Brokers Open, Sunday November 7th, 2010, 16 Wild Lilac Lane, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. - 10/29/10 02:05 PM
Attention all Orange County Agents!!!
I will be hosting a brokers open on Sunday November 7th from 10am-4pm on 16 Wild Lilac Lane in Rancho Santa Margarita.
This is a 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bathroom 1780 sq.ft. home in the Las Flores community. It is a very beautiful home with an amazing view and only one neighbor, and the other side of the house giving you direct access to a walking trail to O'neill Regional Park.
Please bring any prospective buyers you may have or please just come and enjoy the refreshments and give your opinion on the property itself … (3 comments)

How Do Sale a Manufactured Home in Southern California - 10/21/10 07:49 PM
I just got this listing for a manufactured home, that I will be posting on Activerain very soon, and I have never sold a manufactored home before. I need to know what all do I need to sale this thing???? Its a 1998 Silvercrest Double wide in a mobile home park, not sure if its attached to a foundation or not but going to find out tomorrow. Any help that anyone could give me would be very appreciated!
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A Little Rant-How Agents Should Behave.. - 10/21/10 07:19 PM
I just got off the phone with a new client, she is looking for a house in my city and called from a listing that my broker had in the office, and she was telling me that she was interested in seeing the house and of course I agreed to take her, and that she was approved for this much from her lender, than she proceeded to say that she has been searching for properties for a while, and she WAS working with this one agent that she NEVER even met them face to face, she said that what the agent … (3 comments)

Handing Over The Keys - 10/21/10 05:45 PM
Ok this blog isn't going to be that long, but it has to be said, the best feeling in the world is when you get to tell your buyers that you have got confirmation that the transaction has been funded and recorded, and than you get to meet up with them to give them the keys to their new home!! Some transactions are easy and smooth some are hard and have a lot of bumps along the way, but if it ends with you handing the keys to the house to the buyer, than its a job well done.
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Approved Short Sale on 2220 Cabana Court in Corona CA. - 10/19/10 08:27 PM
Approved Short Sale, currently listed at 229,000. Looking for a buyer for this cute little home in Corona Hills. It is a bit of a fixer upper, but if your an FHA buyer and would be interested in this home in a quiet little neighborhood and nice big backyard, than I can tell you about differnt financing options that go with the FHA that would get you into this house! Please call if you would be interested in viewing this house.
 
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203K Loan Funded Today! - 10/19/10 01:29 PM
I just got a confirmation call from my lender to let me know that a 203k deal that we have been working on since July has FINALLY funded..We are soo excited because everybody involved in this transaction worked so hard to get it closed. So this is my 2nd experience with a 203k loan for my FHA buyers and I would like to give some simple tips and info of what a 203k loan is and how to close one.
If any of you have had FHA buyers that would like these homes that are fixers and you know would not … (4 comments)

Are You Up For an 8000 Point Personal Challenge???? - 10/18/10 03:06 AM
Ok so a good majority of us missed the 30 blogs in 30 days challenge.. Though it sucks, it did get me in a good routine of blogging more regularly. There was really a good message behind that challenge. I do not and have never considered myself great at writing, before, after a longs days work I felt like there was other things to do than sit down behind a computer and write a blog or two, my life isn't that interesting where people really care whats going on in it. Than, though I missed the challenge by a hair, I … (8 comments)

SPEECHLESS Sunday-If this video doesn't leave you speechless I don't know what will!! - 10/17/10 09:36 PM
I saw this video on Yahoo news today and I was completely amazed... This is for real! It never ceases to amaze me what these smart phones can do.. In this instance a band had all their instruments stolen, but they still managed to have band practice despite that.. What this video and you will be completely blown away what they where able to do with their phones..Enjoy! … (5 comments)

Can Work-A-Holics Really Afford To Get Sick - 10/16/10 01:22 AM
Alright, with the cold and flu season starting to rear its ugly head on the horizon, I think that its time to for some reminders of what we can do to protect ourselves from these virus', because lets face it, as realtor's we may not have normal business hours, we may not have a boss that we have to answer to if we get sick, but one head cold is enough to make your clients to never want to shake your hands again..Do you really want your clients to introduce of this "This is my realtor, they got me this awesome … (10 comments)

Just a Reminder: Open House Tomorrow. 16 Wild Lilac LN. Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. - 10/16/10 01:03 AM
This is just a reminder:
Open house this weekend at 16 Wild Lilac Lane, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. 92688 MLS #K10102930
Saturday October 16th and Sunday October 17th from 10am-4pm
 
 
This beautiful cottage style home is going to be open to view this coming weekend. This home offers a large spacious floorplan with canyon views, and direct access to O'Neill Regional Park. With 1708 sq ft. 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in a quiet neighborhood in the Las Flores area in the Avelino Community you will not want to pass this house up!
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Take Time to Breathe - 10/15/10 05:25 PM
I really enjoyed this video blog from Tom Ferry... Just a friendly reminder from him that we are realtors can get sooo caught up in our day to day routine that we forget to breath sometimes... So its is a good practice to get ourselves into,  taking 2-15 minuntes out of the day to just BREATH, think about our goals, and just by giving ourselves the opportunity to breath we will see our work preformance sky rocket. Happy Friday everyone.

Via Tom Ferry (Tom Ferry-yourcoach):
Happy Friday! In this video, I'd like to reminds you that sometimes if you take a … (0 comments)

Yorba Linda Crime Statistics - 10/15/10 05:18 PM
The crime rate in Yorba Linda has historically been - and continues to be - among the lowest in Orange County. The City of Yorba Linda and the Brea Police Department maintain and publish the following crime data in the hopes that it will help enhance our already safe and secure environment.
The California Department of Justice (DOJ) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) is a city, county, and state law enforcement program. This program provides a statewide view of crime, based on the reporting of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout the state.
Every crime report is evaluated according to the UCR … (0 comments)

45,000 Points and Climbing - 10/14/10 12:27 AM
I have not ever claimed to be good at writing, especially creative writing. But hey I am a fiesty, witty Irish girl that writes her opinion no matter how strong it may be.
But every since I joined activerain, which was back in Apri, I have gradually got in the routine of blogging, and it does pay off. The longer you do it easier it gets, the easier things come to you to write about, and as long as you are on top of your market and the real estate news, you will ALWAYS have something to write about that will … (14 comments)

A Window of Opportunity Has Been Opened for Short Sale Negotitiations.. - 10/13/10 08:33 PM
With all the banks in the hot seat right now due to the foreclosure fiasco, they are getting quite desperate, my broker told me today that the same bank that he has been negotiating two short sales with, the same bank that put him on hold for hours and hours, the same bank that continued to transfer his call and NEVER once gave him a direct answer, is all soo eager now to negotiate that short sale now, I wonder why????
But with that little layer of sarcasm that I just laid on pretty thick, being said, I think now is … (1 comments)

16 Wild Lilac Lane Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. 92688 Open House This Weekend - 10/11/10 07:18 PM
Open house this weekend at 16 Wild Lilac Lane, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. 92688 MLS #K10102930
Saturday October 16th and Sunday October 17th from 10am-4pm
 
 
This beautiful cottage style home is going to be open to view this coming weekend. This home offers a large spacious floorplan with canyon views, and direct access to O'Neill Regional Park. With 1708 sq ft. 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in a quiet neighborhood in the Las Flores area in the Avelino Community you will not want to pass this house up!
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That is a Nice Toliet You Have There - 10/11/10 04:12 AM
I have seen it soo many times when Real Estate agents put pictures of toliets, with the seat up on their MLS listings. Nothing is wrong with a toliet, but its not a selling point of the property so is it really necessary to post a picture?  It has actually become a pet peeve of mine to see a toliet on the MLS. Once I scroll through these pictures I am doing the tour through my head (in a sophisticated English accent) and once I come across a picture of a toliet my sophisticated alter-ego automatically says, "if  you look to … (7 comments)

Sanitize your linens and towels often and fight off cold and flu! - 10/10/10 02:50 PM
This is a great blog and excellent reminders now that we are quickly approaching cold and flu season. I just recently bought a steam cleaning washing maching and the steam kills the bacteria. Its excellent, I am hoping to avoid to cold and flu bug this year, I hope I can.

Via Adam Malachi QSC,CIPS,CNE,CRB,CRS,E-pro,GRI,MRE,SFR (Your Castle Real Estate, LLC):
Sanitize your linens and towels often and fight off cold and flu!
According to e-how dot com and examiner dot com, laundering sheets weekly (in hot, 130-or-more degree water) gets rid of the dead skin cells (fodder for bacteria) and allergy-inducing … (0 comments)

Open House Refreshments! - 10/10/10 01:04 AM
I really liked this blog. Once I hold an open house, depending on the area and if the house has electricity or not, I like to bring refreshments, like during the holidays I do turkey rolls and sparkling apple cider. But for the rest of the year I do bottled waters and fruit trays.

Via Jeanne and Ralph Janisch ABR CRS, Tomball TX (TOMBALL TEXAS REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS):
Open houses have been around forever and everyone does them differently. One thing they almost all have in common is refreshments.
 
What do you think is the perfect open house refreshment? … (3 comments)

The Foreclosure Scandal Has Become Pandemic - 10/10/10 12:59 AM
We have read this all over the news, and we are going to soon see how this bank made disaster is going to affect our market.  Please go to the original blog post if you would like to leave a comment.

Via John Mulkey, Housing Guru (TheHousingGuru.com):
As more mortgage companies “fess-up” regarding their apparent fraudulent processing of foreclosure documents, the foreclosure scandal has become pandemic.  And while the early response from many, including myself, was that this issue would soon be swept under the rug, with no benefit for struggling homeowners, and allowing banks to proceed with foreclosures, the problem … (2 comments)

How Facebook has Helped My Business - 10/09/10 06:49 PM
There is a lot of people out there that really don't believe that facebook can be used for business. But I am truly a believer that it can be. I openly post about my real estate business but I also keep it personal to. I have a few clients that I closed on my facebook and I keep in touch with them, and I have recieved a few leads from facebook as well. If you are on facebook and haven't used it for your business I would strongly suggest it. Here are a few tips on what you can do.
Post … (8 comments)

Going to Give Farming a Shot - 10/09/10 06:34 PM
I have farmed before, I have knocked on hundreds of doors and left hundred of flyers, newsletters, and business cards, but because I was hoping for instant gratification of homeowners being like "oh yes I just had made the decision to sale my house, would you like to list it" or "I am tired of renting would you like to help me take the steps to be a homeowner?" Only in a perfect world right? So I am able to admit the first mistake about farming. I know I have to be consistant.
A test was done on a neighborhood were … (6 comments)

Foreclosure Freeze-My Prediction on The Future of Short Sales! - 10/08/10 08:09 PM
Alright if you haven't heard about the foreclosure freeze already I suggest you flip on your television because it is all over the news. Due to the corruption in the banking system, which we all knew was there for a loonnnnnnggg time now, foreclosures in several states are coming to a halt.  As I was talking to my broker we where discussing what effect this is going to have on the Short Sale market, and we determined it is going to be one of two extremes with these homeowners.
First Scenerio: With foreclosures coming to a halt, it might make it … (3 comments)

Foreclosure Freezes, Might Be Karma's Way of Coming Back Around to the REO "Diva's" in Your Market Center - 10/08/10 10:34 AM
I know the market is different in each part of the country, in the eastern Orange County area that borders Corona, and Corona itself we have had a low inventory market. There have been a surplus of buyers but not enough inventory, so in a sense an auction enviroment has occured. We have been taking our buyers into a bidding war. With that being said, there are alot of buyers out there that are completely happy with these fixer uppers and so that makes these REO properties appear to be the golden ticket, they could get a house in a great … (4 comments)

Yorba Linda Regional Park-Santa Ana River Trail - 10/08/10 01:06 AM
The park name is in honor of the Yorba family, who owned Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, a 62,000-acre Mexican-era land grand on the south side of the river. José Antonio Yorba, a Spanish soldier with the Portolá expedition, was granted the land in 1810 and his son, Bernardo, used his family's holdings by raising animals harvest corn and wheat, planting vineyards and orchards. The area remained agricultural well into the 20th century. Yorba Regional Park opened in 1976. For the hiker, Yorba's offerings are limited to paths along the Santa Ana River and paved walkways linking the park's lakes and … (2 comments)

You Disabled Your Comments..... Why?????? - 10/06/10 02:24 PM
There are many times I am reading a lengthy blog that intrigues me, I am super excited about it and start developing my opinions on the topic, and get excited about what I am going to comment about on this particular blog, than I get down to the very end of the blog and I have my comment all mentally prepared and ready for my finger to get to typing than..... da, da, daaaaaaaa..... The Author of this particular blog has disabled their comments. Whenever I see that it is frustrating, though it is great information that they posted, I can't … (61 comments)

Under The Sink-Generic I May Seem, But Far From Generic I Am!! - 10/05/10 04:14 PM
As I was looking at the contents under my bathroom and kitchen sink I was trying to think about how could these items relate to me and my real estate business? All of these things are different, but I did find one common similarity between them all. They are all GENERIC! Stuff that I bought from Costco in bulk to save money. These items may not be "name brand", like the high end Hefty, Cascade, and Charmin Utra with ripples, but it gets the job done. The generic brand
 
I can somewhat in ways relate to my generic goods. I … (15 comments)

Mickey's Halloween Party - 10/04/10 06:58 PM

This is one of the funnest times at Disneyland park.. It used to be only in California Adventure, but now they moved it over to Disneyland Park as well. If you where thinking about visiting Disneyland park anytime soon, it is definately one of the best times of year to visit.
Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland Park
The popular Mickey's Trick-or-Treat Party from Disney California Adventure Park has been transformed into a bewitching event at Disneyland Park! Scare up your favorite costume for an evening of spirited attractions, treats, and more!
Event Dates
October 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, … (0 comments)

My Little Distraction.... - 10/04/10 06:40 PM
As I am sitting here on Activerain, watching Jim Cramer on Mad Money, and working on my Real Estate activity, and  trying to think about what my next blog is going to be about my little Snowy decided to almost lay across my computer in attempts to get my attention. I threw his little squeeky rabbit that he brought to me, that kept him occupied for about 30 seconds than layed behind my computer and being silly enough that I felt the need to snap this photo.. He is the funniest little distraction EVER! lol... Now to get serious and thank … (3 comments)

Lack of Perception and Commenting on ActiveRain - 10/04/10 04:38 PM
There is alot of truth in this blog, there are sometimes I write a blog and a person will miss the point entirely or accuse me of being for something that I stated that I was blatently against in my blog, and not reading the whole thing or the jist of it out of pure laziness. If you are going to take the time to comment on a blog other than the just here to get my points for the day statement "great blog, thanks for posting" than be sure you actually sit down and read the contents of the blog.
Via Celeste … (0 comments)

10 Tips for Breast Cancer Prevention - 10/04/10 12:20 PM
This is such a great blog. One way or another we have all been effected by breast cancer. My grandmother had it, she is a survivor who has been in remmission for over 20 years now, and I lost a dear friend to breast cancer a few years ago. There is no cure for breast cancer at this time but there are ways to decrease your odds.
Via Marilyn Wier, ABR, CDPE, CIPS, CLHMS, CRS, SRES (RE/MAX Space Center):
10 Tips for Breast Cancer Prevention  
By Stephanie AndreRISMEDIA, October 4, 2010--October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for women, it's never … (1 comments)

Short Sales - What do you do when the bank wants Cash and/or a Promissory Note? - 10/04/10 11:59 AM
Banks don't ever make it easy for us to negotiate short sales, due not only to the fact of the lonnngg wait they put us through, but also the ridiculous terms they come back with. Here is a response once they ask your seller to come in with cash they obviously don't have or a promissory note.
Via Cameron Novak - Featured California Short Sale Agent (The Homefinding Center):
How to respond when the short sale negotiator asks for Cash and a Promissory Note
For those of you who negotiate short sales on behalf of your clients, you're likely to have had a … (1 comments)

Dos Lagos-Corona, CA. - 10/04/10 02:38 AM
Dos Lagos is a 534 acre planned development community. Dos Lagos combines a mix of residential uses with upscale shopping, dining, entertainment, and an 18-hole golf course, all of this is centered around two lakes.
Dos Lagos is located in Corona, CA. It offers easy access to Interstate 15 and Highway 91, offering scenic views of The Cleveland National Forest and of the Temescal Canyon area.
The Promenade Shops at Dos Lagos was developed by Poag and McEwen, is a 575,000 square foot, lifestyle, retail village, the village includes shops, movies, theaters, lake-side reatraunts in a pedestrian oriented enviroment.
The championship … (1 comments)

East Lake, East Lake Village in Yorba Linda, CA. Parade of Homes! - 10/03/10 03:14 PM
East Lake Village, known as a "Land of Gracious Living" is a planned setting of spacious homes, creating a setting far removed from the hustle of metropolitan life, while located close to virtually every venue offered in Southern California.
East Lake Village is centered around a 15-acre private lake offering fishing and boating, and including a fully-staffed recrational and meeting facilities, these beautiful residences include private waterfront homes known as East Lake Village Shores and an overall, master planned development of East Lake Villages's spacious, individual, single family residences on spacious lots. East Lake Village is a fully established community of … (0 comments)

Ex-Homeowners Charged in House Damage - 10/03/10 02:10 AM
I just read this article about this family in San Diego County that was losing their house and did some extensive amount of damage which includes:
From stones smashed off the facade to dye poured on carpets, the two-car garage door was gone, along with gates, the flagstone patio and walkway. Some of the decorative facade had been smashed off the house and the outdoor fireplace. Walls throughout the home were sprayed with black paint. Among the items missing: air conditioners, decorative beams, countertops, cabinets, fixtures and woodwork. The stone floor in a hallway was destroyed. Wiring had been pulled from … (7 comments)

Major Title Insurance Company Has Stopped Insuring Homes Foreclosed by JPMorgan Chase - 10/02/10 10:02 PM
This is very interesting news, it makes me wonder if the banks will start being mor ewilling to negotiate short sales if tilte companies won't work with them if they foreclose.
Via Tim Maitski (RE/MAX Greater Atlanta):
The sale of many foreclosed homes could become very difficult if this policy starts spreading.
The company, Old Republic National Title Insurance, told its agents Friday that it would not write policies on foreclosed Chase properties until "the objectionable issues have been resolved," according to a memorandum sent out by the firm's underwriting department.
Chase isn't the only company having issues with title.  GMAC and Bank … (2 comments)

 
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