Divorce can be a tricky time for everyone involved, especially when it comes to real estate. Clients going through a divorce are often focused on emotional and logistical issues like dividing property, child custody, and figuring out who gets what. But as real estate professionals, we have to dig a little deeper. One of the […]

Many of you have clients or know families where adult children live at home or rent in expensive areas. With home prices still high, affordability is a big challenge. And let’s be honest – renting is waste of money unless they rent from me. When parents have home equity that can be leveraged to help […]

I heard that about 20% of the listings on the MLS in Santa Clarita are new construction, and builders are very controlling and generally give a credit if a buyer uses the in-house lender. Sometimes, the rates are inflated to cover the cost of the credit, and other times, the builder’s lender needs the loan […]

Thank you to those of you who made it to Oktoberfest this year! It was another great turnout, and we had lots of fun. We have been doing Oktoberfest for nine years, and we hope you can make it to celebrate 10 years of Oktoberfest and 30 years at Augusta Financial.   Yesterday, I got […]

I have been getting requests for fix and flip or fix and rent properties lately, so I wanted to let you know how they work. I will start with each of these loans being unique and based on the home’s ARV (After Repair Value).   Once we have a home in place, we look at […]