Realty Partners Real Estate Updates

  The traditional home-buying season is in full swing, meaning many people will be packing boxes and looking for companies to help make the move as painless as possible.  The American Moving and Storage Association has tips to help with a smooth move. Customers making interstate moves should chec...

                        Bank of America                                                               Realtor defending short sale This week, amidst all the other gut-wrenching challenges presented by today's short sale real estate, I discovered yet another B of A sneaky delaying tactic that they...

Imagine this screaming woman as a buyer, a seller, a Realtor...maybe it's YOU! I know we're in a bad economy and real estate is still operating at a level of about 10 below Rock, but seriously, does the short sale process have to be so heinous?    Picture this...a married couple gets a loan appro...

Due to the current economy, I, like most Realtors, have had to deal mainly with short sales.  I kee reading all these hopeful articles detailing how much the short sale process has improved when, in reality, it is barely better than it was a year ago.  Sure, B of A has started their Equator.com,...

KEEPING YOUR HOME IN CALIFORNIA The U.S. Treasury Department has approved CalHFA's plan to use nearly $2 billion in federal funding to help California families struggling to pay their mortgages. The Keep Your Home California programs are focused on assisting low and moderate income families stay...

Wow! We FINALLY got approval today on a short sale we've been working on for over SEVEN MONTHS!  Thus far, we've lost three buyers, had to re-start the process four times, and then ended up telling the negotiator to tell the bank to go ahead and take the blasted property back - we were THAT tired...

                                                                                       Showing property in the rain - can it be successful or just a wet, bedraggled mess?  Depends on you and your buyers!  Selling real estate in southern California means that the weather is mostly sunny and nearly...

                                                                                                         So FHA is boasting about launching it's new short refi program for underwater homeowners.  Woot, woot.  Have you actually LOOKED at their requirements?  It reminds me of the evil stepmother in...

 Selling Horse Properties I have been selling horse properties for many years, and it never ceases to amaze me how grateful my buyers are that I actually know about horses and their needs.  I own a couple of terrific horses myself, so I'm truly familiar with what it takes to have a horse on your ...

Questions DIvorcing Couples Ask Us About Dividing Their Real Property. My business partner and I are Certified Real Estate Collaborative Specialists-Divorce (RCS-D) Realtors.  This is a specialized certification that is recognized by CAR (California Assocation of Realtors) and NAR (National Assoc...