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My partner and I enjoy telling potential buyers... Murrieta Real Estate is having a Half Price Sale! Hurry and be there when the doors open! This truth is welcomed by buyers and dreaded by sellers. It is more important than ever, as a buyer, to take advantage of the prices being rolled back to wh...
03/26/2009
Fellow agents, This is an odd market. Few of us have ever been exposed to REO's and short sales in our career lifetimes, but in my town, Murrieta and Temecula, we are seeing nothing but REO's and Short sales on the market. This leads to a very dangerous imbalance where the home is more of a commo...
03/22/2009
I can't tell you how many times my business partner, Kim, and I have said over the years: "We should by this house." This market presents us with an opportunity like no other so we finally took the plunge! We bought a house! Here's the info: Price $170,000, 20% down Monthly plus taxes and insuran...
06/10/2008
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I'm falling, falling, falling madly in love again...my love? The real estate business. I can carefully chart the series of events which led to being moonstruck. My partner, Kim, and I had a roller coaster ride with getting our home from December to close. The game with lenders is very differnent ...
03/06/2008
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This holiday season I received a call 3 days before Christmas from an old client who has bought properties from my partner and I in the past. He wanted to look at homes...and he wanted to do it right then. I was up to my ears in Christmas. It was not necessarily the ideal time, but I wasn't about...
01/06/2008
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Does anyone know if rentals are doing well in our area and Southern California in general? Are they getting rented fairly quickly or are they just sitting on the market, as well. I'd appreciate any information you have. By the way...I held an open house this week-end and to my surprise there was...
11/12/2007
Analysts' information I received from one of my very best informed lenders, Greg Johnson, say we are in the 25th month of the housing downturn, and historically they last 27 months. We may be near the end. He says, although there has been a significant decline in sales volume, home prices are sho...
11/06/2007
I hope everyone tuned into Larry King Live on CNN this morning. Donald Trump said "This is absolutely the time to start buying real estate!" Hurray for a positive push to stimulating the real estate market...and it's true! The focus in our business right now is toward the opportunity to invest......
10/30/2007
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I took the week off last week and gained a new perspective on this market. I typically show up every day at the office and have tried to beat the market into submission...it wasn't working! Last week, a friend came to visit. I decided to take this time off as a gift. I feel so rejeuvenated! Try it!
10/21/2007
Interesting week-end. My partner and I had lots of calls this last week-end. Investors are starting to realize the value of buying in this market. I'm told that is the very beginning of the end to the housing crisis. I'm in Southern California, and I have a trusted mentor who is an agent in North...
10/15/2007