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How to Avoid A Home Inspection That Tanks Your Sale

It’s a seller’s worst nightmare: you nailed the open house and marketing, everybody loves your home, all that’s left is a home inspection; if all goes swimmingly, you are well on your way to the sale of your home. Unfortunately, a not-so-...

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2019, Remote Work, and Important Tax Deductions

        It’s 2019, and the world of employment is fundamentally different than the world our parents lived in; it’s no longer a requirement that a worker bee go into a central office and work in a cubicle. In fact, remote work is becomi...

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Back to Basics: How to Improve Your Credit Score

        In our previous article, we discussed the fundamental bits of information necessary to understand the basics of your credit score. As you are probably already aware, your credit score impacts what houses are affordable to you long t...

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Let’s Get Down to Basics: Credit Scores and You

        If you are looking for a home in the Encino, Sherman Oaks, or Studio City area, you are aware that they cost a lot. Additionally, unless you are one of the very lucky few, you do not have enough liquid assets to purchase those homes...

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First Time Home Buyer? The Chernov Team Has Your Back

        If you are a potential first-time home buyer, it’s only reasonable that you’d rather dip your toe in the water to test the temperature before diving in. The fact of the matter is that in addition to being a highly emotional poin...

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Happy Chinese New Year: The Year of the (Pig) House

        In the recent past, there were a bevy of reasons not to purchase a house; it has not exactly been a buyer-friendly market. Specifically, the sky-high housing prices, the bid/counter bidding wars, and houses that sell off-market befo...

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