Mark's Thought

Last week, one of my clients paged me and said they wanted to see me immediately.  I quickly walked down to the reception area and was confronted by one of my clients who were worried about the economy sinking into a depression.  She was worried that all the investment houses she had purchased t...

Dear Friend & Friends, Happy New Year! Many of my clients have asked me to alert them when I see the local market at the bottom and beginning to rebound.  I think that has happened! Santa Clarita Valley has 535 resale homes pending in escrow.   A total of 728 resale homes have SOLD and closed in ...

While most of us watched from the sidelines, Southern California firepersons pulled off another amazing feat which was getting control of the fires and saving our homes, schools and buildings.  Many people don't realize that the Southern California fire departments in Southern California as a who...

   In this age of uncertainty, one must know the pitfalls of foreclosure and how to avoid them.  Some of the reasons why you shouldn't consider foreclosure as an option are that the foreclosure will stay on your credit report for 10 years. Another reason to avoid foreclosure is you will still hav...

1. Import all purchase offers through a "Central Offer Department" that logs all sale's contracts, bids and offers from buying agents.   Institute a department called the "Central Comment Department" to handle all good comments and complaints from agents, buyers and escrow people who have suggest...

When searching for a REO or foreclosure to buy, consider asking your buyer agent these 5 important questions?  You can't ask too many questions so use these 5 questions as a starting point.  You may want to compile a large list of questions to accompany these. 1. How many REO's or Foreclosure hom...

I don't if we are at the bottom of the market but I know this.  There are multiple offers on virtually every listed house that's priced under $450,000.  I'm specifically speaking of homes in Valencia or Castaic that are under 20 years in age. It's been like this for a couple of months.   Even the...

Top 5 Strategies in Buying A Foreclosure In Santa Clarita   If you are in the real estate market everyday like I am, you know the market is very busy right now for lower priced single family residences in good neighborhoods.  By this, we are referring to homes priced under $400,000 which have 3 b...

Many of the banks, who have thousands of foreclosures, only hire a handful of agents to handle their foreclosure listings.  Many of these agents have between 100-900 listings to handle while many other qualified agents have zero foreclosure listings.  With economist predicting that we have 2-5 mo...

It's amazing how many people actually come to Santa Clarita on vacation.  Yes, Santa Clarita is an under-rated tourist attraction and Los Angeles's county best kept secret.  Here is my top 10 list for things to do when in Santa Clarita. Top 10 Things To Do In Santa Clarita 1. Run, walk or bike on...