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Pricing your Los Angeles Home

Pricing your Los Angeles Home

Pricing your Los Angeles home to sell is as much art as science. In May of this year Harb & Co. listed 5821 Buena Vista Terrace for $650,000. More than twenty offers were written and this Highland Park home sold for $837,000 nearly 3...

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Real Estate Wire Fraud is Real

Real Estate Wire Fraud is Real

Unfortunately, there are numerous disclosures in a real estate transaction but just a few that are really important. The disclosure regarding wire fraud is one of the most important forms in a real estate transaction. Real estate wire fraud is ...

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How do you buy your first home

How do you buy your first home

With housing affordability at all-time lows, purchasing a home is beyond reach for many. So, how do you buy your first home? Ask for help. If your parents and or grandparents are in a position to help, ask for it. Many of my millennial h...

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What is a probate sale?

What is a probate sale?

A probate sale is the sale of a home of someone who has passed and does not have a living trust. When looking to purchase a probate listing, the first question to ask is whether or not the sale requires court confirmation. Those requirin...

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What is sweat equity?

What is sweat equity?

Have you heard the term "sweat equity"? According to Wikipedia, sweat equity is a party's contribution to a project in the form of labor, as opposed to financial equity, such as paying others to perform the task. Sweat equity has an applicatio...

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When is the best time to remodel?

When is the best time to remodel?

Have you had a remodeling project on the back burner? The biggest problem I have with contractors is their workload, they often juggle several projects at a time. When is the best time to remodel? As the housing market slows, homeowners ...

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How far to go when preparing your home for sale

How far to go when preparing your home for sale?

I have been selling Los Angeles homes since 1989. Each client has unique needs. One of the first things I want to know is how much effort a home seller is willing to put into preparing their home for sale. Selling your home in today's heated re...

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Dealing with inspection renegotiations

Dealing with inspection renegotiations

We have a simple system when dealing with inspection renegotiations. In the ideal scenario our listing has sold in multiple offers. As I have already verified the buyer's down payment and spoken to their lender (assuming they are obtaining a lo...

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Liquidating an Estate: Alhambra fixer closed

Liquidating an Estate: Alhambra fixer closed

Our Alhambra fixer closed! And this is how it happened: I sold a San Gabriel fixer for a trustee several years ago. And she recently referred me to her co-worker who was the trustee of her father’s estate. Often the trustee is overwhelmed wi...

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