san jacinto: How to Prepare for Home Ownership - San Jacinto Valley, CA... - 12/16/09 11:55 AM
The new year and the second decade of the 21st century is only a few days away. Doesn't seem that long ago that we were all panicked at the Y2K bug possibilities and the unknown of the 21st Century. Certainly with the events of 9/11 and the wars in the Middle
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san jacinto: The Creature Called "Google" Grows and Grows...Despite a Downturn Economy - 12/15/09 11:45 PM
Google is an amazing creature...it seems as if it is impossible to stop it's growth - yet most of what it does is free for the user.
Google has become a way of life for many who use the Internet - on either a personal or professional level...and in most cases both.
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san jacinto: Is Real Estate Really a RELATIONSHIP Business? Do We Want That? - 12/15/09 03:14 AM
I hear this a lot. As a matter of fact, earlier today I posted a blog using video clips from the musical, "The Music Man" to show some very important sales skills. In case you missed it, you can check it out here - How is "The Music Man" Like Real
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san jacinto: A Breath of Fresh Air and a Snow Covered Mountain - Mt. San Jacinto - 12/14/09 01:58 AM
HEMET - SAN JACINTO VALLEY, CA: After days of intense rain, this afternoon, December 13th, 2009 turned into a beautiful late fall day in the Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA. The day started off overcast with the local mountains being completely enclosed in a gray bank of fog as the clouds hung
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san jacinto: I say Merry Christmas - You Say Happy Holidays...Then enjoy the 4th of July in San Jacinto, CA - 12/12/09 09:00 PM
I'm tired of hearing Happy Holidays - this is Christmas, isn't it?
OK, so you want a holiday - well the 4th of July is one of my favorites and what better way of celebrating a holiday than with a parade...so join me and enjoy this video form the 2009 Annual
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san jacinto: Closing Cost - What Are They and Can I Save Money on Them? - 12/12/09 11:05 AM
When a home for sale is bought and sold in the Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA the process will typically go through escrow to facilitate the transfer from the home seller to the homebuyer. The expenses of the transaction, other than the actual purchase price are generally lumped together and
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san jacinto: Hemet - San Jacinto CA Short Sale: What is a Short Sale Package? - 12/09/09 08:10 PM
When a local Hemet - San Jacinto CA REALTOR meets with a local homeowner to discuss selling the home as a short sale, the topic of conversation turns to the documentation that the seller will have to produce to establish the fact that they can no longer afford to keep the
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san jacinto: All Real Estate is Local...And Your Retailers Should Be Too! - 12/08/09 06:21 PM
Anyone who knows me or reads my blog knows that I am an advocate of local shopping; in particular when it comes to Real Estate. I never could understand the logic of a local resident going to an agent 50 miles away (or further) and having them list their home for
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san jacinto: HEMET - SAN JACINTO, CA SHORT SALES: Who & What is Involved - 12/08/09 03:59 PM
Short sales in the Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA are a complex sale of residential real estate where the net proceeds from the sale of the home are insufficient to cover the sellers mortgage obligations as well as the closing costs that may include, but not be limited to, property
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san jacinto: AND WHAT IS HARDSHIP? - 12/08/09 03:38 AM
Short Sales are dominating the listing side of the MLS in the Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA and are starting to show up more and more in the SOLD MLS listings as well.The common denominator of all of these short sales is that the homeowner has experienced a hardship that
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san jacinto: Not All Short Sales Are Created Equal - 12/07/09 02:09 PM
Short Sales: Keys to SuccessShort Sales have certainly changed the real estate landscape in the Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA over the last several months.I first started listing Short Sale listings in the MLS in the Spring of 2007, in the local Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA area. At
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san jacinto: Setting and Collecting Rent - 12/05/09 05:24 PM
As an REO Listing Agent in the Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA I have the opportunity to work with many investor clients. Many are interested in buying and holding property today, rather than the quick flip.The problem I have is I do not do Property Management, nor do I
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san jacinto: Home Warranty of America: Maintain Your Air Conditioner Video - 12/05/09 09:28 AM
Home Warranty of America (HWA) is the only company for me to use and recommend to my friends, colleagues and clients. Yes, I have the HWA policy for my home and have now used it twice. The service was 'top drawer' (that means the best if you are under the age
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san jacinto: Top5 - The Four "R's" of Short Sales - 12/04/09 06:45 PM
The housing market in the Hemet - San Jacinto Valley, CA is at ground zero of the global real estate related crises which can be measured in both epic and historical proportions.To play the blame game should be left to the historians with their 20-20 hindsight.
We should all be able
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san jacinto: Short Sale Tools...where Do I Turn? - 12/03/09 06:41 PM
OK, I have now written two posts about Short Sales in the last 24 hours...because once again I am a bona fide short Sale Listing Agent. Granted, I may be rusty, after being away from this side of the business in Hemet - San Jacinto, Ca for over 2 years now.Yesterday
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san jacinto: The Life of a Short Sale - Contact with HSBC - 12/03/09 05:51 PM
I decided that I would write a chronicle on the life of my new short sale listing. In case you missed it, I described my transition BACK to short sales from Bank Owned REO's as a listing agent and team leader in my recent blog post, Humble Pie...Or OH NO, Did
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san jacinto: VIDEO: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas in San Jacinto, CA - 12/02/09 01:52 AM
Theis evening i trolled through a few of the housing tracts between my San Jacinto Office and My San Janjacinto CA home and took a few photos with my point-n-shoot digital camera. A wide Angel Fugifilm camera that does a great job for my BPO's but may not be
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san jacinto: When is a Bank Owned Home Not a Bargain? - 11/30/09 09:47 PM
There is one common denominator between all real estate buyers today - whether they are shopping for investment property or first-time homebuyers...they all want a deal and the perception is that the bank owned, or REO, properties are going to be the smoking deals of the day. But not always...The truth
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san jacinto: INVESTORS- The Dirty Dozen Pre-Qual Questions...and then some - 11/30/09 11:11 AM
As an REO Listing Agent, specializing in the local market of Hemet and San Jacinto, CA bank owned (REO) real estate, my listings generate a lot of activity in the real estate investment world.Real Estate Investors are unlike first time buyers. They should never be emotionally attached to any single transaction;
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san jacinto: How To Find Investor Buyers for Bank Owned Listings - 11/30/09 12:21 AM
How To Find Investor Buyers for Bank Owned ListingsAs an listing agent of Bank Owned Homes (REO) my job is multi-faceted from securing a property, cleaning it up for resale, generating reports to help price the property and the ultimately listing the home in the MLS and selling the property with
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