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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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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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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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I Love This Article…Just Have To Share!

August 10th, 2011 · Comments Off · condo homeowner, condo/townhome, home for sale, home seller

This article came from the NAR Newsletter (National Association of Realtors) and it just made me smile…
“ForSalebyOwner.com Founder Uses Agent to Sell Home
The founder of a popular for-sale by owner Web site used a real estate broker to help sell his 2,000-square-foot, two-bedroom New York apartment after it lingered on the market for six months. [...]

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The Importance of Staging a Home For Sale

July 27th, 2011 · Comments Off · home for sale, home seller, selling a home

Did you know that you only have 8 seconds for a buyer to form a first opinion about your home? Wow, kind of sounds like dating! That is a very short amount of time, so you really need to make those 8 seconds count.
Curb appeal is absolutely essential. How your home looks from the outside will shape a [...]

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New Listing in San Jose for only $137,500!

June 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off · bay area, buying a home, condo/townhome, first time buyer, home for sale, homebuyer, real estate, san jose home, short sale

Check out my new listing: http://www.360baytours.com/1008

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The Feng Shui Dilemna in Saratoga…

May 16th, 2011 · Comments Off · bay area, buying a home, home for sale, home seller, real estate, saratoga, selling a home

For this transaction in Saratoga sold for $1,350,000, I was the listing agent. The seller is just the most down to earth, coolest woman with a fabulous sense of humor…which was needed for this listing. She had me laughing often with some of the emails she sent to me. Her parents owned this home since she was a youngster [...]

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Another Smooth and Easy Home Sale in San Jose (Evergreen)

May 11th, 2011 · Comments Off · bay area, buying a home, condo homeowner, condo/townhome, home for sale, home seller, real estate, san jose home, selling a home

For this sale, I was the listing agent and my clients are a really cute, young, newly married couple who wanted to sell this townhome and buy a bigger home in another area. The husband is the original owner of this home and has kept it in very pristine condition over the years. The townhome sold [...]

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A Nice and Easy Normal Sale in San Jose (Santa Clara border)

May 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off · home for sale, home seller, san jose home, santa clara home

For this transaction that I sold in San Jose for $565,000 near Santana Row, I was the listing agent and it was a normal sale (as opposed to short sale or foreclosure) in which 2 brothers were selling their parent’s home. We received 3 offers on this home so there was some competition to get it [...]

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Just Sold A Short Sale in San Jose City Heights

March 11th, 2011 · Comments Off · bay area, buying a home, condo homeowner, condo/townhome, first time buyer, home for sale, homebuyer, real estate, san jose home, short sale

This sale was a condo in City Heights on the 8th floor and is a corner unit, which is a very desirable location in this high rise with a great view. This was also a short sale transaction with a very nice investor couple who actually lives in Hong Kong. They came to San Jose for [...]

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