Applying for a loan can be quite seamless when a buyer is prepared. Have your documentation ready and accessible....over and over again. Please read what mortgage lender Gene Mundt has to say regarding what to expect when applying for a home loan: What to Expect When You Apply for Mortgag
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06/01/2012
Determining Whether or Not Your CLIENT is Active, Pending or Expired! When working with buyers, whether they're first time home buyers, repeat buyers or empty nesters, it doesn't take an experienced agent long to distinguish which ones are the truly motivated buyers from the potential time waste
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05/31/2012
Outdated Homes Can Sometimes Be Like Cake... But Without the Frosting Unless you've been hiding under a rock here in Los Angeles lately, you will have noticed that home inventory numbers are shrinking in many parts of the city, especially for the areas where homes are priced under the $500K mark.
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03/19/2012
Here's a List of Reasons Why My First Time Home Buyers Didn't Make an Offer On Your Home Ah the joys of househunting with first time home buyers. No matter how much I coach and advise them before setting out to please look beyond the home seller's clutter, wall colors and furnishings when viewi
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03/12/2012
I want a 3 bedroom home...No Wait Make it 4! Home Buyers and Their Changing Criterias Working with first time home buyers continues to be the most challenging yet rewarding real estate experiences of my career. They are excited, golden and full of energy. In my opinion, savvier and more kno
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02/22/2012
First Time Home Buyers often ask me about getting money from parents and other relatives and friends to help them with down payment or their portion of closing costs in a homebuying situation. George Souto a loan officer in Connecticut has allowed me to reblog a very detailed article explaining
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02/20/2012
L.A. First-Time Home Buyers Shooting at Shrinking Targets: Buyer's Market Ha! It was bound to happen! There had to be a slight shift from buyers' market to sellers' market in quite a few areas of Los Angeles county where my buyers are currently looking. When working with first time buyers in t
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02/10/2012
Searching Long Beach Rentals is so 2011! First Time Home Buying is Where It's At in 2012! "Every time tax time rolls around, I become mad at myself that I didn't buy a home to write off while my landlord gets one and continues to collect rents from me!" I heard this from a Long Beach renter la
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02/07/2012
Are there any bookstores still OPEN in Long Beach? Why yes…yes there is! In my dream, I'm shopping Long Beach's Retro Row when I hear a sound that I haven't heard in awhile. But could it be? At first I think it's a figment of my imagination and then I hear it again. This time what appears to be
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02/06/2012
Which of the following first time home buyers is in a better position to negotiate a purchase on their behalf? Buyer agency and Dual Agency have always been hot button topics among real estate agents across the country. There are states that allow dual agency as a legal and viable form of repr
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01/27/2012
