Why Do Short Sales Take So Long? Here’s one of our favorite Monday Top 1o posts to start your week off; feel free to visit our others here. Additionally, I have a complete category on this site devoted to Costa Mesa short sales. Now, why short sales take so long is probably not the questionread more
Disclosures Post 3 in our 3064 Taylor Way Series
Disclosures Post 3 in our 3064 Taylor Way Series This is our third post in the series following our buyer progress on the home at 3064 Taylor Way in Costa Mesa. It is time for Disclosures Post 3 in our 3064 Taylor Way Series….So we got through the inspection on our last post, andread more
What’s New With Short Sales in 2011?
What’s New With Short Sales in 2011? State Bill 931 Passed and Now Law Costa Mesa real estate has been no different than anywhere else in the state and the country, we have seen our fair share. Short sales and distressed property have been tipping the scales between 35% and 45% of our Costaread more
Hidden Costs of Buying a Home
Happy Monday to everyone!! Yesterday’s Superbowl was awesome to watch, hope you enjoyed it too!! One of my friends and I got into a debate yesterday over owning and renting, and which one actually saves you more money or costs you the least. He feels like there are other costs when you own. His contentionread more
Costa Mesa Homes Still Affordable
Costa Mesa Homes Still Affordable Are you wondering if Costa Mesa homes are still affordable right now? One of my favorite websites, Trulia.com, just published their quarterly Buy vs. Rent affordability chart which analyzes coast to coast rental and sales data. They did not specifically look at Costa Mesa Homes for sale or rent, but did look at our region (Los Angeles,read more
Top 5 Real Estate Goals for 2011
Do You Have a Real Estate Goal this year? Here are a few goals, perhaps you can take something away from our Top 5 Real Estate Goals for 2011: When it comes to New Year’s Resolutions,most of the financial goals revolve around paying off credit cards and adding to your savings account. But do you haveread more
Top Ten Tricks to Winterproof Your Home
Do you have an older home or older roof? Here are the Top Ten Tricks to Winterproof Your Home: There are lots of homes in Costa Mesa that are now more than 50 years old! Yikes! Many of the Costa Mesa homes in Halecrest, Mesa Verde, Eastside Costa Mesa, and Mesa North are all past the 50read more
Dictionary
Acronyms and Lingo – Dictionary Real estate has a unique language all their own, and here’s the dictionary list where you can find out what all of those crazy acronyms and strange words mean. This post is constantly updated, so check back often for new additons. Addition – Fairly common in Costa Mesa real estate. Many ofread more