Local Girl Does Good

I was chatting with a friend of mine on-line today, and he said, "Oh, I saw your neighbor on the front page of the Santa…

Getting a Fix on Fixer Uppers

It's a sad, but classic tale: someone buys a pig of a house, usually pays too much for it, then sinks too much money into…

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…

Gloomy News: Sales down, Foreclosures Up

From reading the headlines, it seems there's some bad news on the national real estate scene. Here's a sampling of a couple of headlines from…

60 Minutes Reports on the House of Cards

Yeah, I didn't catch it on 60 Minutes because, even though I have Charter Cable with the HD package and a couple of hi-def flat…

So Sue Me

Now, I'm not saying that some Realtors don't deserve to be sued, and maybe they even be deserved to be sued for things they've told…

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 La Bahia Project

The La Bahia project is back in the news:La Bahia dealt setback, hotel overhaul delayed - By SHANNA MCCORD - Sentinel staff writer - July…

Rents going up in Santa Cruz County

Here's a bit of interesting (yet hardly surprising) news:Renters paying more in Santa Cruz County - By Jondi Gumz - Sentinel staff writer - July…