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…
Category: Distressed Properties
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…
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…
Notes from Foreclosureville
I had a phone conversation with the nice listing agent of a house a few doors down from where I have an REO listing incubating,…
Buy Me Now at Auction
I was driving down the road this evening, out and about, doing some drive-by BPOs. I was out in North Monterey County, which if you're…
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…
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…
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…
A Sign of the Times – Foreclosure Auctions
I drive into one condo complex that has been especially hard hit by foreclosures and short sales - there are over a dozen units for…
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…