Pacita's Quick Bytes of Real Estate
A REALTOR's perspective on events that shape and affect the real estate market.
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2009
In this sea of REOS and short sales, where it is extremely competitive in specific price brackets and locations. it is not unusual to write several offers for a client although we are discouraged from the practice of writing multiple offers. Back in February, I had written an offer on a short sa...
07/12/2009
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This woman buys a condo for her brother and sister who unexpectedly die within a year of each other. Later, the woman tries to rent the condo, where the rents barely cover the monthly mortgage and HOA fees. The HOA slaps her with a hefty fine because under their rules, the quota for rentals is fi...
07/08/2009
In a previous post, I had related a recent situation where a prospective buyer wanted a rebate of 75% of the buyer agency's commission. Although most would agree that asking an agent for 75% of his commission may be unreasonable, the question was asked on whether or not such rebates are legal, an...
07/07/2009
In a previous post, I had related a recent situation where a prospective buyer wanted a rebate of 75% of the buyer agency's commission. Although most would agree that asking an agent for 75% of his commission may be unreasonable, the question was asked on whether or not such rebates are legal, an...
07/07/2009
In a recent post, I told about a buyer who "just" wants an agent to write an offer and get 75% of the agent's commission in my blog headlined "I've already done the work and found a house. I just want an agent to write the offer ... Most of the responses and comments supported the idea of telling...
07/06/2009
WRITING A REAL ESTATE OFFER is "GEICO CAVEMAN STUFF...it's "real estate BS" --- says RealEstateRadio
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In a recent post, I told about a buyer who "just" wants an agent to write an offer and get 75% of the agent's commission in my blog headlined "I've already done the work and found a house. I just want an agent to write the offer ... Most of the responses and comments supported the idea of telling...
07/06/2009
Just one of the fun things we do at our office... Usually, for one Friday of the month, we hold a Brown Bag lunch with our broker, during which we discuss events and issues pertaining to real estate. It's an informal roundtable discussion. However, the brown bag luncheon was scheduled on July 3 w...
07/05/2009
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...and give the buyer 75% of the commission." This prospective buyer found me on Trulia to ask me if I can write an offer for her. She said she already "did all the work." She has found a house. She "just" wants the agent to write the offer and handle the paperwork." In turn, she wants the agent...
07/05/2009
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