Gene Perez on April 30th, 2010

If you are looking for something to do on the Central Coast or you happen to be driving down the 101 anytime soon between Santa Barbara or Santa Maria this is a great option.

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Gene Perez on April 26th, 2010

It seems to happen all the time now that when you try to buy a home, sometimes you come across a home in the Santa Maria real estate market that may be for sale and there may be a new room added on that does not seem to show up in the county records.

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Gene Perez on April 20th, 2010

They could be facing possible suit for the deficiency amount or any number of other side effects from the ordeal. The basic goal of this program is to motivate the home owners that do not qualify for loan modifications and the banks to do a short sale, to avoid foreclosure.

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Gene Perez on April 18th, 2010

The HOA dues alone can make you or break you as to whether you will qualify for that condo or whether you even want to consider buying it. The fee comes from the annual expenses to maintain the common areas such as the club house, the pool etc. It is also a result of whether the association is professionally managed or self managed.

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So lets go with an everyday story you bought your house 2003 you paid $280,000.00 you put no money down when you bought your home with one of those popular 80/20 loans. Things are looking are great with you in your new home and now you get to make things the way you want to. A couple of years goes buy and now your home is unbelievably worth $500,000.00.

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Gene Perez on April 1st, 2010

First we will talk about the IRS, the Feds and then we will talk about the impact on a state level on how they look at that $200,000.00 dollar difference. But what happens if you do a short sale does the bank eat the difference, yes.

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