Buyer Tips

It may look like a boring document but from its name, a Natural Hazard Report determines if a property is within a designated hazard zone. These zones may include natural hazards such as floods, earthquake faults, and wildfires.

In California, home sellers and real estate agents are required by the law to provide potential home buyers with a Natural Hazard Report. If you think of its purpose and how it can affect your insurability and the thousands of dollars you’ll potentially use to pay for your home insurance, it probably will not look as boring anymore.  

Whether it’s your first time or your nth time buying a house, the negotiation with the seller can be tricky. The last thing home buyers would want to hear from a seller is a NO that’s why they usually want to grab opportunities to have an edge over their competition, like choosing an expert buyer’s agent and preparing ahead for the negotiations. But what should you know exactly to be able to prepare for the negotiations? Read my negotiation tips for home buyers below.

After hours and days and weeks of searching, you’ve finally found the house of your dreams. The first step to really owning that house? You now have to make an offer. But how do you figure out when an offer is fair, too much, or too little? Here is where “comps” come in.

Imagine this: after days and days of searching online, you’ve finally found a house that matches all that you’re looking for in a home. You decide to visit it, end up liking it even more, but then you realize you have a problem—a lot of other people also want to buy that home. Worse scenario? When you have this problem with not just one but two or probably, even more of your options.

Most people who want to buy a house in the East Bay think about comps and floor plans. Those are important but you should also be aware of all the Point of Sale ordinances that come along with buying a house.

Do you have to remove your contingencies to be competitive in the Bay Area real estate market?

In this video, I will be talking about three of the most typical contingencies you need to focus on when you’re writing an offer in East Bay, and how you can possibly shorten or remove them.

Thinking of using a San Francisco agent to help you buy your home in the East Bay? Think again. While there are exceptions to every rule, by and large, you are not doing yourself a favor when you use your San Francisco agent to buy a house in the East Bay.

Frustrated by the East Bay’s Teaser Pricing? Why do homes list 20%, 30%, or even 50% below the ultimate sales price? How is a buyer supposed to know? Has COVID impacted this strategy? These are exactly what I talk about in this video.

Why do people hate real estate agents? Why do they think they suck? I’ve figured it out and it’s probably not what you expected to hear.