Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Pat Kapowich for SJMN’s Market Wise Column

Q: Our sellers’ agent keeps hinting that he would like to also represent the buyer of our house, stating that it would make it a smoother sale. I am uncomfortable with this idea, but my wife thinks […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column, Saturday, April 5, 2008
Q: We were referred to a top agent whom we spoke on the phone and really liked. However, when we arrived in town, her husband met us instead and we never heard from her again. We found […]

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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 […]

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At sometime in your life, you or someone in your family will live
under the guidelines of the Homeowner Association. Any and all
Common Interest Developments, (CID), fall under California’s
Davis-Sterling Act.
KAPOWICH REAL ESTATE - Sunnyvale, CA 94086 - Silcon Valley Broker Video

Jacquie successfully reviews the in and outs of this massive area
of real estate law, which […]

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Q: We are selling our townhouse and the buyer’s pest inspector found damage to the exterior of our home to the tune of $4,300. Evidently, our homeowners’ association does not cover repairs for drywood termites and/or dry rot. To make matters worse, our agent informed us that we have to pay for the pest abatement […]

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Pat’s 12th Annual Complimentary Buyer Forum:
What Buyers Need to Know: Common Costly Mistakes by Buyers and Their Agents and How to Avoid Them + Today’s Strong Financing Options
Saturday, November 8th from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
RSVP ~ Q&A &Refreshments to follow
Past Attendee Comments:

“Lots of Great Information” Lyman H
“Very Competent Speakers” & “The Presentation was Excellent” […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News, SJMN
Market Wise Column
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Q: While shopping for a smaller home we have come across numerous real estate agents who seem, to put it bluntly, incompetent. What are they teaching at real estate schools how to be unprepared and ill-mannered?
A: Ouch. While it is true our industry […]

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Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News Column “Market Wise” 7/18/08
Q: We are having a frustrating time buying a certain house. Our agent says this is the sloppiest sale he’s had in his 20-plus-year career. Evidently, the listing agency is really a loan brokerage, but one would never know it from the wording on the […]

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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 […]

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Licensees providing Legal Advice?!
Recently, Real Estate Attorney Douglas White of Hoge, Fenton Jones &
Appel, Inc. was also a co-presenter at our Second Saturday real estate
forum.
KAPOWICH REAL ESTATE - Sunnyvale, CA 94086 - SiliconValleyBroker.com Video
 

During the July forum, “The Most Costly Mistakes Made by Buyers, Sellers,
& Agents & How to Avoid Them,” he mentioned the […]

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