805 Local

If you haven’t guessed by now, my partner, Greg Ricci, is Italian.  And I am a Southerner of German decent (who has lived half of my life in Ventura County).  What does this have to do with real estate?  Nothing.  But it does have to do with the 805Local “Food Finds.” 
With Greg being Italian and [...]

Thursday morning: “Sounds good. Let’s meet at the office at 10:00 a.m Saturday to look at homes.”
Better check the MLS to see how many properties suit this buyer’s criteria.  Wow!  There is a total of 46 just in Camarillo plus there is an additional 55 homes that meets the criteria in Thousand Oaks.  That’s a [...]

 
You are thinking about buying a bank-owned house which are also known as a REO or a foreclosed house.   Buying from a bank demands guidelines which are different than buying from a traditional homeowner.  Each bank/lender differs but there are similarities to each transaction.  
Here are lessons that we have learned by writing offers on bank-owned homes with our buyers:

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Several people have asked us “what is the difference between bank-owned, foreclosures and REOs?”
All of these terms are used interchangeably and mean the same.  A foreclosed property has gone back to the bank and the property is now real estate owned by the bank.  So whether you call it a bank-owned, foreclosed property, or REO, [...]

 
One City, One Book is a City-wide book club that is a month-long celebration from September 20 to October 18, 2008.   This year the chosen book is What is the What. 
What is the What is a novelized autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, from his pre-war life in southern Sudan to his resettlement in the United [...]

Steal and deals are out there!  It is the time for first-time buyers and investors to start coming out of the woodwork.  But how do you know if the price is a ‘hot buy’?? 
Here’s how we determined  a ‘hot buy’ — First of all,  we looked at each city individually.  To be marked a ‘hot buy,’ the [...]