Real estate blog entries tagged with foreclosure by Russel Ray, San Diego home inspector (Russel Ray, Property Consultant)

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foreclosure: A demolition sale is risky business - Don't even try it! - 02/03/09 02:57 AM

More than half of my inspections in 2008 were on vacant homes that had been foreclosed. Unfortunately, way too many of them also had significant damage to them, and, except for one, no one was witness to the damage, the fact that this happens to so many foreclosed homes leads … (5 comments)

foreclosure: How my Clients got $17,800 from the bank on an "as is" foreclosure - 11/26/08 12:31 PM

One of my specialities is working with first-time home buyers and newbie Realtors. So when my Clients are first-time home buyers WITH a newbie Realtor, I can get really excited, kind of like having a barbecued chicken pizza with a raspberry margarita and a slice of pumpkin pie.
Back in … (13 comments)

foreclosure: It was only a matter of time.... - 08/27/08 09:59 PM

Considering all the news items in both the paper and the television about thieves stealing copper plumbing pipes and copper electrical wire, I figured it would just be a matter of time before it affected me.
Today I was out with a property investor all prepared to do an inspection on … (5 comments)

foreclosure: Do we have no sense of priorities anymore? - 08/20/08 04:33 AM

Fully 90% of the homes that I've inspected this year have been foreclosures or short sales, and about half of those have been vacant, and about 25% of them have been virtually destroyed inside.
What puzzles me, though, is that at almost every house where someone is still living, here's the … (8 comments)

foreclosure: Is your Clients' pet being foreclosed? - 08/11/08 02:49 PM

Today's paper reports that animal shelters here are continuing to accept pets at a record pace, sometimes resulting in overcrowded facilities and resulting in the shelter not being able to take in additional pets. Who knows what happens to them then?
Throughout the past year our local animal shelters have been … (5 comments)

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