Coachella Valley Golf Tourney..The Bob Hope is coming..for those of us in the La Quinta area of the Coachella Valley, especially, this tournament literally changes our life while it is going on. Thousands of tourism dollars flow into our valley due to this popular golf tournament. It attracts f
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01/15/2010
Homebuyers left out in the cold in California real estate. Consider a game of musical chairs, where the chairs represent single-family residences (SFRs). In this game, the music plays and everyone dances around, looking for a chair to snap up at the right moment. But there is a nasty twist. Some
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01/14/2010
Presenting a "clean" offer. I presented an offer this week and got a response that I often do from the Listing Agent. "What a professional, clean offer!" I am always a bit stunned and even think they are exagerating when they make this statement. Why wouldn't an agent present a clean, profess
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01/12/2010
Why Foreigners are Buying Real Estate in California: Their exchange rate is fabulous..China and Canada are two examples Our real estate prices are severely depressed so they are purchasing more land/houses for their money Upon Resale at the backside, when the dollar has recovered, their profit wi
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01/08/2010
Buyers set Market Value..NOT Realtors! This must be hard to believe for many, many would be Buyers. That is my experience at the moment. It seems that no matter the List price, and no matter if it's being set by the Seller, a bank or through a Short Sale..Buyers insist on offering less!I under
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01/07/2010
Short Sales Should go faster..April of 2010? The New York Times is reporting that because Foreclosure Alternatives Program, which goes into affect April of 2010 may push the Short Sale process into doable timeframes. In late November, with scant public disclosure, the Treasury Department starte
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01/01/2010
Palm Springs, La Quinta, Indio; Things to do Around Town There is plenty of entertainment here in the desert. This article is from Las Vegas Luxury mag and it's pretty interesting because it's a first person point of view. Have a read..http://tinyurl.com/yfxllkcYou can: Take a stroll down El
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01/01/2010
