by David Mortaz | Aug 8, 2014 | Los Gatos Rentals, Property Management, Real Estate (Residential)
Are you thinking about becoming a landlord? Are you tempted to rent your own properties and manage them as rentals? Well, misconceptions about making money with rentals are very common. Some believe that property management is very difficult and you need...
by David Mortaz | Aug 7, 2014 | Real Estate (Residential)
Last week loud fire trucks alerted us about something bad happening nearby. Outside we could see the dark smoke coming from the hills above Hillbrook school in Los Gatos at the end of Marchmont Drive. It was comforting to see an aggressive responce from the Los...
by David Mortaz | Aug 6, 2014 | Real Estate (Residential), Residential Mortgage
If you are planning to buy a home and your credit is less than perfect, then you have some work to do before applying for a Mortgage loan. ut let’s 1st understand where your credit score comes from. Your credit score aka FICO score that most banks utlize is...
by David Mortaz | Aug 5, 2014 | Real Estate (Residential), Silicon Valley life style
The emergency water convservation for California were adpoted on July 15 and went into affect on July 29th. California is experiencing its 4th consequetive year of drought and the writing was on the wall since the volunteary conservations measures did not help much...
by David Mortaz | Aug 4, 2014 | Home Seller Tips, Real Estate (Residential)
The Standard & Poo’s Case-Shiller index published the home price index last Tuesday. Out of 20 cities monitored, the index increased 9.3 percent in May from 12 months earlier. That’s down from 10.8 percent in the previous month and the smallest annual...