Real Estate
Are REALTORS(TM) Helping to Spread COVID? (aka, another reason we do not belong to this organization)
At the beginning of March, we all know that the world sort of got shut down. At that time, I figured that the economy would take a dive and that no one would be buying real estate. Alas, the fact that qualified people were then cooped up in their 1-bedroom apartments with the walls moving …
Who Pays What in California
Each and every county in California has different fees that are paid based if you are the buyer of the seller on a real estate transaction. This will show who pays the title insurance, escrow fees, transfer taxes both county and cities. Here is a list by county in google sheets that you are welcome to …
The Mission to Civilize
We do not do due agency deals. What’s that? That’s when the agent represent both the buyer and the seller and make DOUBLE commission. The number of deals that go to agents that do this is astounding. The number of states that ban it is pathetic, 3. Why should you care? If you are legitimately …
Rent or Buy | Post-Apocolypse Version
I swore by The New York Times calculator. It still is the gold standard. They had excellent help and great UI and UX. Have fun, go there and fill it in. Take a snapshot then come back here. OK, forget about everything you just saw. It’s somewhere in 2021. We are all over the shock of …
The New 3 Most Important Things in Real Estate
Real estate prices are coming down. The most obvious thing on the economic planet. We don’t know how we are going to come out of this but we do know that millions of people are going to not be able to work, companies are not going to generate net income like they used to. In …
COVID-19 and Your Mortgage
The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act places special requirements on companies that report your payment information to credit reporting companies. These requirements apply if you are affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic and if your creditor makes an agreement (called an “accommodation” in the Act) with you to defer a …
Mortgaged Property Owner Solution to the Covid-19 Crisis
It’s March 29, 2020 and there’s a pandemic going on as you all know. For the real estate shopper pre-corona, there were digital fistfights for property all up and down the coast of California and the Seattle area. I lost deals with buyers paying over $250,000 easily over list prices and waiving everything. The …
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Open House……Dead
Let’s get this out of the way. The only reason real estate agent do an open house is to attract possible buyer clients for them without disclosing or compensating owners. This is the mechanism that makes the whole path happen. When an agent gets a buyer client from an open house, it costs them nothing. …
Multiple Buyers, Markets
Yes, I can handle multiple buyers in multiple cities at the same time. I’m here to negotiate for you and doesn’t need to be in person anymore. All the signatures are done through docusign or other electronic means in the showing of a house is not a big deal that you need to have a …