I have written on several occasions about the ability to use retirement funds to purchase real estate.
There is a window of opportunity to convert IRA funds into Roth IRA funds and spread the tax impact out over two years.
As you probably know, for “regular” IRAs, before-tax funds are placed in an IRA where it grows tax free […]
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Additional opportunity to use Retirement Funds to buy real estate
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Use retirement funds to buy real estate · Pending Legislation · Investment Real Estate · Helpful Sites
Do Zillow or Trulia have all the real estate listings on their sites?
April 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Jay Thompson the Phoenix Real Estate Guy took a look at how many listings Trulia, Zillow and Realtor.com are posted on their sites compared to the IDX mls search his blog site provides. It turns out that at least in the Phoenix area Trulia has 64% and Zillow 87% and Realtor.com 94% of the listings that […]
Tags: zillow · New listings · Helpful Sites
Price is not the only thing a seller looks at !
April 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Jay Thompson the Phoenix Real Estate Guy provides an excellent review of all the factors that go into a seller’s evaluation of an offer or offers. It does not ALWAYS come down to price.
Each seller has different needs and motivations so each seller will give differing weight or importance to all of the factors you […]
Tags: First-time home buyers · Helpful Sites
Do any of these government mortgage relief programs work?
April 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
I have generally been pretty skeptical about whether any of these much talk-about government programs will actually help any homeowners? Are these programs just more of the “promise a lot, deliver a little” that we seem to get out of Washington DC the past 10 years or will they actually help people.
I like to stay […]
Tags: Short Sales · Foreclosures · First-time home buyers · Pending Legislation · Credit Information · Sub-Prime Mortgage Issue · Helpful Sites · Real Estate Finance
Do you need help selling your home with a short sale?
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments
I have recently sold a short sale in Redwood City representing the buyer and another short sale in East Palo Alto representing the seller.
Do you need help evaluating your options? I am glad to help. I have undergone short sale specific traing and have the process and procedure down. It is still time consuming but […]
Tags: Foreclosures · Short Sales · Credit Information · Helpful Sites · Sub-Prime Mortgage Issue
Is there a slight uptick in the real estate market?
March 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Kappy Mann, a colleague in Truckee Lake Tahoe recently posted an article from Rueters that states many people are entering the market for the first-time since ownership costs are now approaching rental costs in some areas of the country.
Combine low interest rates with lower housing prices, add in federal and possibly state tax credits and […]
Tags: First-time home buyers · Helpful Sites · Real Estate Finance
Obama Home Mortgage Rescue Plan part 6
March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
One of the things President Obama promised was greater use of the internet to make information about government programs and activites more accessible to the general public.
The MakingHomeAffordable website is now up and runnning.
This is a very useful site which will help homeowners determine if they are eligible for either the refinance plan or the […]
Tags: Short Sales · Foreclosures · Pending Legislation · Credit Information · Sub-Prime Mortgage Issue · Helpful Sites · Real Estate Finance
All home-related stimulus info including loan mods and tax credits
March 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Curtis Van Carter of the Napa Valley Address provides and the information and relevant links to answer the questions many folks are asking.
Curtis and my Sonoma colleague Pam Buda of Wine Country and Horses indicate there are lots of good buys in their areas right now though market activity appears to be picking up.
Maybe a good […]
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Full details on CA Franchise Tax Board $10K credit for NEW home purchase
March 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Here is all the info you want about this credit directly from the proverbial horse’s mouth - The California State Franchise Tax Board including how much of the money is left and how many applications they have received - 173 to date!
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/individuals/New_Home_Credit.shtml
Tags: Pending Legislation · Credit Information · Helpful Sites · Inspiration
The buyer sale of house contingency is back!
March 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments
During the past few years, the market has been so hot - so many buyers were “throwing” money at sellers and sellers were getting 6 and 7 offers - no buyer with a house to sell had a chance to get his offer accepted.
Times have changed. Buyers now have a change to get an offer accepted […]
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