The cost of buying a new home isn't just about the price of the home itself. You also need to consider these extra hidden costs beforehand. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation When you own a home, some hidden, extra costs can sneak up on you. Buying a home is not just abo…

Making a hard sell during your home’s open house might not be the best idea. Here’s what you should do instead. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Why shouldn’t you make a hard sell when selling your home? First of all, if you’re selling your home, you really shouldn’t b…

Many people think you can only get a home sold for a good price during the spring. This is simply not true. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Why don’t you need to wait until spring to sell? Although spring tends to be the most active time for the real estate market, it…

Buying a home at auction is risky. The purchase price may be attractive, but that’s not the only cost you’ll have to pay. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation While the starting bidding price for a home at auction may be a good deal, it doesn’t necessarily mean the final p…

If you are selling your home, don’t invest in major repairs or renovations before you put it on the market. Smaller updates actually get you a better return on investment. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation If you are preparing your home for the market, don’t do any majo…

There are many reasons why you should get a pre-approval letter before you start shopping for a home. We will go over them today. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Before you start shopping for a home, it’s very important that you get a pre-approval letter. When you get…

If you’re looking to purchase a new home, you may be tempted to make an offer on a home that’s decorated to your liking. Here’s why you should look past that. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation If you’re in the market for a new home, there are a number of elements you sh…

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Setting a realistic budget is incredibly important when you buy a home. A realistic budget is different than the amount you are pre-qualified for. For example, just because the bank qualifies you for a loan amount of $400,000 doesn’t me…

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Don’t trust everything a real estate advertisement says. It’s an error to assume that every ad is pure fact. In order to truly understand a real estate ad, you need to learn to decipher real estate lingo. For example, “cozy” means “smal…

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Thanks to the Internet and virtual tours, it is very easy to buy a home without seeing it in person. However, we advise our clients not to buy a home without actually seeing the property first. Virtual tours and online photography can b…

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation When you renovate or decorate your home, it is incredibly important to always think about resale before making a final decision. Why? You need to consider what will appeal to a broad section of buyers when it comes time to sell your hom…

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Easy and safe access to your home is very important when selling it. It’s one thing we always go over with sellers on our listing presentation. How do we ensure this for our sellers’ homes? We put a Supra lockbox on it. A Supra lockbox …

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation When you buy a home in Southern California, it’s important to think about what you want and what you need. These are two very different things. This makes the home buying process much easier and less painful for you. What features can y…

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation The price of your home is your #1 piece of marketing and advertising. It’s crucial that your home is priced well and in tune with your local market. You need to avoid pricing the home too high, because buyers are savvy and they simply w…

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Happy Memorial Day, everyone. On Monday, May 30th, New Directions for Veterans will be hosting a Memorial Day 5k for Warriors. Held annually at the VA Hospital in Los Angeles, the Walk for Warriors will support homeless veterans in the …

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation The San Gabriel Valley is just one of the many areas we serve in the Inland Empire. However, there has been a lot happening there lately, so we wanted to give you a market update to keep you up-to-date on all the latest trends. Right no…

Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Welcome to our new real estate video blog! We’re very excited to share this valuable information with you, and we’re even more excited that we can share it in multiple languages. We will be posting information in both Chinese and Englis…