Cancellation of Escrow
A few weeks back, I posted a blog entry about an escrow I'm in where it was discovered that the septic system had failed. We…
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Santa Cruz Market Update, August 2007
Another edition of my Santa Cruz County Real Estate Report is out, with sales data for August of this year. On the surface, the numbers…
Foreclosure Specialist
I spent the last couple of days up in beautiful Milpitas, California attending a seminar called The Foreclosure Specialist. I've attended a lot of training…
Give Yourself a Tax Break
Do you feel like your property taxes are too high? That sounds like it could be a bad thing - but maybe it isn't! Maybe,…
Equity Sharing – Credit Crisis key?
In case you haven't heard, there's a crisis in the mortgage market. Probably by now, you've heard about the sub-prime lender implosion, but now, it's…
Foreclosures, BPO, REO, and Me
In case you hadn't heard, foreclosures are on the rise. For years, buyers have been asking me about foreclosure opportunities, but up until the last…
Septic Blues
Did I mention, I put a house into escrow yesterday? Yep, sure did - nice little place down in La Selva Beach. Needs work, being…
Just Say No – to County Parks?
There's an interesting article that came out in the Santa Cruz Sentinel the other day:Pleasure Point residents speak out against improvements to Floral Park We…
Time for a Mortgage Meltdown
I was at a pretty stressful signing yesterday. I'm in a deal where the buyers are taking out a pretty large pair of loans (totaling…
The ol’ 1031 Five-Year Switcheroo
So here I am, working on doing my own personal 1031 Exchange. I've done plenty of deals where either the buyer or the seller was doing…