Many home buyers do not realize that California purchase contracts contain verbiage that says they are purchasing a home in "as is" condition. A seller is under no obligation to make repairs nor offer buyers a credit based on the findings of a home inspector. But that doesn't mean that a seller w
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08/12/2009
If you're looking for a home with more than 3,600 square feet in Stonelake, this 4-bedroom, 3-bath Elk Grove short sale home might be the ticket for you. It is located in the affluent area of Laguna and was built in 2001. The entry is tiled with soaring ceilings and lots of windows. Definite curb
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08/11/2009
One of my Land Park buyers is a school teacher, and yesterday was the first day of school for him. Because of the state of our budget in California, many school teachers are receiving pink slips, but fortunately he wasn't one of them. He's buying a home in Land Park very close to William Land Par
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08/11/2009
I drill buyer's agents like an Army sergeant when they call to write an offer on my short sales in Sacramento. I ask them if their buyer is willing to put a deposit into escrow. Yes, they are. Is the buyer committed to waiting out the 60- to 90-day short sale approval process? Yes, they are. Is t
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08/10/2009
This Sacramento short sale home is located in the Vineyard Ranch subdivision close to Calvine and 99. It's a 3-bedroom, 2-bath, built in 2001, just under 1,500 square feet. The neighborhood shows pride of ownership. All the surrounding yards are nicely landscaped and manicured. If you're looking
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08/10/2009
By the time I speak with many upside-down sellers in Sacramento, they have already been turned down by their banks for a loan modification. In fact, in a few situations, the banks offered loan modifications that would ultimately increase the homeowners' mortgage payments, not reduce them. Other b
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08/09/2009
You know how sometimes you get this nagging feeling like something is wrong, but you don't know what? I was getting dressed yesterday to film that last day of touring homes in Sacramento for House Hunters. Something kept bugging me, but it just wasn't coming to the top of my mind. As I brushed on
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08/08/2009
The order in which we film the show for House Hunters is not necessarily the order in which the homes are viewed on TV. In fact, I have no idea how each of the homes we are filming will appear, whether you'll see home #1 as home #3 or vice versa. But I do believe that viewers will have a difficul
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08/07/2009
For the past 3 years, I've had communication with the producers at House Hunters, that hugely popular HGTV cable show. Every time I've been approved for a show and lined up the buyers to participate, the buyers at the last minute have canceled. So I gave up. Yup, the heck with it. So you know wh
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08/06/2009
An agent asked me yesterday if it was becoming more prevalent on Sacramento short sales for listing agents and their sellers to expect buyers to submit deposit checks to escrow. She said my active short sale listing was the third home she tried to write an offer on that required a deposit. You kn
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08/05/2009
