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Renting versus Buying a House in the Bay Area

It’s the question that’s older than time itself: chocolate or vanilla, left or right, ask directions or just go for it, rent or buy? Because you have made it clear that this is a topic of interest today, I wanted to talk about the renting versus buying question here in

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Appraisal Lower Than Purchase Price | Real Estate Market 2021

Even though everybody said it’s impossible to get your offer accepted, you still did. You succeeded. You won—congratulations! The contract is now signed and ratified, and your earnest money is in. Everything’s all good… until you get that appraisal number. It turns out you’re one of those people who got

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Market Price Vs. Market Value | Bay Area Market Update Q2

Today, we’re going to talk about something a little different than what we usually talk about—the distinction between market price and market value. I wanted to do this as sort of a market update because I think it’s a really important psychology that you need to understand if you’re going

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What is a Zombie Foreclosure?

A Zombie Foreclosure, other than just being a really fun name, is an opportunity for you to get a killer deal in this market. No zombie pun intended! It is another iteration of foreclosure that you should be aware of because it’s not going to show up in the traditional

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Exuberant Spending | Bay Area Housing Market Update Q2 2021

“A housing bubble is started by excessive demand, then it leads to inadequate supply, and then exuberant spending really pushes and inflates the housing bubble further.” With all these bidding wars in our market, everyone’s been wondering when is the bubble going to pop? Unfortunately, I don’t have the answer

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Buying A Foreclosure vs Short Sale | 2021

Short Sales versus Foreclosures. This is a topic that I’ve done a few videos on relative to the foreclosure side of things. Now, I’ve been seeing a lot of people ask about them again, especially since it’s such a competitive market. They probably still remember how it is back in

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