by Leila Mortaz | Apr 26, 2014 | For Sale By Owner, Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips, Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential)
Are you selling your home? Will you rely on Zillow data to price your home? Are you using Trulia to find recent sales as a guide to price your home? Typical pricing methods from homes include Replacement, Utility and Cost approaches that professional appraiser use...
by Leila Mortaz | Apr 26, 2014 | Deferred Sales Trust, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
Are you selling your Silicon Valley home? Are you expecting a huge Capital Gains tax? Well, it might be a good time to talk to your CPA and ask him/her about Deferred Sales Trust. But how Deferred sales Trusts work? A Deferred Sales Trust is formed for the purpose...
by Leila Mortaz | Apr 25, 2014 | Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
It’s been a terrible few years for California home buyers and the trends seems to be continuing. With the exception of few markets, it near impossible to find a home where you won’t be competing with 10 or more offers. So, we started wondering if...
by Leila Mortaz | Apr 24, 2014 | For Sale By Owner, Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
So, your offer has been accepted and you are anxious to move out of the house. But before you start packing you need to make sure that your Real Estate agent is up to monitoring your close of escrow. These steps are: 1) Contingency Removal: Contingencies could...
by Leila Mortaz | Apr 24, 2014 | Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips, Los Gatos Fixer Upper, Real Estate (Residential)
Are you in a market to buy an older home in Silicon Valley? Are you going insist on a home inspection report before you close? Well,we just lost on a $1.5M offer this past weekend even though our buyers were not ordering any inspection and had a cash offer to close...
by Leila Mortaz | Apr 23, 2014 | For Sale By Owner, Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
So, you have gotten an offer and have accepted the offer. But before you pack your bags and plan to spend the equity money, you need to check a few things to make certain that your transaction in on smooth sail towards the close. 1) Escrow: Your Real Estate agent...
