I’m excited. Redfin recently launched yet another fun-filled, informative feature – their neighborhood pages. You’ll find everything from the median prices of homes in the area to stats that tell you whether or not you should wait for another price reduction when you buy a home. You can also check out stuff like what the… Read More
Last time I wrote about my home sale, I mentioned a few scenarios that could have cost me thousands and thousands of dollars if I had done things differently. Well, this time around, I’m going to wrap things up with why my sale price wasn’t really my sales price. There are two main reasons why… Read More
Looking back at the sales process of my home, I started to think about some of the “what if” situations. For instance, I thought about what would have happened if I went for the first bid on my house to come along or if I had decided to go with the first termite inspection report… Read More
Want to send your kids to one of the best institutions for undergraduate education? Try Loyola Marymount University. Princeton Review has ranked it as #16 in its 2009 edition of the Best 368 Colleges. LMU has also been noted as one of the most beautiful campuses as well. See what Matt Fissinger, LMU’s director of… Read More
After all the hoopla over flashing, I thought this post might be a little anti-climatic. Still, I wanted to share some of the points I’ve learned from my experience selling my home in Westchester. Here’s a little background. I was lucky enough to get into the real estate market right before everything skyrocketed out of… Read More
On Tuesday, July 29th, a 5.4 earthquake centered in Chino Hills hit at 11:42 am. Did you feel it? I was in my Westchester home (46 miles from Chino Hills) at the time and didn’t feel a thing. My neighbors sure did though. (Maybe I was too busy packing boxes?) So far, I’ve been through… Read More
Yesterday, I wrote about my efforts to get the buyer’s agent to remove all contingencies. Here’s a little update on how it finally played out. July 26th, 5pm: My agent calls. She has let the buyer’s agent know that I would indeed cancel the sale if they did not remove contingencies as required. July 26th,… Read More
Last week, I wrote about my experience haggling with the buyers over flashing. I got an overwhelming response that I should just pay the few hundred dollars to ensure the sale. And I spent the better part of the day (and the next), blogging about why I felt I was making the right decision in… Read More
Sound the horns. The House passed a bill yesterday that will give $300 billion in housing aid. The funds will help out folks having trouble making their mortgage payments. There just needs to be one more approval – by the Senate – to make this bill a reality. Assuming the Senate does pass the bill,… Read More
Ok. So I know this isn’t exactly my area, but I couldn’t resist. There’s been a bit of buzz in recent years about a unique, more affordable way to build your home – with shipping containers. If you follow the latest in residential architecture news, you’ve probably already heard of it. If not, the whole… Read More