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Housing Trust…Where Are You???

January 26th, 2012 · 4 Comments · FHA loan, Housing Trust, bay area, buying a home, first time buyer, homebuyer, real estate, san jose home

For this home I sold in San Jose for $382,000 where the buyer also got an $8,300 credit for closing costs, I represented a first time buyer who was going to use a program through the Housing Trust. This transaction was a ‘normal’ sale…well not so normal, but it was not a short sale or foreclosure sale.  
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Awwww…The Perfect Client!

October 17th, 2011 · 5,884 Comments · 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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Yet Another Successful Short Sale Sold in San Jose

September 11th, 2011 · 5,981 Comments · 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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Wow! What a Crazy Short Sale Transaction in San Jose!

June 23rd, 2011 · 4,991 Comments · 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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Just Sold in Sunnyvale for $775,000

June 15th, 2011 · 5,430 Comments · FHA loan, bay area, buying a home, homebuyer, sunnyvale

I sold this home in Sunnyvale to a beautiful couple with an adorable little boy getting a FHA loan for this purchase. This family could seriously be on the cover of a magazine, model beautiful! They both own townhomes that they bought when they were single, but this was their first home purchase together.
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Yikes, a short sale listing with a FHA loan!

April 7th, 2011 · 6,527 Comments · FHA loan, Fremont, bay area, buying a home, first time buyer, homebuyer, real estate, short sale

This home I sold in Fremont for $540,000. This one was a doozy! A double wamy with a short sale listing and a FHA loan…fun, fun. This really nice and cute couple was a lot of fun to work with despite the fact that this transaction was a pretty tough one toward the last few weeks. I [...]

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The Guest House that Became an Issue

February 9th, 2011 · 6,422 Comments · FHA loan, bay area, campbell home, first time buyer, homebuyer, real estate

This couple was really cool and a lot of fun to work with during the process. They actually called me to represent them on this particular home because they wanted a buyer’s agent for this short sale transaction. They were open to viewing other homes, but this was kind of ‘the one’ for them. We [...]

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Another Successful Short Sale Transaction with a FHA Buyer

October 27th, 2010 · 5,671 Comments · FHA approved, FHA loan, bay area, buying a home, condo/townhome, first time buyer, homebuyer, real estate, santa clara, santa clara home, short sale

I sold this home to a really sweet first time FHA buyer who was  very patient through the waiting process. This sale was a short sale that took about 2 months for short sale approval and then another month to close the transaction, so not too bad. For the most part the short sale process and [...]

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The First Time Buyers Who Experienced a Short Sale and FHA Loan Experience

August 10th, 2010 · 8,067 Comments · FHA loan, buying a home, first time buyer, home for sale, homebuyer, real estate, san jose home, short sale

The buyers who bought this home in San Jose are just the cutest young couple buying their first home. Wow, did they learn more about short sales and FHA loans then they probably care to imagine! Initially, this couple found a short sale home and we made an offer and were just taken for a [...]

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FHA Loan or Conventional Loan?

May 25th, 2010 · 15,220 Comments · FHA loan, bay area, buying a home, first time buyer, homebuyer, real estate, santa clara, tax credit

I sold this home in Santa Clara for $711,000 to a very nice young couple buying their first home. They initially wanted to get an FHA loan and put as little of a down payment as possible, but also had the ability to go with a conventional loan as well. In my opinion, if you [...]

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