Home Buying
6 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home in the Winter (If You Want to Make Top Dollar)
We are still in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic, but buyer demand this winter is still high. People have still been moving out of cramped cities into neighborhoods with more space. Many are willing to take advantage of the current record-low interest rates. It’s a seller’s market this season...
The Ultimate Sellers Resource Guide to Command Top Dollar for Your Home
If you’re anything like most sellers we speak to, getting the most money possible from the sale of your home is first on your mind. It doesn’t matter if you’re in a hot market where properties seem to barely stick around on the multiple listing service (MLS), or you’re reading...
6 Top Real Estate Myths About Selling Your Home Not to Believe
There is plenty of misinformation out there about the real estate market in general and more specifically about selling your home. Each common misconception about real estate in this list might seem like common sense, but believing them will actually sabotage your chances of selling your home quickly and at...
Top 5 Reasons Why You Need a Realtor to Help Sell Your Home
So you’re ready to list your home but you might be wondering, do you even need a Realtor? With more and more information available online you may feel like working with a Realtor will just result in a lot of fees and money out of your pocket. There are...
What You Need to Know About Buying a Foreclosure
So you’re looking to buy a home, crossing your fingers for a good deal, and you come across a home that was foreclosed. It appears to be a good deal because it’s lower in price than similar homes in the area, but there are plenty of horror stories out there...
How to Get Started with House Hacking
If you would love to find a way to buy a real estate property, have someone else make all or most of your mortgage payments for you, and build up your investment equity, house hacking might be for you. To “house hack” is a way to cut out all...
What to Do When Your Dream Home Gets Away
With the real estate market in California being so hot right now, it is proving to be a seller’s market where houses are often going on the market and back off again within 24 hours. This has resulted in many hopeful potential homeowners feeling the pangs of regret when the...
The Biggest Regrets of First-Time Homeowners
Whether you are about to be a first time homeowner, you're moving out of the city and into the suburbs, or if you’re just buying your next home, there are always a million things to consider before choosing to purchase a property. You have to think about if it...
Should You Move to Sacramento During COVID-19?
The pandemic is still ongoing and the housing markets are clearly shifting because of it. In Sacramento, homes aren’t staying on the market for very long. People are moving out of city apartments and into family homes in the suburbs. Kids and college students aren’t physically going back to school...
How to Get Your Short Sale Offer Approved
We’ve talked about short sales multiple times here on the blog lately due to the current nature of the changing economy and more specifically, the housing market. It was already known to be fairly unpredictable in California, but now, even more so. Now short sales are a relevant option more...
