What Happens with Closing Late and Vacating Late
When you sell or buy a home, the process takes considerably longer than picking up a pack of gum at the 7-Eleven. The transaction ty...
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Buying Real Estate even at Sky High Prices
A lot of people are looking at these crazy sky high real estate prices and they’re asking themselves: would I be crazy to buy...
The Purpose of the Earnest Money Deposit
There’s a lot of misunderstanding about the earnest money deposit in a real estate transaction. The purpose of this deposit is...
The Diminishing Value of a Large Lot (aka Excess Land)
One thing that comes up a lot in my practice is the question of the value of a larger lot. The other day I was discussing the value...
As-is home sale, explained
One of the most-used and most-misunderstood concepts in residential real estate sales is the term “as-is.” What does tha...
The Diminishing Value of Price per Square Foot
Price-per-square-foot is a number that is much abused – almost as badly abused as the median home price. What’s wrong wi...
Timing the Real Estate Market in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Here we are, a couple of months into the Coronavirus / Covid-19 Shelter-in-Place order, and the job losses are mounting up. Tens of...
Real Estate is now an Essential Business…or is it?
If you haven’t heard the news: the Department of Homeland Security has now declared that real estate is an essential business,...
Good News During Uncertain Times
We’re a full week into the lockdown here in the greater San Francisco Bay Area! I’m sheltering in place with my wife, tw...
Shelter in Place! Awooga, Awooga!
It’s official! We’ve all been ordered to shelter in place here in the greater San Francisco Bay Area! What does THIS mea...