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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:16 AM

Going, going...

Well it is almost gone but there is still time to take advantage of the first-time home buyer’s tax credit of $8,000. The federal program is set to expire on November 30 and if you or someone you know wants to take advantage of the available credit
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Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:34 PM

Asbestos: Understand the Risk

I am an never will be one to trumpet my environmental contentiousness as I really detest those individual and companies that use “Going Green” to promote their business. I personally believe we should each do what we can and are comfortable
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:24 PM

Dry Spell

Here I am again! As much as I have enjoyed maintaining this blog over the past 4 years I have been guilty of “dropping off the grid.” The real estate business has grown in complexity and to get the same results takes more work, time and energy.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009 7:12 AM

Saturday and still talking short sales

This has been another busy week of dealing with short sales and lender negotiators so I am using Saturday to catch up a bit on my blogging. I just published my weekly column over at Rocklin & Roseville Today, “ Getting Short Sales Done in Sacramento
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 8:04 AM

The Ugly Side of Short Sales

I have recently been writing about the benefits of short sales in my weekly column at Rocklin & Roseville Today which is also carried over at Sacramento Today . The column today was, “Sacramento Short Sales – Good for All.” I really
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:03 AM

Staging on a Budget

If you or someone you know is selling or going to sell your home, check out my column, “ Staging Ideas on a Budget ,” over at Rocklin & Roseville Today. I am tired of showing clients dirty, messy and poor showing homes. The ones that show
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:41 AM

Short Sales as a Financial Tool

With local schools getting out for the summer this and next week we should see an increase in the already busy Sacramento real estate market. Unfortunately much of this will be more short sales as more and more homeowners who owe more on their homes than
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:52 AM

Getting Help to Achieve the American Dream

The first-time home buyer tax credit of up to $8,000 can be a significant help during the remainder of 2009 for buyers who have not owned a home in the previous three years. Check out my column, “ First time home buyer’s tax credit ,”
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:03 AM

Worst to best with a flaw

Two years ago when a client told me they wanted me to short sale their home and their lender was Wells Fargo, I would visibly cringe. Dealing with Wells Fargo in those days was a nightmare. They didn’t have sufficient staffing to handle the requests,
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:05 AM

Loan Mods and Good to be Back!

It seems like almost daily I am talking to a homeowner about short sales. When they are asking me to help them short sale their house to avoid foreclosure I always ask them if they tried getting a loan modification to stay in the house. The most common
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:55 AM

If I had only known

These are words we never want to hear ourselves saying, especially as it relates to selling your home. I recently met a former homeowner who now has a very nasty tax issue as a result of not understanding the consequences of debt forgiven by a lender
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Friday, March 20, 2009 9:05 AM

Sacramento Homeowners Beware!

I have been hearing several different foreclosure rescue scams at work here in the Sacramento area. The perpetrators of the scam are approaching financially distressed homeowners and promising to help them stay in their homes and avoid foreclosure. I
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:53 AM

Should you walk away?

If your home is worth less than you owe, the payments are killing you and have a lender who refuses to help what will happen if you walk away? Walking away is letting the bank foreclose, giving them the keys or avoiding a foreclosure by doing a short
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:32 AM

Just a bit angry today!

This morning I read an article in the Sacramento Bee about the former executives of Countrywide that got rich on bonuses and golden parachutes after they made tons of questionable loans which we are all now paying for. Believe it or not they have taken
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:27 AM

Call it What You Will

In the past two weeks we have seen the Federal stimulus bill, the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan and our new California budget which as some provisions to help the housing market. What are these, how do they work and have we finally got all
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