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…
Category: Silicon Valley Real Estate
To TIC, or Not to TIC…
It's been around for ages, really - holding title as "Tenants in Common" is one of the most popular ways to hold title - for…
When to Say No
Earlier last week, we got an offer on a home I have co-listed over in Campbell. This being the kind of market that it is,…
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…
Major and Minor Setbacks
Wow...me bad, really bad! It has been damn near a month since my last blog entry! So much for my goal of writing 2-3 times…
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…
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…
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…
Real Estate Podcasts
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several years (and not that there's anything wrong with that!), you know what a Podcast…
A Word about Encroachments
So my real estate topic-du-jour is encroachment, as I spent an hour or two dealing with an issue I have with an upcoming listing. It…