Santa Cruz Real Estate Industry Consolidation

And it's no surprise, either, that Flat Rate Realty closed an office - these discount brokerages do good when times are fat, but when times…

Down Home Inspections

There is licensing for termite inspectors, and every termite report, after it's completed, gets shipped off to the Structural Pest Control Board in Sacramento were…

A Realtor, Verizon, and his Smart Phone

"Shouldn't you have a feature where you can get your system to send out a friggin' text message to let me know that I have…

January foreclosures up 57%

A good portion of people who receive notices of default will be able to cure the default or sell the property via a short sale…

Notes from the Bay Area Foreclosure Auction

I'd turned my brother on to the foreclosure auction some weeks ago, and he'd actually taken the time to drive around to quite a few…

Watsonville Foreclosures Meet the Press

On the eve of our tour down to Watsonville to look at some REO foreclosure opportunities, I got a call from one of the staff…

Short Sales – Salvation or Scam?

There are short sale gurus out there all over the place selling seminars and CDs and books to Realtors on how to do short sales…

Watsonville Foreclosure Tour

I just spent the last hour or so going through every house and condo listing from Larkin Valley down through Watsonville, and I found that…

Real High Stakes Poker, Round Two

The seller had actually already signed the documents she needed to, all that was left for the buyers to go to their friendly neighborhood First…

A New Way to Get Locked Out

That's not too uncommon, I explained - listing agents have a habit of not calling people back, at least 10-20% of the time. ...Actually, they…