Articles Index
Fleas in the House?
Flea infestation? How to get rid of fleas in your house and yard, especially before putting your house on the market. Here's how to make your house flea free and stop the fleas from coming back.
How to Qualify for a Short Sale
Thinking of a short sale? Not every home owner qualifies for a short sale. Here is how to figure out if you meet the requirements for qualifying for a short sale.
Is the HAFA Short Sale Program Right for You?
Rules for HAFA short sales. Benefits and overview of HAFA short sale program for underwater sellers. How the HAFA short sale seller can get paid to sell on a short sale.
Tips for Home Buying in a Sizzling Hot Seller's Market
Tips for writing an offer and getting that offer accepted in a seller's market. How home buyers can get the edge in a multiple offer situation. Is your real estate agent sabotaging your efforts to buy a home in a sellers market?
How to Search Property Records
How to do a property search. How to find information on any property: who owns the home and balances of mortgage loans. Finding specific details of property. Public records search, MLS search, property information and tax records. Ordering free property profiles.
How to Help Your Agent Sell Your Home
Tips and proven ways to help your agent sell your home as if the agent was the seller. How to partner with your real estate agent to maximize profits when you sell a house. How to ask your agent to improve the photos / marketing copy without offending your agent.
How to Find Foreclosures
How to find foreclosures, government repossessed and bank repos. Find search engines that help you locate foreclosures after the Notice of Default is filed and homes seized by government entities.
What is the National Mortgage Settlement?
What is the National Mortgage Settlement and how does it apply to you? Will your bank forgive your mortgage debt through a principal mortgage reduction program? Details of $25 billion settlement. Top 5 banks affected by National Mortgage Settlement and dollar share.
Discount Real Estate Brokers - Can You Save Money?
Discount real estate brokerages. Should you hire a discount broker? How do cut-rate brokers work? How much can you save by hiring a discount broker? About online reduced fee brokers.
Why Home Sellers Get Into Trouble Talking to Buyers and Agents
What kinds of things should a seller discuss with a buyer or a buyer's agent? Is it OK for sellers to talk to buyers and their agents? What can go wrong when sellers talk to buyers?
Protecting Your Home From Wildfires and Forest Fires
How to protect your home from wildfires and forest fires. How to prevent fires from destroying your home. Home fire safety advice. Evacuation tips.
Biography of Catherine Coy
Biography of mortgage broker Catherine Coy.
What Are Comparable Sales?
Explanation of comparable sales. Tips for how to find comps and why you need to know the comparable sales before buying a home. How to use comparable sales for selling a home.
How to Avoid a Principal Reduction Program Scam
How to determine if a principal reduction company is legitimate. Warning signs that the principal reduction program is a scam.
How to Make Lowball Offers
How to make a lowball offer that is not insulting to the seller. Tips on getting lowball offers accepted.
How to Apply for a Bank of America Cooperative Short Sale
Is it worth your while to apply for a Bank of America cooperative short sale? Step-by-step explanation of how to qualify for and how to apply for a Bank of America Cooperative Short Sale. How Bank of America determines if you are eligible for its cooperative short sale program.
How to Get Ready for Your Agent to List Your Home
How to get ready for your real estate agent. Before listing your home for sale, tips for getting ready to list. Ways to make a good first impression on your listing agent.
Biography of Dan Tharp
Bio of Dan Tharp, CMPS® at Comstock Mortgage, Sacramento.
7 Tips for Short Sale Success
Tips used by highly successful short sale agents to close that short sale. 7 unique tips for short success, tips that are guaranteed to help you to close that short sale with the first buyer.
How to Handle a Short Sale Counter Offer
Anticipating, preparing and negotiating a short sale counter offer. Whether the bank issues a counter offer for the short sale or the seller counters the buyers' offer, tips for handling the short sale counter offer.
Exactly What Are Short Sales?
Exactly what are short sales in real estate? What causes homes to go up for sale as short sales? Explanation of short sales.
Buying Distressed Homes: Foreclosures, Short Sales, REOs
Foreclosures, short sales and REOs: differences. Buying distressed properties under market value. Which is more profitable for a buyer -- short sales, foreclosures or real-estate-owned (REO's)? How CA law and the Home Equity Sales Act affects the purchase of homes in foreclosure.
How to Do a Bank of America Short Sale
How to get a short sale approved by Bank of America. Tips for navigating Equator.com to process Bank of America short sales.
Should You Hire a Referral Agent?
How does that work when a real estate agent refers an agent and collects a referral fee? Is it a good idea to hire the agent your real estate refers to you? A behind-the-scenes look at what happens when an agent refers another real estate agent in exchange for a referral fee
Who Profits From Short Sales?
Who wins on a short sale? Do sellers benefit from selling homes on short sales? Who profits from short sales? Are short sales better than foreclosures for a seller?