Questions Divorcing Couples Ask Us About Dividing Their Real Property.

My business partner and I are Certified Real Estate Collaborative Specialists-Divorce (RCS-D) Realtors. This is a specialized certification that is recognized by CAR (California Assocation of Realtors) and NAR (National Association of Realtors). We specialize in assisting divorcing couples in the division of their real property.

Most divorcing couples have no definitive knowledge of the legal…

Unreasonable Appraisal Issues During Short Sales

Every once in a while, an appraisal issue comes up that leaves you scratching your head in puzzlement. On our latest short sale, the appraiser clearly didn't want to bring the appraised value of the property in at the asking price (and, incidentally, the price the buyer was willing to pay). Even though I provided excellent comps that sold well above the asking price of my listing, the appraiser was…

While being neither a scientist nor economist, there seems to be a similarity between one of Mother Nature's harshest events and the state of the US housing market.

A forest fire begins in a number of different ways but a common element is usually the existence of an over-abundance of fuel including dead undergrowth. The forest fire consumes this dead undergrowth but usually

damages other plants, animals and human dwellings along the way. Once the fuel is gone, either…

Hi everybody, Paul Antonelli here with another short sale tip from questions asked on the website, That Short Sale Guy dot com. One of the questions that I get asked a lot is “Hey Paul, how much is it going to cost me to do short sale”? Or “How much are you going to charge me to do a short sale”? And “What is my out of pocket expense to do a…

Recently I have noticed some HOAs recording Notice of Defaults (NODs) here in California. And, this is without a NOD from the lender on the unit. Could it be that people are not paying their HOA dues but continuing to pay their mortgage OR that the lender is holding off on recording the NOD.

My understanding is that after a property is foreclosed, the HOA lien may extinguish. However, I have seen a situation where the lender had to pay off the HOA lien before closing escrow…

Here in Ca we have a Short Sale and Buy Program for Homeowners with good credit & no missed payments!

RULES:

Homeowner must be current on their mortgage, no missed payments.

Homeowner must have good credit, at least 580 or above.

Homeowner must have bought the home they are short selling with a conventional loan, since the loan

they will be utilizing to buy the new home will be an FHA loan.

Homeowner's new home has to be less than the purchase…

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This could be good news for those that we made offers on a short sale April 29th

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As mere children, we learned to the Golden Rule to always do unto others as we would have them do unto us....or something to that affect. However, recently all that we hear about is corporations running rampant with questionable business practices that have almost annihilated the American middle class, governmental back room deals that further diminish our capacity to live the American Dream, and banking practices that are just plain, downright abhorrent (to say the least). Even over the…

An experienced Realtor can mean all the difference when choosing to Short Sell your home or let it go in a Foreclosure.

Having represented both sides of a short sale, it is almost always a long 30-90 day process. The word…