Bonnie Jessee, ABR, RSPS, Realtor

Keep Your Property Listed During Winter Months

In the winter months some real estate agents have had a few sellers that have taken their homes off the market. Their decision to wait until spring was due mainly because they didn't want their homes to become past its sell-by date on the market. Some of these seller's homes had been on the market for some time and obviously were not taking the advice of their listing agents and reducing their prices. The market had shown them that their homes were overpriced. Merely because you wait to sell ... READ MORE Posted January 13, 2011 at 08:09 AM

FORECLOSURE IN CALIFORNIA AT A GLANCE

THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS INAT A GLANCE   Thehome-buying process usually involves the use of thedeed of trust, which by its legal definition involves three parties; thetrustor(borrower), thebeneficiary(lender), and thetrustee(neutral third party receiving the right to foreclose). The deed of trust usually includes a "power of sale" clause that gives the trustee the legal right to enforce collection of the debt. Collection of the debt is ultimately enforced by beneficiary's right to sell th... READ MORE Posted December 07, 2010 at 08:38 AM

Buying a Bank Owned Property

  Many agents are currently writing offers for our buyer clients for bank owned properties and it seems the rules change almost daily! Some of the lenders are becoming more responsive as they ramp up their internal systems to handle the sale directly thru their asset management offices or they are hiring outside firms as representatives to handle the sale. In either case, it is a waiting game at time that never seems to end or the deal pops together the first day that the offer... READ MORE Posted July 28, 2010 at 08:12 AM