Peter Tamura's Blog

I just got off the phone with our property manager, Vicki Berg, she manages about two hundred properties in Jenks and Tulsa.  www.VickiBerg.com It seems reasonable to assume that a lot of renters that can buy a home these days would do so between the first time homebuyer tax credit and the record...

We have a short sale listing that we have had an offer on and are waiting for a response from the bank.  The offer is somewhat low but the buyer has been waiting for the bank to make a decision.  During this time, the property shows as contingent in our Tulsa MLS. Lo and behold, we have just rece...

We met with our clients for inspections in a home in Owasso, they had mentioned to me that some of their friends had wondered why they were investing in inspections on a new home. The EMP inspector (electrical, mechanical & plumbing) discovered a leak in the shower pan that was leaking water into...

A precautionary tale that with some hopefully nuggets of wisdom at the end.  Our seller is a hands on kind of guy that picks out his own pool service company.  He has already moved out of town and is handling things remotely.  I don't know how he picked out this particular pool person but it wasn...

For those that are thinking about buying a home and taking advantage of the $8,000 tax credit, the window for this current tax credit is closing, the home purchase must close before December 1st, 2009. Now this brings up several issues. 1.  Will Congress extend/renew this tax credit?  This will d...

As I check my clients from last year, I notice that about a quarter of them have not filed for Homeowner's Exemption.  After the close of your purchase, within a couple of weeks your deed will be executed and filed at the County Clerk's office.  You are now ready to file for your Homestead Exempt...

Peter Tamura recently completed the Certified Distressed Property Expert Designation and training and has pledged to help homeowners struggling with payments to make good informed decisions and move forward with their lives. "The thing that was shocking to me was the knowledge that as many as sev...

I've shown this couple six times or so and driven significant distances and looked at different areas.  We've probably looked at about forty homes.  He put a listing on his "want to see list" that he'd already seen and rejected. ======================================== ****, We have a problem, ou...

Well, we saw this article and we thought it was an amazing example of how things are handled differently in different states. http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090412_12_A1_Valind871368 Well, for the cliffnote version of what happened, a woman in Owasso, OK boug...

Chip Shot- comments made in class aligned with a professor's known opinion and philosophy in order to get credit. I occasionally see these short blogs, sometimes cute or funny, but really not useful or informative.  I'm sorry that I clicked onto them and wasted my time.  There's a lot of them on ...