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Home Buying Seminars and Home Selling Seminars to be held in June

 

(click on "Register Now" for dates, times and locations)  - $10 registration fee - all net proceeds will be donated to the Habitat for Humanity!

 

If you are looking to buy or sell a home in today's market,  this is the best 2 hours you can spend preparing yourself!

Confused about what to do in this real estate market?  First Time Buyer or has it been several years since you bought or sold a home?  The market has changed!   Let us provide you the tools to be successful in "today's" market!  

1. Tired of hearing just the national negative news on real estate?
2. Thinking of buying an REO or short-sale property, but don't understand the process?
3. Are you a first-time home buyer, or are you thinking it may be a great time for your son/daughter or grandchildren to buy their first home before the market improves?
4. Unsure what it takes to qualify for a loan in today's environment?
5. Interested in the facts on the state and federal tax credit programs?
6. Is it time to get off the fence or should you sit tight a little longer?

• No Sales Pitch - we promise!! . . . but, to be totally honest - we would love to help you as you execute on your real estate plan!

 

Workshop Topics       

Today's market conditions

1. With the current market conditions and low interest loans, now may be the time for future homeowners to start focusing on purchasing a home.
2. The California real estate market cycles through peak highs and bottom lows every 10 to 15 years - we are at or very near the bottom of the cycle right now.
3. When will we "bottom out" and the truth about today's mortgage market.
4. The "moment' economy and the road ahead.
5. Foreclosure and short sales - buying & selling.

Home Selling

1. Location, location, location has been upstaged by price, price, price
2. Pricing strategies
   1. How to maximize your home's value
3. Preparing a Home for Sale . . . To stage or not to stage?
4. Marketing your home
5. Competing with the foreclosures and REO's
6. Are you a candidate for a short-sale?
7. Why now is a good time to sell
8. Market data - current statistics, days on market, prices
9. Resources available

Home Buying

1. First time buyers
   • Stop paying rent and learn how to buy your first home
   • Do you qualify for any of the legitimate first-time home buyer programs?
   • Tax credits - they really do exist! Do you qualify? How much is it?
2. Is this a good time to buy . . . or "have we reached the bottom yet?"
3. The rules and the process have changed - find out what to expect!
4. Reduce home buying stress by understanding the process
   1. What can you afford? Getting pre-approved and understanding today's mortgage options
5. Defining your search criteria and tips on searching online
6. Home touring process
7. Making an offer
8. The inspection process
9. REO's and Short Sales
   1. Discounted bank owned properties own the market right now - and they are ready to negotiate!
   2. What is a short-sale and how does the process work?
   3. When is an owner-occupied active listing the best alternative to an REO or short sale?
10. Making sense out of the federal and state tax credits for home purchasing

Home Financing

1. Are home loans really available?
2. What does it take to qualify in today's lending market?
3. Is my credit good enough?
4. How much can I afford to buy?
5. Programs / rates /terms

Space is limited, so if your first date/time is sold out please register for one of our other times . . . and please bring anyone who may be buying or selling with you so you both can get the help needed to navigate through the buying or selling process.