RE/MAX Manhattan Beach Real Estate | Lauren Perreault | Fabulous South Bay
Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes & Greater South Bay Real Estate
The means of holding Title to real property in California can be done in many ways. You may think that the method doesn’t matter, or you may think you should just choose what you always have, but this is not necessarily true, as some new choices such as “Community Property with rights of Survivorship” may… Read More
These days, I get lots of emails and calls from buyers who say “I only want to buy a foreclosure property.” This always makes me groan a little inside, because it is the sign of someone who is reacting to all the media hoopla and really doesn’t understand all the issues involved in foreclosure sales…. Read More
It’s natural to believe with all the doom and gloom that is in the news about the housing market these days that there must be dozens of unbelievable bargains just waiting to be purchased. Unfortunately, the real deals don’t stay on the market very long to wait for the Buyer to make up their minds… Read More
A “1031 Exchanges” or Striker exchange, is a mechanism used to defer(not avoid forever) capital gain on the sale of investment propertyuntil a later date — usually, a date in the future when the owner’sincome is smaller (i.e, retirement) and therefore the tax “hit” issmaller. In effect, the government gives you a no interest loan… Read More
By Lauren Perreault (cross posted in my column in The Beach Reporter on-line) Any “lien” (pronounced like “lean”) on your property is an indication that someone thinks you owe them money and your property is the collateral for that debt. The most common lien, of course, is the Deed of Trust lien. Other frequently seen… Read More
(cross posted at my column at The Beach Reporter) “Low balling”, or the process of making very low offers on properties,is a technique that is taught by many a self-styled “real estate guru”on late night infomercials or expensive seminars. In theory, it sounds great — make an offer much less than asking to see how… Read More
(cross posted at our column in The Beach Reporter on-line Real Estate News) These days, many clients come to us to find deals in the distressed property market, including short sales, homes with notices of default, homes scheduled for foreclosure, and finally, bank owned properties known as REO’s. Negotiating on these properties requires that you… Read More
Townhomes and condominiums are becoming more and more popular in Southern California because of the extremely expensive price of our land. Land is so expensive here that it usually makes more economic sense from a developer’s point of view, where zoning allows for it, to put more than one housing unit on a particular parcel… Read More
I recently sold a home in Hollyglen, a lovely little area of Hawthorne, California that is “Manhattan Beach adjacent,” to one of my favorite clients, Warren V. Warren is a very analytical kind of guy, very smart and very thorough. He also respects the value of expertise, both mine and other professionals, which of course… Read More
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