Finally your process of buying a Los Angeles home is over. You are just about to close escrow and are ready to move in. Here are some things you need to think about: Change all the utilities into your name, and make sure the seller has remembered to cancel their service. Here are some of […]
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Potential home inspection clients ask me, “Do you cover this? Do you cover that?”. There is much confusion as to what is and is not covered in a home inspection. Since there are “Top 10” lists for just about everything else, I’ve made a list of the top 10 things not covered in a home inspection: 1. Low-voltage systems Computer,
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Congratulations! You searched and searched and finally found your dream home! Do you realize the importance of a home inspection before you buy? This may be one of your largest purchases ever. Would you buy a car without giving it a test drive? Of course not! Doesn’t it make sense to have a set of
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You may be considering buying Los Angeles real estate and may have luckily have identified a home and gone into escrow. Now you need to decide how you are going to take title, especially if you are taking it jointly. There are various way to take title, including: SOLE OWNERSHIP A man or woman who
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This is the seventh part of the series on Buying a Home in Los Angeles,in which we will go over what is involved in the escrow process. The first part of the Los Angeles home buying process is over, your offer was accepted and you will be entering the escrow phase, since California is an
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In Part 5 we discussed the process of making an offer. Here we will talk about the negotiation of the offer. If you are serious about buying a Los Angeles home then don’t listen to the friends who are telling you that there are deals to be made, and you should just make low ball offers
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If you are selling a Los Angeles home, you will be using just one real estate agent because you will sign an exclusive listing agreement with that agent which means, yes, that you work exclusively with that agent. The work involved in selling a home warrants that kind of loyalty, and you as a seller
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The real estate market in Los Angeles is tight right now and if you are a buyer, especially a first-time home buyer, I am sure you are thinking “how can I compete with a cash buyer?” To be perfectly honest competing agains a cash offer is not easy. There are buyers who may write their
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