Archive | January, 2008

Top 5 reasons to buy a home

I call Arizona’s last 10 years the real estate ‘gold rush’ …. where for the first time home buyers thought of getting rich and making money on their own and a place to live was secondary. yes, a lot of money was made; and lost. However, let’s remember the Top 5 reasons to buy a [...]

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Lease Option vs. Lease Purchase

Phoenix and Scottsdale area lenders are tightening their lending practices. It is increasingly more and more difficult for home buyers to get loans. Now 100% loans, or ‘majority financing‘ is a very limited option, buyers and sellers have to be creative to get real estate transaction closed. There are 2 strategies that may work; The [...]

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SHORT SALE … the new 'Sub-prime'

Short Sale may be replacing ‘Sub-prime’ as the word of the year for 2008 so, what exactly is a short sale in Real Estate? Selling short , or a ‘short sale’ means offering (and a lender accepting) lesser amount than money owed to the bank. The good: salvage credit (potentially) and possibly avoid bankruptcy, …. [...]

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