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
Contract Cancellation Needs Guidance from an Expert - 10/4/08
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
It’s Not a Bad Thing to Have a Good Attorney - 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)