portal to anyone who wants to use it. There is no registration or personal information required. Just click on the link below to access or MLS portal: SAN BERNARDINO CA REAL ESTATE LISTINGS Once you've clicked on the link, just click on the big blue button that says "Click Here to Search MLS". With the customizable options you can choose what city or cities to search, the size of the property you're looking for, houses, condos, townhouses and townhomes, or vacant land, specific features, and list price ranges, plus many other options. Try it out and bookmark the website so you can reuse the MLS portal over and over again! And... 11/30/2011

What is a Short Sale? A short sale is when a homeowner sells their house for less money than they owe on the mortgage or mortgages. Short selling is an alternative to foreclosure for homeowners/borrowers who can no longer afford to keep mortgage payments current. Sometimes, to avoid going through the costs of foreclosure, a lender will authorize a short sale by allowing a homeowner to sell the home for less than the mortgage owed. Simplified Steps of a Short Sale: Homeowner signs a listing agreement with a real estate agent. This short sale listing agreement is subject to third-party/lender approval. The home is marketed to buyers. Seller accepts a buyer's purchase offer subject to the lender's approval. Seller's lender accepts the buyer's purchase offer, which is less than owed on sel... 11/16/2011

Starbucks Diversifies With Premium Juice Seems that Starbucks known for their coffee is looking to diversify. In an all cash acquisition, Starbucks purchased the San Bernardino based Evolution Fresh Inc., a natural fruit and juice maker. The premium juice business is purportedly a $1.6 billion business per year. Starbucks hopes to capitalize on this by pairing it with Starbucks marketing saavy. So what lesson could be learned from such a powerhouse looking to diversify its business? Could it be good business to diversify? Seems that a well thought out plan of diversification by utilizing lessons and success already stored could signal a goldmine.  With the purchase of the San Bernardino based Evolution Fresh, Inc. one can only hope that this helps boost the local San Bernardino unemploy... 11/11/2011

  From time to time I have Realtors and Clients call me to run their credit with Trans Union, Equifax and Experian and I don't mind doing this for them at all but I always want to make sure that my clients and Realtor Partners understand that you can get a free credit report without creating an inquiry on your credit simply by going to www.annualcreditreport.com. Remember, it is free to run all 3 agencies. However, if you are wanting a fico score to come along with your credit report they do charge a small fee. I would suggest you skip getting your fico and simply running your credit only. If you have trouble understanding what you are looking at and need some help understanding which accounts are hurting you then call me at 909-952-2882. You can also email me a copy or fax it to 760-7... 11/01/2011

REO Transaction that we are finally closing after 3 months! Yes, that is correct believe it or not we were ready to fund on this transaction three weeks after going into escrow.... yes, I said three weeks after opening escrow and the day of funding the servicer is unable to produce the Interim Deed and POA from Fannie Mae. Now, you would think that this would be solved over a couple of days because the there was a mix up of paper work or something. Well, not the case at all in fact there were no Interim Deed or POA. In fact, I feel bad for both Realtors on the listing side and buyers side because this servicer had no right to list the house for sale. How frustrating this has been for both the client, agents and myself. We worked so hard and the escrow company was cold and rude all the w... 10/31/2011

    A couple of months ago, I attended a webinar on ActiveRain where they had a Kodak representative telling us about Google Cloud Printing. Sorry to say, I had never heard of Cloud Printing. Where had I been…. but I quickly got up to speed right then! I found Kodak on Facebook and at Kodak. These two sites gave me lots of valuable information about new products.   Launched on Sept 7, 2011, KODAK HERO All-in-One Printers let you print on the go from your Smartphone, laptop or tablet using Google Cloud Print-enabled apps such as Gmail and Google Docs. You can also send emails and attachments to your KODAK Printer from anywhere, using any email account, with KODAK Email Print Service and can even share their printer’s unique email address with others.                               I thoug... 10/22/2011

San Bernardino Market Report for Closed Sales Jan-Sept 2011             Most of you know me but for any who do not, I am a local, experienced, respected Realtor who lives and works in this area. I belong to the  East Valley Association of Realtors, Women's Council of Realtors, and for Keller Williams Realty. I stay active in the community as well as busy marketing homes for sale and helping buyers find their dream homes.                   I have just finished running the number of closed sales from January- September 2011 for the city of San Bernardino and have prepared a marketing chart for you to view. The news is very good and shows that Standard Sales numbers are moving upward, plus and Short Sales  and Bank Owned Sales are moving in a downward trend. This is very good news for home... 10/21/2011

San Bernardino Real Estate The San Bernardino real estate market has been extremely volatile in the past few years, from foreclosures, short sales and standard sales as well. But San Bernardino real estate transactions are still happening in spite of the market crash and tough market conditions. While it is true that many unfortunate San Bernardino homeowners are losing their properties to foreclosure, foreclosing banks and lenders are not in any hurry to list their San Bernardino foreclosed assets for sale. Banks have slowed the resale of their San Bernardino foreclosures to a trickle to keep the real estate marketplace competitive for buyers and to not flood the supply. It is a great time to buy San Bernardino real estate if you have the resources to do so, but there are many buyers ... 10/03/2011

San Bernardino CA Real Estate House Sales and Home Listings - Short Sales, Foreclosures and Standard Sales - August 2011 Market Report News This is a market activity report of closed house sales and active home listings in the city of San Bernardino California, for August 2011. According to the MLS (Multiple Listing Service), there were 195 closed San Bernardino home sales from August 1st to August 31st, 2011. 84 were San Bernardino Foreclosures 40 were San Bernardino Short Sales / Short Pay 66 were San Bernardino Standard Sales 5 were San Bernardino Probate or "Other" Sales And according to the MLS (Multiple Listing Service), there are 166 San Bernardino active listings from August 1st to August 31st, 2011. 32 are San Bernardino Foreclosures 74 are San Bernardino Short Sales / Short Pa... 09/27/2011

SAN BERNARDINO REAL ESTATE AGENTS Call Us Now: 1 (888) 9-LIST-IT Are you like many homeowners in San Bernardino having trouble paying your mortgage every month? You may be behind in your mortgage payment, or not behind yet. Don't let foreclosure happen to you. Hire the best San Bernardino Real Estate Agents to help you with your difficult situation FREE OF CHARGE! We are San Bernardino real estate agents, and we have extensive real estate experience and success negotiating with dozens of the nation's mortgage lenders and banks. Whether you have one, two or more mortgage loans, we can offer you many short sale options and information. Our San Bernardino real estate agents assist homeowners throughout Southern California every day, including all areas and cities of Riverside and San Berna... 09/20/2011

If you haven't seen the new contest....blogging for 30 days and 20 of those to be Localism. The time is now... you must start blogging today:    09/01/2011

Would You Put This Picture in MLS? A few weeks ago I was searching the MLS and came across a house that was a perfect for one of my buyers. When I opened up the pictures to view the features I found 5 pictures and this one surprised me beyond belief. The other 4 photos were not quite as bad but pretty much the same.   Of course, I did not take my buyer to see this house as this photo was enough to say NO WAY; messy, dirty, smelly, maybe infested, no repairs or upgrades and “No Pride of Ownership” here. Perhaps my first impression was incorrect but the photo was enough to turn me off and keep searching for other homes in the area. I am a firm believer to put the maximum number of photos in MLS to for perspective buyers to view the lovely rooms and features but if this was my listing, I w... 08/09/2011