It’s a Good Time to Buy [Infographic]

Is it really a good time to buy? According to the graphic below it is! Check out the combination of historically low interest rates and the low price of homes for sale in California. Was this useful? Share or leave a comment below!

Competition to Buy Remains High [Infographic]

The graphic below shows us why now may be an excellent opportunity to sell your home as we look at the percentage of homes for sale which receive multiple offers for the past decade. There is no shortage of buyers in today’s real estate market. Nearly half of the properties selling in California receive multiple offers. Was […]

New Year’s Resolution: Buy A Home

We are wrapping up the 2011 year and are beginning to think about what we wish to accomplish in 2012. The most common goal is to get into shape which leads to half of all gym memberships being purchased in the fist two weeks of the year. (Made that up) There can be vague resolutions such as […]

Holiday Home Buying: Pros & Cons

Real estate is a cyclical market meaning there is a cycle in which the sales of homes generally follows. Historically, spring and summer time is when you will find the most activity in the housing market. The weather is favorable and most families like to move while the kids are on summer break. So what about […]

How Investors Buy Real Estate

Have you ever wondered how real estate investors continue to generate great income in just about any market conditions. What are they doing that you’re not? We look at the same properties right? Wrong! With a few exceptions here and there, real estate investors who purchsase properties with the intent of improving them for resale […]

The Only “Advantage” of Buying a Short Sale

When it comes to short sales, it’s often quite hard to see any positives in these transactions. The homeowners can no longer afford their mortgage payments, are on the brink of foreclosure, the prospective buyers are frustrated with the process unaware wether the sale will be succesfull or not, and the agents involved get the […]

Your Dream Home Is In your Dreams

Most buyers have a tendency to expect to find the house of their dreams, regrdless of the budget they are working with. Sure, the larger the means, the most likely you are to land the ideal home but for most, this approach tends to lead to much dissappointment for the buyers as well as the […]

3 Things to Consider When Buying a Short Sale

In today’s real estate market it’s nearly impossible for those looking to buy a home in Chula Vista or San Diego County for that matter to avoid running into Short Sales. A Short Sale is the sale of a property in which the proceeds of the sale will be insufficient to cover the lien attached […]

Seeing what could, instead of what is

With so many distressed properties for sale in Chula Vista on the market today, buyers will often view properties than are less than perfect. As home owners are unable to sustain their mortgage payments, upkeep and maintenance undoubtedly goes unattended. The problem most buyers face in this situation is the lack of vision. When I say […]

Foreclosures NOT the Best Deals

I want to set the record straight on foreclosures. I have a lot of clients such as buyers and investors in Chula Vista and San Diego that come to me with the sole purpose of purchasing bank owned properties or foreclosures or REOs, which are all the same thing by the way. The missconception here […]