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Living Well in San Mateo is everything you need to know about buying, selling and owning a home on the San Francisco Mid-Peninsula. Designed with first timers in mind, Raymond condenses his 30-years of experience into exactly what you need to know in today's San Mateo County real estate market.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Have you had this experience?  You receive a pre-approval letter from a lender only to find out after the purchase contract is accepted that the lender has several serious conditions attached to their approval which places the approval in doubt.   From an agent’s viewpoint, the letter must clear...
07/16/2009
#1 Under-Estimating the Importance of LOCATION. "Location, location, location" is arguably the most often repeated adage in real estate, and with good reason.  Location, and its importance is the most venerable principle in real estate.  Location is, without qualification, the most important infl...
07/13/2009
Call me crazy, but I'm seeing a huge source of income for attorneys going after Banks and their REO practices.  With so many banks dropping their infamous Addendum (in fact, a counter offer) on suspecting buyers, lawyers may have a win fall challenging the practice. The Addendum which contains ma...
07/11/2009
Yesterday, we were excited to learn Relocation.com named LivingWellinSanMateo.com as one of the best real estate agent blogs in the San Francisco Bay Area! Relocation.com is the largest online marketplace connecting consumers who are moving to professionals that can best service their needs.  The...
06/27/2009
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Bank owned "REO" homes can represent an outstanding value.  Let me share some of what I've learned about this niche market.  Here are some tips for getting your offer accepted. Don't LOW BALL:  Of course, everyone wants a bargain, we all love a "deal."  The Banks and their Asset Managers know wha...
06/25/2009
Short Sale Commission-Ectomy Help! Surely if you have been involved in a short sale transaction the home owner's lender has attempted - and usually succeeded - in slashing your commission.  Now, help is available to resolve the vexing issue of commission extortion.  Thanks to the efforts of the N...
06/24/2009
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As the San Mateo County (CA) rebounds a very interesting phenomenon has surfaced.  Buyers who at the outset of their home search had an apparently generous selection of homes to choose from are now finding very few new listings coming on the market.  Several home buyers have expressed disappointm...
06/23/2009
The inherent frustration of short sales with uunfathomably lengthy processing times, over-worked, but often unresponsive loss mitigators, surprise under-the-gun conditions, unreasonable performance time frames, less than diligent negotiation specialists scratching for a piece of the fee pie, apat...
06/14/2009
REO's are the hot niche in most markets.  Often a bank-owned home can represent a genuine value.  Since the bank is making a business decision based on loss mitigation, the emtional elements typically associated with a conventional sale by a home owner are absent.  Having said that Buyer's Agents...
06/13/2009
I read an interesting comment by Jay Papasan, co-author of the book "Your First Home," who said "People can get a lot of what they need and almost all of what they want today" in their first purchase.  I thought to myself that statement was clearly true of the San Mateo (CA) home re-sale market 6...
06/12/2009
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