I got a heartbreaking call the other day- Kendyl, I found the house of my dreams. Can I buy it? My answer was “No”, because I knew they had to sell their current home in order to buy. This is called a “contingent on sale” situation and it is a […]
Secret Ways to Find Your Dream Home
The internet is a double edged sword for the average home buyer. For the first time in history the public has access to an amazing number of homes for sale. Pictures, comparable sales, neighborhood market trends, walk scores, school scores, demographics, and more, are available instantly and easily. But finding […]
I Won’t get Involved in a Multiple Offer!
Buyers always say this with an air of slight superiority- as if to say they are too smart to be suckered by a wily and manipulative sales person. In my humble, but extremely educated, opinion- the buyer who says this is being very, very dumb. In this next video in […]
Insider Tips for Finding The Best Homes
Regular readers will recall my 1st Quarter Housing Report for Glendale where I outlined the extremely low inventory of homes for sale. In fact, low inventory is a problem throughout Southern California and there is a pretty large buyer pool out there. Competition for homes is intense. In order to […]
My Realtor Shows Me Terrible Homes
Winning in a Multiple Offer Situation
I wrote this article last year, at just about this same time. At the time we had 296 single family homes for sale and I thought the inventory could not go any lower. I was so wrong. So very, very wrong. In February we had just 141 homes available and […]
Secret Internet Skills for Finding Homes
Where is the best place, on the internet, to shop for homes? Depends- are you “shopping” or “buying”? Shopping If you are window shopping (you are not ready to visit any homes) almost any website is great. Most will allow you to search by zipcode or town and narrow your […]
Closing a Glendale Home Sale is Tough
My lovely buyers just closed escrow… on a lovely Glendale home. But, the escrow period was really really difficult. The sellers were obstinate and unfair, but my buyers still bought the home. Why? Every request was denied… no matter how small, no matter how reasonable, . Toward the end of […]