KAPOWICH REAL ESTATE - Sunnyvale, CA 94086 - SiliconValleyBroker.com Video

When I first saw Real Estate Attorney Anthony Ventura, of
Miller, Morton, Caillat & Nevis, it was at a seminar for Brokers
and Managers, sponsored by the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors.
I wondered why he had such astute insight into the activities in and around
real estate transactions. […]

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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 […]

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Licensees cannot dispense legal advice ~ Yet, they do
Real Estate Attorneys don’t have to read the belated news in the newspapers about “The Market,” they know by the clientele sitting in their lobby. When prices are rising, some sellers want to cancel. When prices are dropping, some buyers want to cancel. Rarely do these […]

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KAPOWICH REAL ESTATE - Sunnyvale, CA 94086 - Silcon Valley Broker Video

In January, we taped another program in our series of Elder Financial Abuse.
The topic was Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices. Months later, all the media
were buzzing with the mortgage crisis of sub-prime lending, predatory practices and
foreclosure rescue scams. All of the attention was […]

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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 […]

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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It’s not uncommon for a seller to want to back out of a contract. Menlo Park real estate attorney Nancy Chillag agreed on the causes and cures when I interviewed her on this topic.”Sometimes the seller will put their house on the market; just testing the water” Chillag went on to say “It could sell […]

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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 […]

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