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Home Staging with minimal effort
Home staging, has been the real estate buzz word for the last decade. But home staging with minimal effort can be done easily and add tens of thousands to your bottom line. This is a photo I recently found in the MLS (multiple listing service...
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...
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 ...
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? Seek help boldly. Ask your parents for support. Reach out to grandparents if they can assist. Many millennial ho...
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...
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...
Top seven things to consider when listing your home for sale
When listing your home for sale, you must decide what is most important. Do you want to spend the time, energy, and money to spruce up your home to sell for the highest price? Or is it important to sell with the least effort? The Realtor you se...
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 ...
