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Home Buying Searches: The easiest way to do it

November 15th, 2009

With few exceptions, a Realtor can find a home in Las Vegas for you to purchase quicker and easier then you can.  We have access to professional databases that are not ENTIRELY available to the public.
The first database we use to locate homes for sale is the Multiple Listing Service or MLS. The MLS is run by [...]

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Practical tips to help sell your house

March 31st, 2009

Las Vegas  is a tough market to sell a house in right now. There are to many homes for sale and Buyers are sitting on the fence waiting for the market to hit rock bottom. On top of that you are competing with Banks that are aggressively selling their inventory at steeply discounted prices. Below [...]

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Residential Home Auctions: The Devil is in the Details!

March 17th, 2009

Something you see more and more of lately are home auctions. Banks are frequently turning to this approach to unload their foreclosed properties because they have so many of them to get off the books. Auctions serve an important function as a means to rapidly sell properties in a saturated market like Las Vegas. That being said, if [...]

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Selling your House in the Las Vegas Buyer’s market: A Reality Check!

February 25th, 2009

Forget what you think your Las Vegas house is worth because it no longer is. Still reading? Good!  Now it is time for a little tough love for you sellers out there!.
If you are attempting to sell a house in the current Las Vegas market be prepared for an unpleasant surprise! That surprise is called [...]

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Reverse Mortgage: a legitimate choice for you? Part two

January 27th, 2009

This is a follow-up  to an article I posted a few days ago about Reverse Mortgage basics. This posting will focus more on the pros and cons of getting a Reverse Mortgage. Everything I write about below is based on the assumption that you are considering a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (H.E.C.M), which make up [...]

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Reverse Mortgages: A legitimate option for you?

January 25th, 2009

I am writing about Reverse Mortgages for three basic reasons.  First, I used to sell Reverse Mortgages for a major US lender so I understand the subject well. Second, there are a lot of misconceptions about Reverse Mortgages which I hope to help correct here. Third, Reverse  Mortgages are gaining in use/acceptance and might be [...]

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short sale vs. foreclosure, which is best for Las Vegas Home Buyer

January 16th, 2009

Which is Better for the Home Buyer in Las Vegas, a short sale or a foreclosure?
First some basic definitions of what a short sale and what a foreclosure is.
A Las Vegas short sale is a sale of real estate in which the proceeds from the sale are insufficient to cover the balance owed. In a [...]

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