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Find Out If a Home Has Mello Roos Here: Look up Mello-Roos in Tri Counties quick tool
[caption id="attachment_18996" align="aligncenter" width="232"] The Mello-RoosCommunity Facilities Act of 1982 was created to provide an alternate method of financing needed improvements and services.[/caption] What is Mello-Roos? It is actually a "nickname" that the Community Facilities Act of 1982 is commonly known by. California had a situation: Since 1978 it's been illegal for local governments to raise property tax rates charged. So, in order to build new schools, update fire stations, build new parks etc, local government had to raise additional funds somewhere. I'm almost positive they thought of car washes and bake sales... Well Senators Henry Mello and Mike Roos had an idea: The Community Facilities Act was a law enacted by the California State Legislature in 1982. The name Mello-Roos is derived from...
THE QUALITY OF YOUR SHOWINGS: Things to Consider
[caption id="attachment_18977" align="aligncenter" width="418"] The Showing: As Important As Conditioning And Pricing![/caption] WILL YOUR SHOWINGS VALIDATE ALL THE POSITIVE EMOTIONS THAT THE MARKETING, CONDITIONING AND PRICING HAVE CREATED? Showing Your Home For Sale: They already want to buy your house! Or they wouldn't be there! All that must be done to close the deal is let the home sell itself! What are the best practices for setting up great showings that turn a buyers head? Listed below are just a few suggestions of how you can make your showing be the last home they'll need to see. Showings are the result of an infallibly accurate Pricing Strategy; a meticulous, professional Conditioning and Preparation Strategy; and a high quality, aggressive Marketing Strategy. The showing is where they all come together. Great pricing, marketing...
Want To Quickly See If You’re Ready to Sell Your Own Home? QUIZ!
[caption id="attachment_18954" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Home for Sale[/caption] Can you SELL YOUR OWN HOME? Why, folks have been selling their own real estate since, well, for a long, LONG time. And there's people that update their own kitchens, do their own landscaping, re-roof their own homes... heck, there's thousands of folks that even build their own homes every single year!So don't let anyone tell you that you can't sell your own! But then again, the several thousand owner builder homes a year look like a drop in the ocean compared to the typical 1 million homes build every year... The question is; is it the best choice. Owner-builders are typically professional builders, contractors, or those with strong construction backgrounds and experience. They know the business. We’ve prepared...
Home Repairs with the Best Return on Investment
[caption id="attachment_18950" align="aligncenter" width="301"] Neat, Clean and Tidy - The SIMPLE repairs that pay Back![/caption] Why is it that some homes sell in days, even hours? Many, times with MULTIPLE OFFERS and OVER LIST PRICE!! ...yet there are still hundreds of homes that NEVER SELL or if they do, it's months later, at a fraction of their original price? Today's buyers have high expectations… They want trouble-free, easy living, nothing left to touch-up, finish, re-do… So condition your home to sell with that in mind! Many Home repairs done as pre-sale conditioning have much higher return than others… Best return on home investment home Repairs: What’s interesting is that the home Repairs with the Best return on investment are also the least expensive home repairs. Even though...
State of California’s Transfer Disclosure Statement and NHD
The California Transfer Disclosure Statement (T D S) over any damage or defects with the property, or explaining what the property has such as whether or not it is connected to public sewer or if it has a septic tank. All of the items and systems that transfer as real property in the transaction are noted... The Transfer Disclosure Statement protects the Seller from non-disclosure disputes if the buyer ends up having any issues with the property. The TDS also lets the buyer know ahead of time what kind of property they are buying. Another type of disclosure is the California Natural Hazard Disclosure Statment. The NHD goes over natural hazard areas that the home falls under. These hazards include Flooding, Earthquake...
Transfer Disclosure Statement
2017 Califronia Transfer Disclosure Statement The Califronia Transfer Disclosure Statement is a Document Required by Law. California Civil Code section 1102 explains that every residential seller is required to provide the buyer with a Transfer Disclosure Statement. The TDS goves of the codition of the property, covering things like any damages, or if there is a water heater, if it is electric or gas for example. It is the responcibility of the seller to fill out the TDS to the best of their ability. In case there is any attempt to sue a seller over non-disclosure the TDS is used as evidence to protect the seller. The TDS is important for serious buyers as it lets them get to know the property better...
2017 California Disclosure Requirements
[caption id="attachment_18882" align="aligncenter" width="300"] California 2017 Disclosure Requirements [/caption] Many folks thinking about selling their home want to know, sometimes WAY before they start the selling process, what the Disclosure Requirements for California are. I have sent several emails, texts, to answer and give the link to the Department Of Real Estate Page. A couple times it's been faster to just direct folks over the phone on how to search Google to find these Official Disclosures Required in California. So, after what seemed the eleventh time I answered the question, I wrote an email and saved it so I could just copy and paste it to send the next time someone asked... But then, when I'd get asked about them and I'd promise to send the email... I...
Natural Hazard Disclosure Report
2017 California Natural Hazard Disclosure Report The California Natural Hazard Disclosure Report (NHD) is a California Required Disclosure. It is not uncommon to reach out to disclosure company vendors to have them put together a report for you. According to Wikipedia: California Civil Code Section 1103 covers the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement. This Civil Code states that either real estate sellers or their broker are legally Required to Disclose if the property being sold lies within one or more state or locally mapped hazard areas. The law specifies that the six (6) required hazards be disclosed on a statutory form called the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement (NHD). Required Risks Include: A Special Flood Hazard Area Dam Inundation Very High Fire ...
The 6 Highest ROI Home Improvement Projects
[caption id="attachment_19269" align="aligncenter" width="442"] Instant Curb Appeal[/caption] Best ROI Home Improvement Projects: Fix Ups That Pay Back Your Investment Plus! A Report on The Highest ROI Home Improvement Projects 6 Best Improvement Projects to Increase Your Homes Value Home improvements are NOT all created equal. Here's 6 that'll likely pay back when it comes time to sell. Dreaming of stainless this and marble that, with a dash of hip color? Sloooow down. See what your wallet has to say first! Read how some projects are better investments than others, especially if you’re planning to sell in a few years. How do we know? Since 2002, a trade magazine for contractors and builders called “Remodeling” has been tracking common home improvement projects and how much of the cost of each project...
Affordable Entry Level Housing in Sacramento
Why is it so hard to find a nice house to buy in Sacramento? [caption id="attachment_18810" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Amazing Opportunity to own in a Safe, Quiet Sacramento Neighborhood...[/caption] The same reason it's so hard to find a home to rent... If you study the United States Census, from 2006 and 2015 the number of single-family homes occupied by non-owners (renters) rose by 34 percent. Escalating rents would normally drive more renters to buy but today’s high rents make it more difficult for first-time buyers to save enough for a down payment... So may are stuck between a rock and a hard place; paying high rent and not earning enough and saving enough... and not enough affordable housing to purchase. That’s why the Sacramento home ownership rate continues...
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