Lealand Heights (San Leandro, CA)
By Antonio M. Cardenas Broker Associate, "The Realtors In Motion"
(RE eBroker Group - San Leandro, CA.)
Getting a home loan today is getting harder and harder, and home buyers who are unprepared could find themselves homeless if they misbehave while applying for a loan. Lending institutions now check, double check and triple check their applicants until the very last day they fund their loans.  A recent first time newly wed home buyer found out the hard way, how banks fears of having another foreclosure is making them pull their loans at the very last minute. This particular loan applicant went through about 35 houses, wrote 14 offers, responded to 10 counter offers, and finally! his offer was accepted on first place! Since he had done all the prequalification for the loan, he was informed that he did not need anything else, except to wait for another 3 weeks to close the escrow. He was s...
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By Antonio M. Cardenas Broker Associate, "The Realtors In Motion"
(RE eBroker Group - San Leandro, CA.)
With the number of people displaced by foreclosures and short sales, the real estate rental market is very active. Scamers have taken notice and are out there trying to extort money from renters. This is not a new trend, as a matter of fact this is not the first time I have had one of my listings taken over, pictures and all, posted on Craig's List as a bargain rental. When I start getting phone calls from renters on my listings I know someone is trying to extort money from them using my listing ads. In a recent episode, I went to Craig's List and looked for the ad. Sure enough, there it was, my pictures and my description of the house, address and all. The rent was very low which explains the number of calls. I decided to send an e-mail and ask to be considered as a tenant.  I filled o...
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By Michael Greenslade
(Better Homes & Gardens | Mason-McDuffie Real Estate)
In doing my seven years of research into William Raymond Yelland, the architect I am almost 100% positive that the Derry Brothers were building his designs. Modest versions of his designs, but his designs none the less. The one exception which you do not see is the WR Yelland's Normandy style.  You would tend to think that this style of his would be very expensive to build.  I'd imagine that the Derrys wanted to build the simpler and easier to build homes.  Although some edited versions do appear in Estudillo Estate's Begier Avenue.  I'll blog about that relation on another date. The Broadmoor, Lealand Heights and Estudillo Estates neighborhoods by Derry, Weaver & Derry and the later Derry Bros., appear to be outright collections of his designs from other areas where he worked. In this ...
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