When lenders are unreasonable, some short sale buyers find it easier to choose between a short sale or foreclosure. Both situations can involve waiting a long time. When a buyer's agent ... Read More

Very few home buyers expect to face an offer rejection, yet sometimes the way the offer is written leaves the seller no other choice. You'd probably love to be a fly ... Read More

Just when you think you don't need a title insurance policy is about the time you find out that you do. I got my start in real estate by searching public ... Read More

Buyers and sellers often tell me they have no idea what kinds of hours agents work and worry that it could be too early or too late to call an ... Read More

Have you ever wondered when is the best day to buy a home? Before I got into real estate, I used to think it was a day in mid-summer. ... Read More

In some neighborhoods of Sacramento, many of the renovated homes for sale are flipper houses. Desirable areas such as Land Park and Curtis Park are hotbeds for flipping. Moreover, there is ... Read More

Sellers don't always come out ahead financially when deciding whether to fix or sell as is. Selling a home "as is" means it is being sold in is present condition. Sometimes ... Read More

Some of the foreclosures on the market right now got there as a result of flipper schemes. The crooks involved in flipper schemes often trick themselves into believing that they aren't ... Read More

Some of the nastiest fights in real estate are over buyer possession, and nearly all those disagreements could have been avoided at time of sale. Most of us are familiar with ... Read More

Whether it's a good idea to insist on a loan lock for a mortgage depends on how interest rates may move. Most borrowers in the market for a real estate mortgage ... Read More

Did you know that when a home buyer sets up an impound account for a mortgage that the payments can change? The PITI payments don't stay the same forever. Some home ... Read More

The Fair Housing Act governs what real estate agents can and cannot do for their clients. When buyers merrily hop into a real estate agent's car to tour homes, the last ... Read More

To determine what stays with a home and what goes is to define the word fixture as it pertains to real estate. Some sellers believe anything they can remove from a ... Read More