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by Jennifer Shenbaum Many of you having living trusts (as do I).  That’s great estate planning!  But, any time you refinance your loan on your property, you must first take the property out of the trust.   Your mortgage broker or escrow officer will instruct you on how to do that.  So, who remind...

by Jennifer Shenbaum In a recent survey conducted by Fannie Mae, the public was asked to respond to a number of questions about the economy, as it relates to their own attitudes towards housing.  To summarize, the public’s responses indicated that most people like the economy’s direction less tod...

by Jennifer Shenbaum Wow!  That’s a huge increase!  In California, we always go big, so it isn’t too surprising that while most areas in the rest of the country shows some declines, California experiences a huge spike in Notice of Defaults filed.  So, while shadow inventory is slowly shrinking, C...

by Jennifer Shenbaum Now that Halloween decorations are showing up in stores, I thought I'd write a little bit about something very scary.  Scams in real estate not only occur, they are prevalent in this economic downturn.  At JenniferBuysHouses.com, we receive many emails from people interested ...

by Jennifer Shenbaum Even the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is coming out with figures that show a recovery in housing is not on the horizon. The median price of a home in the US dropped to a 9-year low (Wow!). And even more telling of a lack of recovery, the existing home supply is at 8...

by Jennifer Shenbaum Investors are buying properties all over Southern California for cash.  The graph below (courtesy of DQ News) shows the huge increase in ALL cash purchases, from 10% to a whopping 30% of all sales.  Why?  Well, for one it's getting extremely hard to qualify for a loan.  Buyer...

People often ask me why someone wants to sell their house to an investor like me.  I usually say it’s because they are smart and know what selling in today’s market entails.   Let me give you the 3 best reasons why it makes a TON of sense to sell to me. 1.  You sell your house NOW, not in 6 mont...

  I say Stage! When I used to sell houses that I had “rehabbed” (repaired and remodeled), I would leave them empty when they went back on the market. After all, I had just spent a ton of money fixing them up, what else did I need to do? Well, the market kept slowing down, with fewer showings, few...

Not all Los Angeles real estate investors are created equal. Some real estate investor companies in Los Angeles are fly-by-night or fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants, companies you really wouldn’t want to do business with. Some “investors” are nothing more than a guy or gal who read a get-rich-quick ...