Category Archives: Short Sales and Foreclosure Information

Make Sure The Foreclosure Joke Is Not On You!!

Foreclosing banks do not return your equity! I do not have to travel far to find interesting stories from the Sacramento Real Estate market–which I write about here, so you will have another tool to discern the truth from water cooler gossip. And knowledge is power. And you need a little muscle these days! I…

Sacramento Real Estate Market Stats

The Sacramento Real Estate stats always amaze me, whether slow or busy, the story is in the numbers! I suppose there are various statistics you can look at. Trendgraphix, and the radio news, says average Days on Market of Sacramento homes for sale is “Just under 30 days”, but if you are a selling a…

It’s A Bad Call In The Real Estate Endzone!

I had a friend lamenting about a bad call the 49ers got during the Superbowl, that they were “robbed”.  I told him the team wasn’t robbed, considering they did not play well the first half. Had they been in the game the first 30 minutes, with another point or 7 on the board, that bad…

Short Sales Still Causing a Stir In The Market.

Well, the title says it all, so I’ll just stop typing now.   Truth be told, about 55% of the few listings we have on the Sacramento home market are still short sales. We’ve got a few more years until the Sacramento Real Estate market is mostly cleansed of these pesky little buggers! That is,…

Scammers Trying to Cash In….Renters Beware!

Sacramento Home Sellers, this will effect you more than buyers. And any renters that might be traveling these pages, should really dial in. I have, over the past few months, fielded phone calls from folks wanting to know ‘how much my listing on yadda yadda street is renting for?’ Well, sorry, but that home is…

The Funny Business of Loan Modification

As a Sacramento Realtor,  I’ve had the very good fortune of successfully negotiating short sales, helping home buyers get offers accepted in multiple offer situations, and listing and selling homes  that I thought I’d never get sold due to the home’s condition!  Recently, the worst horror story played out before my very eyes—the seller decided…

How Many Offers Does A Seller Need? Jeez?

This is a quick follow up to my post from the other day regarding a Short Sale listing with 26 OFFERS! – I will be brief, as this is a true “nuff said” kinda deal–The other day I toured a Short Sale home in Elk Grove with some home buyers. There were about a dozen potential buyers…

Banks Can Be Wrong With A Low Valuation.

I’ve seen both sides now…those were song lyrics from the 60′s, but can’t think of the artist.  Anyone? In the last 45 days, I’ve had the same buyer in situations where the lien holder was out of their mind on a short sale home value. The first home–a condo–had a poor valuation done by a…

Sacramento Short Sales Still a Mess–And Everywhere Else Too

Often times I wonder ‘what could there possibly be to write about today?’, and then along comes Mary!  And I hesitate to write too much negative info, because I don’t want to discourage you from doing a Short Sale, it is still far better for you Mr. or Mrs. or Ms. Seller, to go thru…

Short Sales. Hrrrrmph.

Oh my, here we are in the first week of July 2012. I remember back in January, feeling like a kid on the way to Disneyland–summer was coming!! So glad to be here.  Hope you are enjoying your summer too. I live within walking distance to The American River entrance, and lots of passers by…