It costs less than you may think for tearing down a house.
While it's often sad to witness the demise of a long-standing structure, sometimes tearing down a house is the...
I can't begin to sing the praises loudly enough of a Wachovia short sale.
It's not that so many short sale banks are so totally messed up that they can make...
Since so many sellers are taking a financial hit to sell in our soft real estate market, it really adds insult to injury if a seller can't write off that...
Before you place an ad in the newspaper to sell your home or post an online listing, stop to think about the advertising words you choose.
Choosing the wrong advertising...
There is a huge difference between buying foreclosure flippers and homes that regular owner occupants have remodeled.
If your agent hasn't done a little research on the history of the home,...
A seldom-discussed issue concerning homes that are in foreclosure is the rising practice of removing assets from foreclosures.
Many home owners do not understand what constitutes a fixture in the home...
The best way to stop foreclosure is to make up your back payments before the bank forecloses.
But not all home owners realize that foreclosure is pending when they miss making...
An alarming number of banks recently have been urging sellers to commit short sale mortgage fraud as a condition of short sale approval.
It's happened to me in Sacramento several times...
Most people don't think in advance about their pets and power outages until they're in the middle of a power outage.
The thing is you don't normally know how long a...
Looking at homes is the fun part when you're a buyer.
Heck, it's fun to look at homes even if you're not a buyer. I love previewing homes and try to...