The other day I met with a potential home-buyer at my office in Tarzana to discuss his next move. After introduction, the first thing I asked the buyer is if he is pre-approved for a home loan. He hands me a pre-approval document from Bank of America qualifiying him for a purchase price up to $
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12/30/2009
A great time saving resource you can use when you are in escrow and want to close sooner, is to have an outside notary pick-up the documents from the escrow company and meet the buyers or sellers at their home or office. I've used a Los Angeles Notary agent on many occasions for this purpose. On
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12/29/2009
With the year winding down to a close and lenders in good holiday spirits not to foreclose, I wonder when we shall start to see the flood of bank owned homes hit the real estate market here in the San Fernando Valley. I don't know the exact statistics, but my instincts tell me that the number of
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12/28/2009