Archive for February, 2007

How Do I Know I Can Trust A Real Estate Agent

Friday, February 9th, 2007

“How do I know the agent I’m talking to isn’t going to under-price my home for a quick sale?”
***ANSWER:
Great question. Here’s an answer that sounds like the right one, but may not be:
“Get a couple of other opinions.”
Now this isn’t necessarily a bad approach. But it doesn’t always work as you’d think. The reason is […]

San Diego Lender

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

“We’re in escrow to buy a home and supposed to close in three weeks. We locked in a loan at what I thought was a fair rate, but I was talking with another mortgage broker who said she could definitely get us a rate .25% lower. Do you think our first lender was overcharging us?”
***ANSWER:
Perhaps. […]

Selling San Deigo Home

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

“When we sold our home in Pasadena, we told our agent we didn’t want a sign and he said that was fine. Would you require us to have a sign?”
***ANSWER:
No, but…
Why don’t you want a sign? If you’re like most people, it’s because you don’t want your neighbors to know you’re selling.
But don’t you […]