Real Estate in South Orange County California

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Living in Orange County is awesome. I can't think of another place I would rather call home.
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It's been said hear on AR that Tax payers will be repaying the Real Estate Tax Credit for generations. That may be true. It's also been said that it artificially manipulates the housing market and is doomed to fail! Look, the market has been manipulated since congress allowed the mortgage interes...
11/02/2009
All you need to do, is accumulate 49,800 points or more, then just write ONE MORE Blog, and yep - you too will hit 50,000 points. Sorry, I don't know of an easier way.... Wow, I guess I have done a lot more Real Estate blogging than I thought. Thinking back, the one thing that helped more than an...
10/26/2009
Besides being a Realtor, I am also a Microsoft Certified System Engineer. Early this year I installed Windows 7 - I am one of Microsoft's Beta testers. I have to say, that I really like Windows 7, but there WERE some challanges for me. Mainly, some of my peripheral hardware was not supported with...
10/26/2009
My wife loves to decorate for the holidays - especially Halloween. She likes to dress up (usually as a witch). This year we'll be handing out treats to the trick or treaters coming to our door. My costume is simple - one of 3 latex masks - Weir wolf, Gorilla, or scary old man (heck, I don't even ...
10/26/2009
We had a new short sale come on the market. The clever listing agent only allows showing for one weekend. He publishes the dates and time in the MLS, and clearly states that if you are interesed, you must view it then. All offers were due by 5:00PM Monday. He was asking for Highest and Best offer...
10/26/2009
Nothing to see here folks - Just noticed that I had 199 blog posts, and figured I would make it an even 200. Interest in Rancho Santa Margarita Real Estate continues to increase. Foot traffic at open houses is the best I have seen in years. Some have said it because the tax incentive is coming to...
10/18/2009
Have we reached the bottom? Have prices started to climb? I did a quick comparison of sold condos for 3 different time frames in Rancho Santa Margarita. I looked at condos from 900 to 1200 square feet. I pulled sales data from the three following time frames: 12/1/2008 through 1/31/2009 1/1/2009 ...
10/18/2009
  I try really hard to avoid Short Sales. It's not because they are so much work. It's because my buyer's get their hopes up (even after I have done my best to educate them on the perils of short sales), just to be crushed when they don't get the home. If my clients insist on going after short sa...
09/23/2009
Paul McDuell | Century 21 Superstars | (949) 842-9531 27556 Costanero, Mission Viejo, CA Comes with a Detached 1 car garage AND an assigned, covered, Parking Space. 2BR/2BA Condo offered at $275,000 Year Built 1980 Sq Footage 1,327 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors 2 Parking 1 Car ga...
09/21/2009
Here we go again: Blue skies Sunny Warm Low Humidity No Rain in the forcast ALL YEAR LONG!!! (shhhhh - keep it a secret) By the way - how is your weather?  
09/21/2009
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