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Excerpt from What Consumers Need To Know About Buying Real Estate
On Getting Rich Quick in Real Estate I keep running into people who paid money for a get rich quick seminar and are looking to buy property for zero down and immediately sell it for a $50,000 profit. Somebody With...
Review: The Auctioneer by J. S. Frankel
Matthew Carter followed in his father's footsteps to become an auctioneer on Earth. Not that he really wanted to, but because he didn't have any other options. When his father died, he became an auctioneer to support himself, and is...
New Consumer Article: Two Things Sellers Need To Understand About Buyers
The new consumer article for today is Two Things Sellers Need To Understand About Buyers, a discussion of two things both important and basic that sellers do not seem to understand about buyers, and judging by the available evidence, most...
New HOMESTEPS Property List July 16th, 2009
This is the new list of HOMESTEPS properties from Freddie Mac for the areas I specialize in. These properties qualify for special financing. I can get the list for other areas. I also have a list of upcoming HOMESTEPS...
New Consumer Article: Short Sale Negotiators and the Interests of Potential Buyers
The new consumer article for today is Short Sale Negotiators and the Interests of Potential Buyers. An awful lot of nonsense gets tried with short sales, most of it for the benefit of lazy listing agents who shouldn't have taken...
New Consumer Article: The Sperm Donor Theory of Buyer's Agents
The new consumer article for today is The Sperm Donor Theory of Buyer's Agents. The real estate industry is built around the listing of property. Okay, it's actually built around the care and feeding of real estate brokerages, but...
General Consumer Articles: Weeks in Review May 11th-May 31st
Last makeup week. Let's hope I don't let this get behind again! Newly Written Articles You Want an Agency That Can Pay ENOUGH Attention to YOU: Just because they sell a lot of properties doesn't mean they do a good...
General Consumer Articles: Weeks in Review April 20th-May 10th
I've been letting this slide for several weeks due to one thing or another, during which time I've done a few important new articles and republished quite a few important older ones. Therefore, I'm going to limit the review...
General Consumer Articles: Weeks in Review March 29-April 19, 2009
I've been letting my weekly article review slide for several weeks due to one thing or another, during which time I've done a few important new articles and republished quite a few very important older ones. Therefore, I'm going...
State of the La Mesa and East County Real Estate Market April 2009
We were ready for a strong turn in the market, but the strength of what we've gotten in the last six weeks is amazing. It has been, if anything, worse that a few years ago. What caused it? People...
General Consumer Articles: Week in Review March 23-29, 2009
Newly Written Articles Buyers: Stretching Your Budget Means Compromise talks about how to make your dollars go further, and the thin line between "challenging" and "not going to happen" What Are The Note And Trust Deed And What Is...
New Consumer Article: Stretching Your Budget Means Compromise
The new consumer article for today is Buyers: Stretching Your Budget Means Compromise. It's something too rarely covered by the press, and by real estate agents. There are tradeoffs in every choice a buyer makes, and unless they have a...
General Consumer Articles: Weeks in Review March 9-22, 2009
Newly Written Articles The Difference Between a Reliable and Unreliable Prequalification or Preapproval Letter Online Real Estate Photographs Loan Fall-Out And The Effects Upon Consumers Top Twelve Things That Help You Buy a Bargain Property Updated Articles Whatever the...
General Consumer Articles: Week in Review March 2-8, 2009
Sorry I didn't have time to do more entirely new articles. I'll try and improve the number this week. Newly Written Articles State of the San Diego Real Estate Market March 2009 Updated Articles Investment Risk and Paying off...
State of the San Diego Real Estate Market March 2009
Reminds me of this gold rush movie (one that I recommend watching if you have a chance) Okay, it's not quite like that, but correctly priced properties are flying into "Pending". It has to do with supply and demand. At...
General Consumer Articles:Weeks in Review February 16 March 1, 2009
Newly Written Articles Finding a Good Buyer's Agent (And Eliminating Bad Ones). Games with Mortgage Loan Rate Locks (Games Lenders Play Part 10) Talks about issues relating to the rate lock. Barack Obama's "Help For Homeowners" Proposal Like President...
New Consumer Article: Selling the Property You Should Never Have Bought
The new consumer article for today is Lipstick on a Pig: Selling the Property You Should Never Have Bought. It talks about general techniques for selling properties with issues that make them less attractive to buyers....
New Consumer Article: Finding a Good Buyer's Agent (And Eliminating Bad Ones)
The new consumer article for today is Finding a Good Buyer's Agent (And Eliminating Bad Ones). It really is easy to get yourself a good buyer's agent, but many people don't know how important it is, or won't make the...
General Consumer Articles:Weeks in Review January 26 - February 8, 2009
Newly Written Articles Be Careful Moving Your Down Payment Money talks about problems that can be generated when you don't have an adequate paper trail. Jumbo Loans and The Current Market (January 2009) talks about why lenders want people...
New Consumer Article: Reasons Why You Want A Buyer's Agent
The new consumer article for today is Reasons Why You Want A Buyer's Agent. Lots of people don't believe how much difference it makes, but it does. My goal on every transaction is to make a difference of ten percent...
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