Pre-Offer-Inspections: The Pros and Cons
Certain personality types simply can’t stand going into anything blind, and that includes making an offer on a property; they need to make sure that the property is perfect beforehand. If that’s the case, there is nothing stopping you from ...
Millennials Hoping to Buy a Home in the Next 5 Years Need to Emphasize Savings
We read about it regularly; millennials aren’t doing so hot. Luckily, Apartment List has conducted a few surveys that will give us some insight into how millennials are doing in terms of being able to own a home in the near future. If yo...
Taking Your Neighborhood for a Test Drive: A Good Use of PTO
Your new car costs $50k, would you buy it without getting behind the wheel and feeling how it handles? Take some time to picture yourself driving around town in that fine piece of machinery before you let some slick haired salesman tempt you to...
Decluttering Your House in an Eco Friendly Way
While we should always be thinking about ways to give back, we’re getting close to the time of year when we receive additional encouragement to think about others; today, we’re going to talk about a very deserving recipient of our thought �...
Mortgage Rates Increase, Mortgage Applications Increase, and Home Values Likely to Increase as Well
Over the last few months, mortgage rates have been increasing; but oddly, we are still seeing an increase in home loan applications. While the 30-year fixed-rate-mortgage (“FRM”) went from 3.69% to 3.75%, this is still lower than last year�...
Transferring Property? A Brief Primer on Deeds
When you’re transferring ownership of a property you own (in this context, you are the “grantor” and the recipient is the “grantee”) to another person, you are either providing a “quitclaim deed” or a “warranty deed.” A quitcl...
The Housing Market: By the Numbers
We are all aware of the general state of the housing market in Los Angeles: the prices are going up, mortgage rates are going down, and there is a shortage of available houses in relation to the number of buyers in the current market (driving p...
Strategic Breaches and You
As children, it is drilled into us that we are always supposed to honor our obligations; particularly those we’ve put into a contract. This helps to keep things running smoothly, but is not always optimal; sometimes it is logical to breach an...