by Leila Mortaz | Jun 22, 2014 | campbell rentals, Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Rental, Silicon Valley life style
Do you dread dealing with repairs on your Silicon Valley rental properties? Do you hate getting calls on weekends from your tenants? time and money on rental repairs? Well, then you might be interested in the some of the property management services we offer at...
by Leila Mortaz | Jun 21, 2014 | Home Buyer Tips, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
Last week the Fed signaled that they plan to continue to raise the interest rates well into 2015. I could not help but think about early 90’s where the rates continued to rise well past 7%. So we wanted to explore why it might be good time to buy a home now: 1)...
by Leila Mortaz | Jun 20, 2014 | For Sale By Owner, Home Buyer Tips, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
Research data shows that home buyers have a hard time imaging how they would best use utilize the “empty spaces” when they are buying homes. This is the exact challenge that staging solves for sellers since it can shorten the marketing and sales cycle....
by Leila Mortaz | Jun 19, 2014 | Home Buyer Tips, Los Gatos Short Sale, Real Estate (Residential), San Jose Short Sales, Short Sales, Silicon Valley life style
I never forget one our Short Sale transactions where the bank didn’t like the way the buyer’s name was listed on the purchase contract and suspected fraud. But the kicker was that they were not telling us or the negotiator about the problem, so the...
by Leila Mortaz | Jun 18, 2014 | Home Buyer Tips, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
The Fed announced, today that it would reduce the monthly bond purchases by $10 billion in July 2014 to $35 billion. The plan is to end these purchases before the end of 2014. It also affirmed that it is likely to start raising its benchmark interest rate next year....
by Leila Mortaz | Jun 18, 2014 | Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
It’s a sad fact, but some agent won’t tell you the truth during listing presentations since their main goal is to get your listing. So, they will be be less than candid about some serious sale inhibitors that could derail your plans to get the highest...