Shari Posey's Diary of a Mad Realtor

Long Beach Real Estate Prices Rock! And the City is Awesome, Too! It's like deja vu all over again! My last few open houses I have had quite a few couples from Santa Monica, Redondo Beach and Pasadena checking out what Long Beach offers for the money. Ironically, the house I was holding open was ...

Twice this week past clients express their frustration wondering if they will ever be able to "move up" to a bigger house in a better area. Both clients are in their late 20s/early 30s and want to emulate the way their parents moved up the property ladder during the 1970s through mid-2000. These ...

Condo for Sale in Long Beach, CA with 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms AND a 1-Car Private Garage Listed for sale by Shari Posey, Prudential CA Realty (562) 375-1417 MLS #P701097 1318 E. 2nd Street, Long Beach, CA 90802--Just 2 Blocks to the Beach! Go to my website ShariPosey.com for more photos of this a...

This is a fantastic 3 bedroom 2 bathroom Craftsman near the beach in Long Beach, CA. 542 Ohio Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90814, MLS P740576, Listed by Shari Posey (562) 375-1417 Absolutely gorgeous inside and out! It has been remodeled but maintains its original Craftsman charm. Click on the link to ...

I'm here to argue that size doesn't always matter! Many say it does...'the bigger the better'--but I say, often it doesn't really matter at all. Of course, I'm talking about a home's SQUARE FOOTAGE! (What did you think!) I know most buyers and agents search for properties based on price, of cours...

This is one of the hardest questions a homeowner can face...When do you give up waiting for a loan modification when the bank has been dragging their feet and you are stressed about the future? I have met dozens of homeowners who have been waiting for an answer for months on end. Some get a lette...

I watched a fantastic webcast of a House committee meeting where several bank and servicing company CEOs testified about their performance on HAMP loan modifications and other foreclosure prevention programs, including short sales. The entire webcast is about 2 hours but it's worth watching. I ha...

I submitted a new short sale offer for one of my listings to Bank of America. Bank of America rejected the last offer without it ever getting past the SPO review. It's fancy terminology when you fax your short sale package and workers in India scan the documents, a BPO is done and several weeks g...

So who am I to think I'm smarter than two best-selling, award-winning economists? Not long ago I read, Freakonomics, written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and I was shaking my head from page one through the end of the book. Granted, it was written quite a few years back and they have a new ...

The Wall Street Journal today highlighted a new book by Harry S. Dent entitled, "The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History." I thought to myself it sounds like an excellent self-help book for the coming year. Then I did a quick look on Amazon a...