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2012
Weeding through short sale listings for my buyers is often like walking through a mine field. I successfully close a lot of Long Beach short sales, so I know what I'm looking for. You need to avoid the ones where the listing agents don't know what they're doing, where the sellers don't have a tru...
04/28/2012
We all know that not all Realtors were created equal. There are those real estate agents who do a great job at marketing, are excellent communicators and negotiators and manage their paperwork well. And then there are the others. As a home buyer or seller, you can do some checking on the agent. ...
04/24/2012
This morning, I read an article on a local online publication, Patch, about a disaster drill planned for the Long Beach Airport. Two planes will blow up as a drill, which will allow everyone from first-responders to journalists to learn from a "real-life" disaster. It made me think, what if we co...
04/20/2012
Real estate is a time-sensitive business, and right now as our market is heating up, it's as true as it's ever been! We live by deadlines -- deadlines to respond to offers, deadlines to remove contingencies and to close escrow. But before we can ever get to those deadlines, there's the initial ti...
04/19/2012
Last week, I received a phone call from a woman who was very stressed. She'd received a notice of trustee sale. Her home is just a few weeks away from foreclosure sale. After years of unsuccessfully trying to do a loan modification, she and her husband had decided to do a short sale of their Long...
04/14/2012
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We just sold 4451 Graywood Avenue in the Lakewood Village area of Long Beach. This was a short sale and time was of the essence as a trustee sale was already scheduled. Using aggressive marketing, we were able to generate multiple offers in just four days and sold the property for 103% of its ask...
04/12/2012
We just listed a great Craftsman bungalow in the Rose Park South Historic District of Long Beach. This charming 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home has original hardwood floors & built-in cabinetry plus updated bathrooms & kitchen. The master bedroom is huge & has a walk-in closet plus attached bathroom. ...
04/11/2012
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I'll admit it, it was my first day back from vacation yesterday and my brain was not yet fully in high gear. But nonetheless, I could have made this mistake on any day. I have two clients named Matt right now. Both are buying homes. They sound identical. They are both engineers and they have simi...
04/10/2012
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