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Real Estate Photography | Tips from a pro when looking for a house to buy

"This looks absolutely nothing like it looked online! Real estate photography is a scam!" When people walk into the house, a lot of the time, they'd realize it's not exactly the same as what they saw...
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Low down payment when buying a house | How much cash do you need?

Can I buy a house for less than 20% down payment? Today, I want to cover a couple of things when it comes to how much cash you need as down payment when buying a house. The first one is what you can...
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Buying your first home? Should you make a cash offer?

When you're talking about making a cash offer in this real estate market, what do you need to know? Well, that's what we're going to talk about today. I want to talk about the topic of cash in...
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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...
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What are Pocket Listings in Real Estate? | Real Estate Market 2021

If you clicked on this video, you're clearly interested in pocket listings, how to find them, what they are, and what it means to you in the East Bay real estate market. And that's what I want to talk...
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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...

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Have you been working out? | An East Bay real estate market update amid COVID, BLM activism, wild fires, Unemployment, and all the news of people leaving the state

“Have you been working out? You look great and I’m impressed with how much you can lift these days.” That’s my attempt at a joke regarding the East Bay real estate market right now. Seriously...
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Why Have The Interest Rates Gone Up?

What is going on with Mortgage rates? Why are they going up instead of down? Since I am not a lender, I have asked my good friend and lending partner Hunter Markwardt to talk about what he is seeing...
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