Below are the links to Pat’s recurring contributions to the San Jose Mercury News Column Market Wise

Can a Warm House be Cooled Down in time for the First Open House? - 6/6/09

Will the Family Pets Kill a Sale? - 6/6/09

Why Can’t Licensee Return Buyer’s Deposit Check? - 5/2/09

Why Does the Amount of a Deposit Matter? - 5/2/09

I Thought This is a Buyers Market, Why aren’t our Offers being Accepted? - 4/4/09

What Can Be Done About the Foreclosure on our Street? - 4/4/09

What Should Buyers do when the Seller hires an Unlicensed Contractor? - 3/7/09

Seller Financing Pushed for Sale of Parents’ Home - 3/7/09

Why is Our Broker Insisting on Pre-Sale Inspections? - 3/1/09

Dealing with Dual Agency Could Mean Double Trouble! - 3/1/09

How Do I Get My Spouse Out of Our Apartment? - 2/7/09

Dueling with Pitfalls of Dual-Agency - 2/7/09

When & Why to Buy? (The Top 4 out of 4 Reasons to Make One’s Move!) - 2/7/09

Are Loss-Mitigators Costing Banks Big Money at the Back End of the Housing Slow Down? - 1/2/09

Will an Exclusive Listing Reduce the Number of Potential Buyers? - 1/2/09

Hire a Real Estate Attorney When Your Seller Suddenly Changes Her Mind - 12/6/08

How Do We Speak to the Selling Agent When They Do Not Make Themselves Available? - 12/6/08

Is it OK to go with the Same Agent to Represent Both the Buyer & Seller? - 11/1/08

We Have Many Friends & Relatives That Are Licensed RE Agents, How do we Choose One to Work With? - 10/4/08

Contract Cancellation Needs Guidance from an Expert - 10/4/08

Who Knows How Many Home Sales are Testing on the Shoulders of this Young Couple on the Bottom Rung of the Ladder? (Why the Dominoes of Concurrent Home Sales Fall Apart) - 8/23/08

Why is There Such a Big Gap Between Seller’s & Buyer’s Inspection Reports? - 8/23/08

Why Would a Loan Officer be Hired as a Seller’s Agent? - 7/18/08

It’s Smart to Let Buyer’s Inspector Check Foundation of AS-IS Property - 7/18/08

Why do I Have to Sign in Just to View a House? - 6/21/08

A Buyer’s Agent Broker the Key Off in the Lock While Showing My House. Who Should Pay for the Locksmith’s Bill? - 6/21/08

It’s Not a Bad Thing to Have a Good Attorney - 5/10/08

Now That We Have to Sell in This Cooler Market, There Must be Techniques to Reduce the Likelihood of Buyers Demanding Repairs and/or Lowball Offers. Any Suggestions? - 5/10/08

We Want to Sell, What Should We Do About Our Messy Neighbors? - 5/10/08

Why is Our Broker Insisting on Pre-Sale Inspections? - 3/1/08

When is the Best Time to Move Up or Down? (Hot Market or Cooler Market?) - 3/1/08

Dealing with Dual Agency Could Mean Double Trouble! - 3/1/08

Pat’s Market Wise Q&A - 2/28/08

Hot Market to Cooler Market (What Happened to Protecting a Client’s Interest?) - 2/9/08

Agent is of Little of No Help (What Happened to Protecting a Buyer’s Interest?) - 2/9/08

These Q&A’s are still true today! The San Jose Mercury News column Virtual Real Estate - Your Interactive Forum (late 90’s)

Buyer Unhappy with Seller Repairs - 9/18/1999