Sally Bookman Team http://sallybookman.com The Art of Real Estate Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:51:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Investors Are Back http://sallybookman.com/investors-are-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=investors-are-back http://sallybookman.com/investors-are-back/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:07:11 +0000 admin http://sallybookman.com/?p=174 When I started in real estate back in 1974, interest rates were 8% fixed, little two bedroom homes were beginning around $24,000 and investors were buying up properties for long-term holding.  As prices rose, they took their money elsewhere, often out of state.  But the small investor most often prefers to invest locally where they [...]

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]]> http://sallybookman.com/investors-are-back/feed/ 0 $25 BILLION BANK SETTLEMENT – Is it really such a great deal? http://sallybookman.com/25-billion-bank-settlement-is-it-really-such-a-great-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-billion-bank-settlement-is-it-really-such-a-great-deal http://sallybookman.com/25-billion-bank-settlement-is-it-really-such-a-great-deal/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:04:33 +0000 admin http://sallybookman.com/?p=171 Last week the Nation’s five largest banks agreed to a settlement of $25 billion dollars. It sounds like an awful lot of money although probably a drop in the bucket compared to what the banks are making these days… California will receive a generous $12 billion of that money to be used to help homeowners. [...]

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]]> http://sallybookman.com/new-cdpe-accreditation/feed/ 0 Contingency Clauses in Real Estate Contracts http://sallybookman.com/contingency-clauses-in-real-estate-contracts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contingency-clauses-in-real-estate-contracts http://sallybookman.com/contingency-clauses-in-real-estate-contracts/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:21:51 +0000 admin http://sallybookman.com/?p=82 Despite negative reports on the state of Home Sales in many parts of California, the truth is that the market is active and properties are selling, very often with multiple offers.  While there are cash buyers taking advantage of distressed home sales (ie. short sales, bank owned properties and foreclosed-on-court steps sales) the majority of [...]

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