What About Short Sales...? They' re Hot too. If you've been to this site before, you already know that I am a big fan of Duplexes... especially the "REO or Bank Owned" type because they are for the most part deeply discounted from their highs from Continue Reading
Have you ever heard of "Supply & Demand"..? If you are on still the fence about buying an investment property in the Sacramento Region, I thought I'd update you with a forecast from Marcus and Millichap that they came out with. They've Continue Reading
Short Sales Slow Down Closings - Cash Is Still King I am noticing that the number of Duplex/Four-Plex investment properties that are now Active for sale or "Active Short Sale" is almost equal to the number of properties that show a status of Active Continue Reading
Outdoor Rooms, Playgrounds and Trails are high on the list like the one shown below in the Serrano area of El Dorado Hills. It seems folks are looking for ways to get more utility value from their homes because these things don't cost a lot. There Continue Reading
If you are thinking of doing this... You've got company... See the latest from the Sacramento Bee's Real Estate reporter Jim Wasserman. Home Front: Gain trumping pain of walking away from mortgage Comments anyone...? Make it a Great Day... Ed Continue Reading
Cash May Be King - But You Might Be Paying More I've put together the latest Closed Sales Report for the month of January 2010. As usual you'll see there is a lot of cash floating around in the Sacramento County Duplex/Four-Plex Market. But... Continue Reading
It seems they just don't want to let the market recover... That's my opinion. Click Here for the Update One of the big changes that will come into effect soon will be the limit on the amount of Closing Costs you can ask the Seller to pay. That Continue Reading
If you don't get Yahoo News I thought I'd pass on a couple of articles Home sales rose in '09 as prices plunged 12 pct. - Yahoo! Finance December home sales down nearly 17 percent - Yahoo! Finance My conclusion is that this market could be much Continue Reading
Sacramento Bee's Recent Update Here If you own a rental or are in the Property Management business, this is really old news. Take a look, they aren't long reads. I'll have more comment later. Home Front: Asking rents in Sacramento region retreat Continue Reading
