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Is interest in Mission Viejo homes for sale up?

Posted on June 1, 2009. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate | Tags: , |

I was just doing keyword research on Mission Viejo homes for sale, as well as checking some other cities here in the OC.
Its interesting, I’ve found ‘homes for sale’ and ‘foreclosure’ searches to be up, and ‘real estate’ searches to be down:
Mission Viejo Real Estate – 5400 searches last month compared to 8100 average
Mission Viejo [...]

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Laguna Beach homes – WOW whatta view!!!

Posted on January 11, 2009. Filed under: Informed Investor Alliance, OC Property Profiles, Orange County Real Estate |

We love selling Laguna Beach homes!  Today is absolutely GORGEOUS, and I am sitting at 637 Loretta Drive in Laguna Beach.  The view of Catalina island is completely unobstructed… I can also see South Laguna, North Laguna, and Newport Beach from the wrap around balcony.  Its so beautiful, I promise my treo pictures don’t do [...]

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OMG It’s an economical EARTHQUAKE! What to do from a financial planner’s perspective…

Posted on September 19, 2008. Filed under: Informed Investor Alliance, Making Life Easier | Tags: |

Special thanks to William Jordan, our favorite Orange County financial planner, for taking time out from his hectic week to help educate our clients on what is REALLY going on with the economy right now.  Mike & I highly encourage all of you to call your financial advisors this week, and if you don’t have [...]

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Interview with a mortgage expert – what the HECK is up with loans???

Posted on September 18, 2008. Filed under: Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate | Tags: |

Yes, this is a blog about Orange County real estate.  But this week Mike and I have invited a couple guest bloggers to get involved, because you can’t get real estate without financing and loans.  Right now the media is all over what happened with IndyMac bank, and Fannie and Freddie.  We want you to hear [...]

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Orange County CA Home Sellers, are you overpriced?

Posted on March 2, 2008. Filed under: Home Seller Tips, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate | Tags: |

The Orange County Real Estate market is moving.  What direction?  Many.  What are we seeing?  Good deals, strapped homeowners.  What are we hearing?  Happy stories, Sad stories.  There’s a positive and a negative in every environment, and we always encourage you to look at the glass as half full.
 BUT….if your house is on the market right [...]

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Mortgage Payment Relief – will the New Stimulus Package help?

Posted on February 28, 2008. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate | Tags: , , |

Hi All!

Manny Piceno, one of our OC preferred lenders, wrote an informational email about the new Stimulus bill that Congress has been working on.  Call him at 949-285-0216 if you would like more info….

So where is the relief? As you know, President Bush signed the Economic Stimulus Bill into law Wednesday February 13th.

HUD has 30 days [...]

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Dodging the Orange County Tax Collector, legally

Posted on February 22, 2008. Filed under: Blogroll, First Time Buyer help, Home Seller Tips, Informed Investor Alliance, Making Life Easier, Orange County Real Estate | Tags: , |

For those of you upset your home prices have declined, we have a little good news for you.  If you purchased a home prior to 2006 during the “hot” OC market, here is your chance to save some extra money. 
It’s tax time, and your property tax bill is one of many.  Because the market went down, your taxes can go down, too.  To [...]

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Orange County Real Estate Market update by Gary Watts

Posted on February 6, 2008. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Home Seller Tips, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate |

Hello Friends!! For all of you who are looking for information regarding the Orange County housing market (like who isn’t?)…here is the Economic Forecast from Gary Watts. Gary is one of the most respected Real Estate forecasters in the nation. His conferences fill up where ever he speaks and his insightful information is beneficial for [...]

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Attention SoCal Fire Victims!!

Posted on February 5, 2008. Filed under: Home Improvement Ideas, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate | Tags: |

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let everyone know about this just incase you know of anyone who lost their real estate in the recent Lake Forest Fires or Orange County area. One Time Construction, Inc. is offering a special discount of $10,000 to the rebuilding of your home if you use their services.

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Drowning in Debt?!?!

Posted on September 14, 2007. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Informed Investor Alliance, Making Life Easier |

Eeks!!! If you’re like most of us in Orange County, you’ve been in or are currently in some kind of debt.  It usually started out with a small limit on a credit card or an auto loan….. and BAM! Now you’re in over your head and can’t seem to figure out how to pay off [...]

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Your Realtor should be a community RESOURCE

Posted on September 10, 2007. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Home Improvement Ideas, Home Seller Tips, Informed Investor Alliance, Making Life Easier |

Hi everyone,
Hope you had a great weekend – ours was very nice!  We went to a baby shower for a couple of our past clients, which was so fun.  (Did you know like 50% of our closed clients have a baby within a couple years of moving in???  OMG!) 
There were gifts galore – the place was littered with [...]

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Market Update per the California Association of Realtors

Posted on September 7, 2007. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Home Seller Tips, Informed Investor Alliance, Making Life Easier, Orange County Real Estate |

Hi everyone,
 Just wanted to give you some quick stats from my CAR newsletter on the California real estate market.  Its nice to see the median home below 600K again.  Now is a great time to buy.  I saw a really cute 2/2 in Rancho available for 370 today – nice :)
 Calif. median home price – June [...]

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Good “summer cool-down” deals

Posted on September 4, 2007. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate |

Hi everyone,
Hope you had a GREAT Labor Day, and that you were near a pool somewhere!  It was HOT in Socal, huh?  Speaking of hot, here are some good deals in South OC.  We have a few in Mission Viejo, and then Laguna Hills and Laguna Niguel.  The one pictured is in Ladera Ranch…nice kitchen [...]

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Smooth Sailing – Easy Closings – Simple Real Estate

Posted on August 30, 2007. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Home Seller Tips, Informed Investor Alliance, Making Life Easier, Orange County Real Estate |

I had to take a moment to blog about our best deal ever.  I’m talking best buyers, best sellers, best team, best all around EXPERIENCE.   Working in the Orange County Real Estate field for over 4 years now, Mike & I have some big time horror stories.  Real Estate is NOT easy, there are lots of [...]

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Nouveau Riche – Invest In Real Estate without the School of Hard Knocks

Posted on August 14, 2007. Filed under: Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate |

Looking for an opportunity to change your financial future?  Nouveau Riche may be the answer.  Nouveau Riche is actually a College University designed specifically for real estate investing.  Through education, NRU trains investors how to be savvy.
Since most investors (including us) went to the unofficial School of Hard Knocks, this is a new method of [...]

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FREE Equity Management Seminar in Irvine

Posted on July 31, 2007. Filed under: Home Seller Tips, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate, Orange County things to do |

Calling all South Orange County Homeowners!!!  I wanted to post about a great event coming up on August 28th at Waters Lakehouse, off of Irvine lake….  
YOU are invited to Derek Beisner and William Jordan’s one of a kind FREE DINNER Seminar!!  As a personal investor I didn’t think I would learn much by going but [...]

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4plexes in Orange County, CA under a Million

Posted on July 23, 2007. Filed under: Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate |

Happy Monday everyone!
 Today I wanted to post some good looking investment properties we found in Orange County that are under 1M.  See: Orange County CA investments 
 Usually you can find a 3plex or a duplex below a million, but most 4plexes are 1M+ now-a-days here in the OC.   Generally speaking, if you can get your units for less than [...]

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Good deals in Orange County

Posted on July 21, 2007. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Informed Investor Alliance |

Hello Orange County bargin hunters!
 We’ve got good properties for you   Recently we blogged about the market softening a bit, and short sales coming into the picture.  We wanted to let you know about another type of property you can get a good deal on…bank owned! 
 There’s way less bank owned listings than short sales [...]

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Interesting Investments

Posted on June 28, 2007. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate |

Hey everyone,
I have to run to the South Orange County Chamber in a minute… but I figured I would upload some good – looking Southern California investment properties for you first. 
 Yes I’m including the listing agent’s information but really you shouldn’t buy property from the person who’s listing it!!!  Call Mike or myself if you [...]

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Good Real Estate, good prices in Mission Viejo, Costa Mesa, and Laguna Niguel

Posted on June 23, 2007. Filed under: First Time Buyer help, Informed Investor Alliance, Orange County Real Estate |

Lately many people seem to be complaining that the Real Estate market is scary, or prices are going down.  As an agent, I see houses and get pitched on land every day.  I am seeing prices I haven’t seen in years. In cities that are DESIRED by MANY…like Mission Viejo and Costa Mesa and Laguna [...]

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