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Archive for: February, 2010

Why the high offer gets snubbed

Why the high offer gets snubbed

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Q: I’ve been making offers on homes for what seems like forever. I make offer after offer, and don’t ever get them accepted. I’ve been doing this for so long, though, that a number of the homes I didn’t get have closed escrow and their sales are now [...]

Underwater move-up strategies

Underwater move-up strategies

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Q: My wife and I live in a great loft that is now about $100,000 upside down. We’re going to have a baby, and need a house. But we’re thinking we’ll either have to short-sale our loft or rent it out for awhile. We can’t qualify for two [...]

Shortcut to Easementsville

Shortcut to Easementsville

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For more than 26 years, Anna Wolfe, her family and others used a shortcut across a commercial lot to get to a couple of popular destinations on the other side.
When a new buyer purchased the commercial lot, Wolfe, whose property is next door to the lot, [...]

Financial ‘Zen’ here we come

Financial ‘Zen’ here we come

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Book Review Title: "One Year to an Organized Financial Life" Author: Regina Leeds Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2009; 288 pages; $16.95
Most financial how-to books start with some sort of inventory or assessment. The experts seem unanimous on [...]

Walking real estate tightropes

Walking real estate tightropes

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I recently watched the 2008 documentary "Man on Wire," a literally breathtaking retelling of Philippe Petit’s illegal 1974 tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. At 110 stories — a quarter-mile above the streets of New York City — Petit [...]

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Walkaway’s Catch-22

Walkaway’s Catch-22

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Q: As a single woman a couple of years ago, I bought a loft with a 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) and no money down. My mortgage will start adjusting in about two years, and I am now about $50,000 upside down. In the meantime, though, I’ve gotten married [...]

Homebuying in your 70s

Homebuying in your 70s

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Q: I’m 71. How hard will it be for me to get a mortgage?
A: There is absolutely nothing about your age that should interfere with your ability to obtain a mortgage. There can be some complications with income, but let’s get you up-to-speed on your rights and [...]

Buyers allege ’sick home’ cover-up

Buyers allege ’sick home’ cover-up

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In the case Sims, et al. vs. Weyerhaeuser, et al., the Sims family purchased a home and became ill after they moved in. They filed suit against the sellers (the Boscheinen family), claiming that the sellers were aware of mold, heavy metals and bacteria in the [...]

A page-turner for home sellers

A page-turner for home sellers

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Book Review Title: "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Selling Your Home" Authors: Katie Severance and Nancy Gentile Publisher: Alpha Books, 2010; 336 pages; $13.27
Homebuyers have all the fun. Well, at least they get the vast majority [...]

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