Brenda Uriarte Avila's (brendauavila) Blog

I remember the days of yesteryear( early 2000’s to be exact) when one of the joys of being a real estate agent was handing a seller a big, fat, juicy check at the end of a transaction. Back then (can’t believe I’m saying “back then”) equity was a sure thing. Cashing in and cashing out was the nor...

Anybody who knows me knows that complaining about anything -especially my work- is not something I tend to do. But my goodness! I think this one’s worth sharing if only to spare my fellow short sale listing agents a common BofA headache. I took a short sale listing from a Bank of America borrower...

I took a listing recently from a young couple who was clearly experiencing a financial hardship. They were both city workers whose salaries were cut and overtime eliminated.  There were three loans recorded against their condo, all of them purchase-money, two of the three with CalHFA(California H...