Kapowich on Real Estate #138

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Part 2
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. It was weeks that […]

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Adventures in Short Sale Purchasing
Many investors and potential home buyers who have been reluctant to enter the housing market in recent years are starting to perk up now at the thought buying a discounted property through a short sale.
Some Basics:
What is a short sale? This is when the borrower owes the bank more than […]

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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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Course Title: “The Most Costly Mistakes Made by Buyers, Sellers & Agents & How to Avoid Them”
Description: The number one mistake made when negotiating a residential real estate transaction is when participants lack understanding of the responsibilities of all of the parties and their representatives. Learn how to negotiate a state-of-the-art sales transaction from A […]

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On September 13th, the “San Jose” board held another great convention featuring an outstanding line-up of speakers. The very same day Greg Swann of Bloodhound Realty posted another article regarding, “supplanting the NAR (National Association of Realtors), with a more rigorous predictor of quality representation.”

My arguments for stricter licensing laws were again […]

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Q ~ We sold our house in August 1998. Before the sale, an inspection
of the bathroom floor revealed some water damage. The inspector
did not find structural damage. We replace the vinyl and wood under
the floor. Later the inspector cleared the bathroom and the buyer
signed off on it. In June this year, the […]

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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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Often an Agent who is Clearly Apprehensive at the Thought of Presenting Your Offer “Live, in Real Time and in Person” is certainly not at the top of his/her game
Last year, I watched an interview with comedic writer/director/actor Harold Ramis. What resonated for me was his description of veteran actress Jane Lynch as “scary […]

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Course Title: “The Most Costly Mistakes Made by Buyers, Sellers & Agents & How to Avoid Them”
Description: The number one mistake made when negotiating a residential real estate transaction is when participants lack understanding of the responsibilities of all of the parties and their representatives. Learn how to negotiate a state-of-the-art sales transaction from A […]

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