Real Estate Tips and Information by Karen List

Buying and Selling Homes in Santa Clara and Alameda County

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2 Cats Allowed or No Sale!

November 17th, 2011 · Comments Off · buying a home, condo/townhome, first time buyer, home for sale, home seller, real estate, santa clara, santa clara home, selling a home

This was a normal transaction in Santa Clara where I represented the seller. I actually sold the seller this home as her buyer’s agent so this was our second transaction together on the same home! I just love this seller. She has the best personality and is such a positive person. After our first transaction together we stayed in touch [...]

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The Worst Timing Ever Short Sale Transaction!

October 24th, 2011 · Comments Off · bay area, buying a home, condo homeowner, condo/townhome, first time buyer, homebuyer, real estate, short sale

For this condo sale in San Jose for $170,000, I was the buyer’s agent and this property was a short sale. The buyer is a really sweet young woman buying her first home. It actually didn’t take very long to get an answer from Wells Fargo bank on this transaction. Wells Fargo in my opinion [...]

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Awwww…The Perfect Client!

October 17th, 2011 · Comments Off · FHA approved, FHA loan, bay area, buying a home, first time buyer, home for sale, real estate, san jose home

This home that I sold in San Jose for $489,000 was a regular sale (not a short sale or foreclosure sale), I was the buyer’s agent and this buyer is the perfect buyer that every agent dreams about having as a client. He is a first time buyer and went through FHA for financing. He knew exactly [...]

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Just sold in Fremont for $720,000 with Warm Springs Schools!

October 11th, 2011 · Comments Off · Fremont, bay area, buying a home, real estate

For this transaction, I was the buyer’s agent and this was a normal sale (as opposed to a short sale). This was my third time working with this couple. I sold them a townhome years ago when they were first time buyers. Then, when they were moving out of the state, I sold that townhome for them in [...]

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Only Part of the Community is FHA Approved???

September 21st, 2011 · Comments Off · FHA approved, bay area, buying a home, condo homeowner, condo/townhome, first time buyer, home for sale, home seller, real estate, san jose home

For this townhome in San Jose, I represented the sellers and this was a regular sale (as opposed to a short sale). The sellers were original owners who bought this home brand new when the community was first established 19 years ago, pretty impressive!
The home is mostly in original condition, but has been maintained extremely well [...]

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The Never Ending Foreclosure Sale in San Jose

September 15th, 2011 · Comments Off · Housing Trust, bay area, buying a home, first time buyer, foreclosure, government program, homebuyer, san jose home

This condo sale in San Jose for $158,000 was with just the sweetest and most adorable young couple ever! The type of buyers you just really want things to go smoothly because they so deserve it. It all started out so well and went so unexpectedly downhill. I’m not sure I even want to relive this one by [...]

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Yet Another Successful Short Sale Sold in San Jose

September 11th, 2011 · Comments Off · FHA loan, bay area, buying a home, condo/townhome, homebuyer, real estate, san jose home, short sale

This sale was a short sale transaction in which I represented the buyer. This buyer is one of my two favorite chiropractors (the other one being her sister). On a promo note, Rozenhart Family Chiropractic is truly the best around for both adults and children. They specialize in an overall healthy lifestyle and offer a lot [...]

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If They Could All Be This Easy…

August 29th, 2011 · Comments Off · bay area, buying a home, condo/townhome, home for sale, homebuyer, san jose home

If every transaction was as smooth as this one, everyone would want to be a real estate agent! This sale was about as smooth as it gets. The buyers are a really sweet young couple who just moved here from Arizona with great personalities and both very fun to be around. Unfortunately they took a bath [...]

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Brand New Condo Sale at “The Works” in San Jose

July 13th, 2011 · Comments Off · buying a home, condo homeowner, condo/townhome, first time buyer, new home, san jose home

This transaction was a condo sale in San Jose to a very sweet young couple buying their first home. They really like the downtown San Jose area and like to be able to walk to the downtown life. This condo was for sale by the builder, so it was a new home sale, as opposed to a [...]

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Wow! What a Crazy Short Sale Transaction in San Jose!

June 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off · FHA approved, FHA loan, bay area, buying a home, first time buyer, san jose home, short sale

This transaction had all the ingredients of a complete disaster, but we closed it! God bless this buyer, seriously! I have no words for how bad I felt for what this buyer went through to get this home. This was a short sale transaction and we wrote the offer in January. The listing agent did [...]

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