Pacita's Quick Bytes of Real Estate
A REALTOR's perspective on events that shape and affect the real estate market.
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2009
Typically, we copped out by referring clients to our lenders and to our escrow managers. Or we say "Let me work out some figures and I'll get back with you." We never have the answers on the spot. Well, with Fidelity Agent, we can! Info on Fidelity Agent is not on every Fidelity Title Company sit...
06/15/2009
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Before my young first time buyers and I look at properties we do as much research as we can online. But all the research still doesn't adequately prepare them for what to expect once we see properties up close. A picture doesn't tell the whole story We saw one property that sort of looked nice in...
06/13/2009
QUESTION: Has anyone successfully negotiated a short sale where the second and different lender is Washington Mutual? Seems like every single one I've run into in this situation has not moved forward on the short sale, and that most of the properties ended up being foreclosed. Here's where you ca...
06/12/2009
Part of my outreach and Client Appreciation Program (CAP) per Working by Referral (Brian Buffini) to clients and associates is to send them an Item of Value. This time, I digressed from the original and proposed letter, and created one that I felt was pertinent today. Here's what I am getting rea...
06/09/2009
KEY TO EARNING ENERGY-EFFICIENCY TAX CREDITS Homeowners now can claim up to $1,500 in expanded energy-efficiency tax credits for remodeling their principal residence to reduce energy consumption. Available until the end of 2010, the revamped Existing Home Retrofit (25C) Tax Credit helps consumers...
06/07/2009
MORE GOOD NEWS FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS! WHEN The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorizes a tax credit of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. WHERE to use your $8,000 Tax Credit ...
06/07/2009
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Three women, two younger and one senior citizen, were sitting nude (okay, naked!) in a sauna Suddenly, there was a beeping sound.One of the young women pressed her forearm. The beeping stopped. Others looked at her questioningly. "That was my pager," she said. "I have a microchip under the skin o...
06/05/2009
According to our real estate attorney, we, as realtors should NOT pull the permit history of properties. That this is up to the buyer to get this information as part of the buyer investigation period, or the seller as part of the disclosure package. What is it in your neck of the woods? What is y...
06/04/2009
It's never fun to deal with an agent whose action is giving us all a bad name. My client's offer was accepted on a two-unit building. The plan was for he and his wife to live in one, and rent out the other. This is their first home, and they have limited funds. Which is why it made sense to get a...
06/02/2009
This is not a new video --- it was posted n 2007. It may be new to some. But it bears repeating. The value is timeless. From, http://www.teamhoyt.com/history.shtml, the story is about "Dick and Rick Hoyt who are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts who together compete just about continuously...
06/01/2009
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