Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Q: The well-maintained house we re buying was fully inspected and we were provided with those reports in the disclosure package. However, our buyer s agent insisted that we hire our own inspection companies and not accept the seller-friendly reports. Our pest report […]
Entries Tagged as 'Real Estate 101'
Another Q&A from San Jose Mercury News: Why is there Such a Big Gap Between Seller’s & Buyer’s Inspection Reports?
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Another Q&A in S.J.Merc News ~ Pat Contributes · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
Real Estate Attorney Douglas White is the Guest Speaker at Pat’s next De Anza College Short Course “The Most Costly Mistakes Made by Buyers, Sellers & Agents & How to Avoid Them” ~ Saturday, 9/27/08 @ 9am-12pm
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Course Title: “The Most Costly Mistakes Made by Buyers, Sellers & Agents & How to Avoid Them”
“Great presentation! Crisp & clear” Senzi
“Informative & well organized” Steve
“Unbelievable investment of our time” Matt & Giovanna
“Good info from qualified people” Sam
Description: The number one mistake made when negotiating a residential real estate transaction is when participants lack understanding […]
Tags: Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Deposits ~ Earnest Money · Deja Vu ~ Pat Recalls · Contingencies · Common Mistakes to Avoid · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Bank Controlled: Short Sales & Foreclosures · Real Estate 101 · For Seniors and Real Estate · Kapowich on Real Estate (Consumer-Protection Series) · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware? · Real Estate Offices ~ Broker/Owner · Real Estate Myths · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Real Estate Attorneys · Contributors · Internet Lead Generation Companies · How Not to Sell a Home · Disclosures
Real Estate Attorney Harold Justman to share his expertise on Elder Financial Abuse ~ The Real Estate Industry’s Biggest Unknown Problem ~ Program # 122
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
What is Elder Financial Abuse, how to spot it, and who is mandated
to report possible abuses?
Real Estate Attorney Harold Justman will cover the common scenarios
in the growing trend of abuse in the real estate arena.
KAPOWICH REAL ESTATE - Sunnyvale, CA 94086 - SiliconValleyBroker.com Video
The rising problem of Elder Financial Abuse is committed by […]
Tags: Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · For Seniors and Real Estate · Elder Financial Abuse · Real Estate Attorneys · How Not to Sell a Home · Disclosures
Short-Sales? Facing a Short-Sale? Trying to Buy a Short-Sale? Sage Advice from Real Estate Expert Duane Gomer
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Kapowich on Real Estate Program # 141
Tags: Bank Controlled: Short Sales & Foreclosures · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Real Estate 101 · Real Estate Attorneys · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
Real Estate Attorney Douglas White is the Guest Speaker at Pat’s next De Anza College Short Course “The Most Costly Mistakes Made by Buyers, Sellers & Agents & How to Avoid Them” ~ Saturday, 9/27/08 @ 9am-12pm
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Course Title: “The Most Costly Mistakes Made by Buyers, Sellers & Agents & How to Avoid Them”
“Great presentation! Crisp & clear” Senzi
“Informative & well organized” Steve
“Unbelievable investment of our time” Matt & Giovanna
“Good info from qualified people” Sam
Description: The number one mistake made when negotiating a residential real estate transaction is when participants lack understanding […]
Tags: Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Deposits ~ Earnest Money · For Seniors and Real Estate · Contingencies · Common Mistakes to Avoid · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Bank Controlled: Short Sales & Foreclosures · Real Estate 101 · Elder Financial Abuse · Real Estate Licensing Laws · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware? · Real Estate Offices ~ Broker/Owner · Real Estate Myths · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Real Estate Attorneys · Internet Lead Generation Companies · How Not to Sell a Home · Disclosures
Real Estate Attorneys L-O-V-E Dual-Agency Cases ~ LOVE Them
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Recently while holding Open Houses, some “customers” asked if I would represent “both buyer and seller” (dual-agency) and if so, would they “get a good deal?” Usually, I ask them to finish viewing the home, first. The questions customers usually ask at an Open House are very telling of current trends: When is the […]
Tags: Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Real Estate Attorneys · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
“After The Contruction Begins” sage advice from Real Estate Attorney Nancy Chillag & Author of “How to Survive a Remodel”
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Kapowich on Real Estate #143
Tags: Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Real Estate 101 · Real Estate Attorneys · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
Disclose, Disclose, Disclose Not Happening with Unsupervised Licensees ~ Real Estate Attorney Roger Wintle Comments on the Trend ~ Program #118
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Since the late 80’s, I’ve notice in trend of incomplete disclosures and poorly trained licensees. No doubt there is a connection.
Real Estate Attorney Roger Wintel, of the Hertiage Law Group, has often spoken about the problematic lack of disclosures and unsupervised and/or poorly trained licensees.
Click here for the consumer-protection cable series, Kapowich on Real […]
Tags: Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · Real Estate Licensing Laws · Real Estate Attorneys · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
Deja Vu ~ Many Qualified Buyers Sit Out the “Sweet Spot” of a Buyer’s Market, Then Enter The Market in Droves, When the Scales Tip
August 14th, 2008 · No Comments
The Seller’s Market
Veteran real estate agents have seen/felt many, many markets “change,” also referred to as “cycles.” Some of these changes took place seemingly overnight. A Seller’s Market in Silicon Valley finds Buyers lining up in front of mediocre over-priced properties. In addition, these Buyers will compete to pay over-list price, buy “as-is” and […]
Tags: Real Estate 101 · Buying & Selling Simultaneously (Moving Up or Down) · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When?
Beware of the Licensee Who Plans to Turn Your Entryway Into Their Promotional Kiosk
August 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Buyer Beware?! What About Seller Beware?
How Sellers and/or their Licensees ask for Trouble
These licensees have literally been trained to set up tripods
with blown-up neighborhood maps, color coding the sales in the
area, in order to gain new buyer and seller clients. Yet, they
convince the seller that all this extra work is for them, the seller!
Setting up […]
Tags: Real Estate 101 · Dealing with Industry Bushwackers and/or Empty Suits · For Seniors and Real Estate · Elder Financial Abuse · Buyer HQ ~ If Not Now, When? · Real Estate Attorneys · Seller HQ ~ Buyer Beware? What About Seller Beware?
