In California, if there has been a death on a property that fact needs to be disclosed to prospective buyers in writing for three years after the death. After three years if a prospective buyer asks the agent and seller need to answer honestly. In the past homes Probate homes in San Jose where there has been a death on the property sell on average 10% below what they would have sold for if there had not been a death. At this moment in time, and it may be for only this moment in time, that common knowledge is no longer applicable. San … (0 comments)
The San Jose real estate market is hot. Homes go on the market and are sold a few days later, usually with multiple offers. They will often be open over a week-end and then offers will be presented on the following Tuesday or Wednesday. But if the home is a San Jose probate sale, it often takes longer. Why is that? The answer is not always the same, and some San Jose probate sales will sell quickly, but most go through a process that is longer than the typical traditional resale. The main reason is that the Personal Representative … (2 comments)
san jose probate specialist: Thought I Was Out of a San Jose Probate but I Was Pulled Back In
- 01/21/13 11:11 PM
As a San Jose Probate real estate agent I am always amazed at how new issues always come up. I thought I was finished, but someone else did not. (Remember the line from The Godfather which was repeated in Sopranos) My San Jose Probate sale did not want to end.
Here is the back story. The owner of this San Jose probate sale died last June, leaving no cash in her estate, but a home with some equity. She did have a loan with Wells Fargo. I was hired by the Personal Administrator of this San Jose Probate to sell the home. The week the home … (0 comments)
san jose probate specialist: How To Clean Out a San Jose Home Before a Probate Sale
- 11/29/12 10:53 AM
There is nothing I enjoy more than helping a family sell a San Jose home left to heirs through probate. I know, it doesn’t take much to make me happy, but I am who I am. Over the years I have developed a system to sell San Jose homes in probate and it works really well!
1. Look at a home and see if there are valuables that are worth selling in the San Jose home in probate. Many homes are left with enormous amounts of personal property, sometimes with value and sometimes not. For example crappy cars have value, but beautiful over stuffed … (1 comments)
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