Posts Tagged ‘down’
Rent at an All Time High: What are Your Options?
The number one reason a property sits is usually due to a pricing issues. Today Joe and Mike explain how buyers can make this part of a useful strategy if the seller is itching to get out of their home and cant. They discuss why expensive price tags are not the only reason the luxury…
Read MoreCreating Winning Strategies In Getting Your Offer Accepted
Buyers are getting beat up in the market and the best way to knockout other competitors is to come in with a strategy that puts you in the forefront of every sellers mind. It might sound easy at first, but in a competitive market where consumers still miss out on offers every week you can’t…
Read MoreWhere Millennials Are Buying Homes
Good news for Baby Boomers, the kids are finally moving out into their own place settling down. The bad news for Bay Area Millennials is that there are practically zero homes on the market. With those two bits of information you may be wondering “where are millennials settling down?” Today Joe and Mike break down…
Read MoreZillow Biting the Hand That Feeds It and Is Silicon Valley Housing Leveling Off or Flattening?
In the first half of today’s podcast Joe covers Zillow’s recent announcement where sellers will be able to list their home and connect with investors with the option of bypassing realtors… realtors who currently account for 70% of their revenue. Is this just a move due to pressure from their own investors or are they…
Read MoreRent To Buy Or Lease With Options
You’ve heard us say it before. Roughly 7-8% of realtors handle about 92% of the transactions. It’s an impressive number that is also shocking when you realize that over 90% of the part-time agents and lenders out there are probably not reinvesting in their business and you. Do you believe independent contractors are overall bad for…
Read MoreNation’s Most Competitive Housing Market
If you had to take a guess, which cities would you say make up our nation’s most competitive housing market? It shouldn’t be surprising that the top three of the top ten markets are located in Silicon Valley. Today Joe looks at components that make Silicon Valley a hot spot for real estate such as…
Read MoreWhat’s Driving The Housing Shortage?
We’ve said it before that technology is changing the dynamic of every single industry and real estate is not exempt from this trend; but when you really look around trends everywhere are changing. Sometimes we believe things will reverse and return to normal (i.e. inventory will increase after the Super Bowl or when the weather…
Read More[podcast] Unconventional Financing To Make Your Ownership Goals A Reality
It’s easy to get discouraged and forget about home ownership or investment properties looking at today’s crazy purchase market. It may seem even worse when misleading information and conventional purchasing programs seem to be pushing your goals further out of reach every time you turn around. Today we are asking you to ignore these negative…
Read More[podcast] Loan Product and Program Review
It’s been a while but our lengthy sellers market has swung back to a purchase market. After such a long stretch where they didn’t have much power, it’s easy for buyers to be misinformed about all the products available to them. Today, Host Joe Cucchiara reviews 30 year fixed alternatives now that rates have risen.…
Read More[podcast] Why Sellers Are Selling
Why is the seller selling? It might sound like a silly question to ask, but it usually ends up being one of the first questions a buyer will ask. After a quick examination of why inventory is still lacking in the Bay Area, Joe and Mike break down several reasons why sellers could be moving…
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