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2010
Announcing the latest monthly sales comparison report for San Luis Obispo, California, as printed by the San Luis Obispo Association of Realtors with data pulled from the Central Coast MLS: According to the chart, number of listings, number of sales, and dollar volume of sales are UP compared to ...
03/29/2010
BUYERS, do you ever encounter a seller who wants to keep a buyer in the "deal" and therefore demands a non-refundable deposit? And then maybe gets carried away and demands more than they should? In fact, is downright greedy? Those sellers, including REO banks/lenders/sellers, should beware! Ho...
03/29/2010
Mr.& Mrs. Williams decided NOT to accept my buyer's offer on their short sale listing. They said they were "fed up" dealing with their bank, the foreclosure process, the long wait time for short sale approval (this would be their 4th buyer, as the first 3 fell out of escrow).... they didn't want...
03/28/2010
"Late this afternoon, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 183, the Homebuyer Tax Credit legislation, into law. His actions today are the result of our efforts in Sacramento over the last several weeks as members and our team in the capital worked for the bill's passage before it landed on th...
03/25/2010
Today I had to contact a real estate agent and pulled out her business card. Unfortunately she was nowhere to be found in the DRE (dept. of real estate) database... made me wonder if she was really even licensed? Eventually I found her, by looking up her broker & then finding her on the broker'...
03/25/2010
You may have read my blog about researching the HOA red flags on a condo before listing it for sale: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1563016/before-you-list-a-condo-for-sale-research-the-hoa-red-flags- Since condos are more affordably priced than single family residences, many of the condo buyers...
03/24/2010
You may have read my blog about researching the HOA red flags on a condo before listing it for sale: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1563016/before-you-list-a-condo-for-sale-research-the-hoa-red-flags- Since condos are more affordably priced than single family residences, many of the condo buyers...
03/24/2010
Condos & HOA Approvals by Buyer's Lender Before listing a condo for sale, you must determine the viability of a buyer getting financing. Condos and Home Owner Associations (HOAs) have specific requirements in order to receive lender financing, and a buyer's lender will require an HOA Certificati...
03/24/2010
When I was using an older version of Word, I had the same problem too. I would receive a .docx file (created in Microsoft 2007 or later version) and then when I tried to open it, I got an error message. I would have to ask the sender to re-send as .doc files since I had Microsoft 2003. You can ...
03/21/2010
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In the last two weeks I've gotten a lot of messages like the one below. Is it just me or has anyone else received these error messages when posting comments or blog posts? And what can we do about it?!?!?
03/20/2010
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Regina P. Brown
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Top California Broker and Realtor Regina P. Brown writes articles and blogs about local real estate trends, houses for sale, and tips for home buyers.