Antonio's Real Estate Blog

But by far, the most important document in the Short Sale Package is the sellers hardship letter. This document will be the very first one read by the Loss Mitigator. It will give this person an idea of what to look for in the package, or if is even worth his/her time to read it. Banks are receiv...

Losing the family home is perhaps one of the most devastating experiences that any family or individual can endure. After all, Home Ownership is a cornerstone of the American way of life, it is promoted, encouraged, protected and cherished. People who have lost their home, say that a foreclosure ...

 During a recent listing presentation, I met the beautiful grandaughter of the octogenarian homeowner willing and ready to help grandmother with the delicate issues of selling the home. A young, smart, beautiful professional teacher, she was in town for a few days with the purpose of helping gran...

Could this possibly happen? Are Short Sales now becoming Long Sales? In this case the escrow closed, buyer moved into his new home and 30 days after that, he received a visit from a Realtor who told him to move out because the bank had acquired the property via a trustee sale. Once escrow has clo...

Sooner or later, we will have to make a decision about selling the family home. Our next to last real estate move.! How do we know when is the right time? Where do we go and for what reasons? How much would that cost? Would you have enough money to last you? Would the family take care of you? Wha...

  There are many ways to get rid of a bad habit. My aunt Carmen however, found a way to interfere with someones funeral to bury her demons. This technique might not work for everybody, but here is the story just in case someone wants to try it. While rushing to get home today, I was stopped "dead...

This cry for help came in from one of my clients via a voice mail message. Owning a rental property provides great tax breaks and potentially good financial returns, but also exposes the individual to major legal liabilities. This individual was in a lot of trouble and needed to take a quick less...

Funds from a bond measure that passed in 2008 by East Bay Regional Park District voters is finally arriving for the city of San Leandro. This small town in the middle of the San Francisco bay will improve it's Walkability Level hence improving its home values. A new report by CEO's for Cities, a ...

Home buyers applying for a loan should be prepared to be screened, x-ray-ed, frisked, sworn, read their Miranda Rights and hooked to a lie detector before their loan is approved no matter how well qualified they think they are. A loan approval for a well qualified home buyer used to be almost lik...

A Sunday afternoon Open House Tour can give the serious home buyer the right information about the neighborhood the buyer is interested in. There are many benefits to opening a house for sale on a Sunday afternoon. It saves having to make an appointment to see it and it makes it convenient for ev...