Angel Tellez's (angeltellez) Blog

A Buyer's Agent calls the Seller's Agent to see if a certain listing has any contracts on the table.  The Listing Agent informs the Buyer's Agent that he just received one, but hasn't worked up the NET sheet for his client yet.  He suggests that if the Buyer's wants a chance at the home, the Buye...

Property describes the rights or interests a person has in the thing owned - commonly called the "bundle of rights" which includes the right to possess, to use, to encumber, to transfer and to exclude.  Property is either personal or real.PERSONAL PROPERTY (movable) -- Even though your focus is o...

What ever happened to working for the best interests of the client?  I was taking my clients to a listing for viewing when we passed another home for sale in the same neighborhood.  My clients asked about it and I explained that based on the parameters they provided me, that listing did not come ...

Believe it or not, they do exist!  THey are the Real estate agents who mislead, misfire and misbehave. Their bad advice can cost you plenty in time, money and the sheer hassle of keeping the place show-ready 24/7.The agent from hell will allow you to:Overprice your home ("Here's what I can get fo...

There are ways to pay less tax on a flip-property profit. The easiest is the capital-gains technique. Simply hang onto the property for more than a year and you'll pay long-term capital gains taxes instead of higher ordinary rates you'd pay on short-term capital gains.  When planning your capital...

With the shift in the market, many builders are offering some pretty impressive buyer incentives in order to sway Buyers into purchasing a new built home versus a resale home. Coupled with some pretty impressive co-brokes as well, developers are trying to put the screws to resale home sales.But w...

Sellers need to be more realistic and realize their homes aren't going to be sold in just a few days, or a couple of hours, for thousands more than they are worth.  They also won't get high volumes of prospective Buyers walking through their homes.  The days of multiple offers made on "sight-unse...

Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE) has been receiving complaints from developers concerning licensees representing Sellers of properties with deed restrictions.  The complaints involve situations where the new sale is less than a year after the original purchase, and in some cases less than...

The Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE), when made aware of a deed restriction violation, will pursue and take action against same.The case in point involves an agent who took a listing for a resale home that was under contract with the builder not to be sold for a specific period of time.  ...

Money Magazine has ranked AVONDALE as the THIRD HIGHEST PERCENTAGE job growth from 2000 to 2005.  Rated at 54.3 Percent growth, barely beaten out by Allen Texas (55.0%) by a mere 0.6 Percent. Surprise topped the U.S. list at an incredible 93.1 Percent. The magazine also ranked U.S. cities by annu...