Posted on June 4th, 2008 by Tara
My husband John is a high-school baseball coach and former pro-baseballer. Of course, to me, everything is about real estate, so lately I’ve been mixing the two subjects in my brain – baseball and real estate – pretty frequently. So when the California Association of Realtors reported that statewide, prices dropped 3 percent but the […]
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Posted on March 5th, 2008 by Tara
It’s a common conundrum these days: homeowners faced with increasing mortgage payments need to sell their homes fast, but home values have decreased and they can’t sell their homes for as much as they owe on them!
There is a transaction that resolves this issue called a short sale, in which you actually sell your home for less than […]
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Posted on March 1st, 2008 by Tara
A good friend of mine, Kaira Rouda, just released her new book, and it is awesome. Kaira is the Co-owner and Vice-President of the fourth largest independent real estate brokerage in America – Real Living - and also holds the fabulous distinction of having written the foreword to my book, The Savvy Woman’s Homebuying Handbook.
Real […]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Tara
Don’t you just love public records? I’m all for transparency in government, but if you own a home, you (like me) probably receive a million pieces of mail “tailored” to your supposed wants and needs based on the data about your home and your mortgage that are on file with your County’s Recorder’s office.
I was horrified […]
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Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Tara
Okay. So, last year, on the Bravo! series Million Dollar Listing, you might have seen SoCal megabrokers helicoptering potential buyers all over Michael Jackson’s abandoned adult playground, Neverland Valley Ranch, trying to sell it for around $50 million.
Though many developers were interested – I mean, the estate is over 2,900 acres of prime, Santa Ynez property […]
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Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Tara
My hero(ine) Barbara Corcoran was on the Today Show yesterday, sounding off about mistakes sellers make. She also gave some tips for how sellers can get their homes off the market immediately.
I have my own take on this issue, too. Selling a home is not rocket science. In my opinion, […]
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Posted on April 16th, 2007 by Tara
Rooting Out the Rotten Tomatoes
By CLAIRE SUDDATH
Workers separate tomatoes at the sprawling Central de Abastos market in Mexico City on June 10
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Posted on March 5th, 2007 by Tara
Rooting Out the Rotten Tomatoes
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by Tara
Rooting Out the Rotten Tomatoes
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Posted on February 21st, 2007 by Tara
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