Archive for February, 2010

can you get out of a HOA if it wasn’t known by realestate when contract was drawn? found by title search?

we are under contract to buy a house. When realestate showed house it says no HOA’s on flyer and agent said there wasn’t any. when title search was done it was found,but the hoa it’s listed doesn’t have it on their paper agent said. can we get removed from the hoa. we really want the [...]

I need to find a realestate web site showing the sales history of a home to compare to its current listing?

So I can compare what it sold for previously and when, what they have updated and what they are asking for it now, so I know what to offer. Thanks
That is in the MLS, you agent can get it, it is not public.

Where can I find a reliable timeshare realestate broker who will sell our time share without upfront fees?

To resale or rent a timeshare is a hard task, the basic rule is not to pay money up-front, don’t be another victim of a scam.
Unfortunately over 50% of people that really need to sell their timeshare falls for this resale scams where they charge money upfront and less than 10% of them use [...]

So for how much will the American political realestate be going for?

Now that corporations have unlimited access to influencing government, how long before china, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and EU pipeline their agendas through the corporations, of their prospective countries.
a) 1 years (congress)
b) 3 years (presidency and congress)
c) 5 years (congress )
d) 8 years (presidency and congress)
e) ?
By the way, you can thank republicans for putting America [...]

how can i run a realestate website successfully?

real estate for selling and buying properties.. i have started a website www.keralarealmarket.com , now i want to have more traffic into that web page and i expect income from both advertisements and brokerage for selling and buying of properties by our clients. how can i run the site successfully?
I have no idea where you [...]

is this house worth 84,000?

it was built in 1910 it’s three beds,large kitchen,dinning room,den,living room and house stable it’s really cool http://realestate.timesrecordnews.com/realestate/Sales/Listing.asp?lid=392-96530 here a pic of the house
I would ask the listing agent to supply you sales comps, the home looks lovely but its always location, location, location,.
The reference to Zillow was good, however I have seen the numbers [...]

Is having termites a valid reason to back out of a contract when buying a house?

My realestate agent says the termites are not a "major defect".
You’re real estate agent’s lying to you. They just want their commission. Look, here in California it’s the law that the house must have a termite inspection before the close of escrow. Also, the seller is responsible for making all repairs. Don’t get suckered into [...]

How much am I supposed to pay the realestate agent in commission?

If I am selling a house for $35,000 and the buyer is getting a loan for $10,000 more ($45,000), which number should the agent commission fee be based off of? the $35k or $50k?
It may sound silly, but what regulation would I find this information? When I go back to the agent, I will [...]

what is the percentage a realestate broker can charge for commission to sell your home?

This is in California I need quick answers
The standard is 3% to each agent, so a total of 6%. You see 5 a lot too, but if you go too low the selling agents won’t show the house.

What does it mean when i look up homes for sale and it says?

that the price is 15,000
keep in mind, these are not foreclosed homes
they are not rented homes
and they are from california
http://realestate.yahoo.com/search/California/Pacific_Palisades/homes-for-sale?typeBak=realestate&p=Pacific+Palisades%2C+CA&type=classified&priceLow=0&priceHigh=50000&bedroomLow=&bathroomLow=&search=Search#m=b%3D1%26p%3DPacific%2520Palisades%252C%2520CA%26type%3Dclassified%26radius%3D%26lat%3D34.047045%26lon%3D-118.526514%26datelisted%3D%26priceLow%3D0%26priceHigh%3D50000%26bedroomLow%3D%26searchName%3D%26bathroomLow%3D%26sqLow%3D0%26sqHigh%3DUnlimited%26proptype%3Dall%26nhood%3Dall%26n%3D10%26view%3Dlist%26sortBy%3Dprice%25201
could it just mean they are renting out a room in the house fur such an amount of time?
Those are all rentals, that is 15k a month to rent the house, not buy it or rent [...]