13 Feb 2024 2/13/24 – Rates and another Condo situation The Consumer Price Index came in at .4%, which is .1% higher than expected. It’s not like it was a big miss, and inflation is still under 4% for the past year, but we needed a lower number to get these darn rates down. We are in a holding pattern for a few more weeks, […] Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
9 Feb 2024 2/9/24 – Condo Update Important!!! The condo news got a lot better as we had a lender that just closed a loan in Mariposa, and we will be able to get pretty much every non-warrantable condo done with this investor for the time being! If the insurance is a mess! We can do it! If there is litigation, we can […] Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
6 Feb 2024 2-6-24 – Investments Make Sense! Even Today! I will start with Happy Birthday #86 to my Dad, my golfing buddy, my mentor who still works at Northrop Grumman even though he is “over the hill!” The guy who taught me about sports and always attends a UCLA Basketball and Football games! He has more energy than most of us and gets funnier […] Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
1 Feb 2024 2/1/24 – What happens if the appraisal is lo... The market has gotten hot over the past month, and we expect things to continue to be strong as we push through the first quarter of the year! We will see some appraisal challenges as the market was slow leading up to now, and we still don’t have a lot of inventory, which means we […] Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
30 Jan 2024 1-30-24 – California Dream for less than 1% ... Many of you have been asking about the California Dream for All (All = about 2000 families). This is the shared appreciation program where the state will put up to 20% (Maximum $150,000) down for the lucky buyer, who is who wins the lottery and gets to do the shared appreciation loan and will get […] Share on Facebook Share on Twitter