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Is that Home For Sale on the Internet Really For Sale?
Almost 90% of home buyers today begin a search looking at Internet homes for sale. Even when I find out the exactly what a home buyer wants and set up a...

10 Things to Know About Working With Agents: Agent Protocol Tips
To ensure a good working relationship with a real estate agent, it's important to know agent protocol tips. For many home buyers and sellers, how real estate agents work is...

Finding a Short Sale Buyer's Agent
Home buyers will have an edge in short sale negotiations if they find a short sale buyer's agent to represent them. While you may be tempted to work with a DNA...

Some Buyers Pass on a Short Sale and Wait for the Foreclosure
When lenders are unreasonable, some short sale buyers find it easier to choose between a short sale or foreclosure. Both situations can involve waiting a long time. When a buyer's agent...

How To Avoid Offer Rejection
Very few home buyers expect to face an offer rejection, yet sometimes the way the offer is written leaves the seller no other choice. You'd probably love to be a fly...

The Benefits of a Title Insurance Policy
Just when you think you don't need a title insurance policy is about the time you find out that you do. I got my start in real estate by searching public...

Home Buyers Ask: When Should I Call My Agent?
Buyers and sellers often tell me they have no idea what kinds of hours agents work and worry that it could be too early or too late to call an...

Best Day to Buy a Home
Have you ever wondered when is the best day to buy a home? Before I got into real estate, I used to think it was a day in mid-summer. ...

What is a Flipper?
In some neighborhoods of Sacramento, many of the renovated homes for sale are flipper houses. Desirable areas such as Land Park and Curtis Park are hotbeds for flipping. Moreover, there is...

The Benefits to Fixing Up vs. Selling "As Is"
Sellers don't always come out ahead financially when deciding whether to fix or sell as is. Selling a home "as is" means it is being sold in is present condition. Sometimes...