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What? You’re Bringing in A Check? Check Again!

by Leslie Eskildsen July 16, 2010 Escrow Essentials

This just in from a first time California home buyer – “Got it covered.   I have all the money in my account.  I’ll write escrow a check (for down payment and closing costs) on Monday when I come in to sign my loan docs.” No, We Don’t Accept Personal Checks Bzzzzz.  Wrong answer.  Stop the moving van.  [...]

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In Escrow? Meet 30 of Your New Best Friends

by Leslie Eskildsen July 13, 2010 Escrow Essentials

If you are a home buyer or a home seller in Orange County today, to complete the deal you have to make it through Escrow. And just like rides at Disneyland, your escrow may be as calm and uneventful as a trip on the Monorail, or as wild as Space Mountain – twists, turns, ups, downs, [...]

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Home Buyer Crash Course – Be Ready for Battle

by Leslie Eskildsen July 6, 2010 Getting Ready to Buy a Home

Want to be a successful home buyer in today’s Orange County Real Estate market? Here’s all you have to do: Get Your Money Sraight How much do you have in cash and how much can you qualify to borrow? Know it cold.  End of story.  Cash you’ll need for your up front deposit – commonly referred [...]

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What Every Home Buyer Dreads – Multiple Counter Offers!

by Leslie Eskildsen July 1, 2010 Home Buyers

Serious about buying a home in today’s tough Orange County Real Estate Market? Well, you are going to have to be prepared for fierce competition in some price ranges – so fierce it may lead you into the land of Multiple Counter Offers. So here are four tips for victory the land of Multiple Counter Offers: [...]

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Thinking of Buying a Home in Orange County? – Got Strategy?

by Leslie Eskildsen June 25, 2010 Home Buyers

You Can Be Successful in Today’s Orange County Real Estate Market – If You Play to Win In today’s competitive  Orange County Real Estate market, you need a strategy to be a successful home buyer.  You need to by crystal clear about your finances, your top priorities in a home, and how hard you are [...]

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Casta Del Sol – Since 55 is the New 35

by Leslie Eskildsen June 24, 2010 Casta Del Sol
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What?  Need a new place to call home?  Well, if you’re 55 or older there’s a hidden gem in Mission Viejo calling your name (insert your name here __________________) – come on down to Casta Del Sol!  We’ve got streets with real green plants and trees taller than the roof tops. No kids in site. [...]

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Yes, Orange County Home Buyer – You May Have to Make an Offer Sight Unseen!

by Leslie Eskildsen June 23, 2010 Home Buyers

Seriously – in the current Orange County Real Estate Market you may have to depend on your Realtor to do her job and find you a great house, help you submit an offer – even though you have never seen the home! Did you watch the video?? Did you hear how Toriana would have never [...]

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Why Every Home Buyer Needs a Home Warranty Policy

by Leslie Eskildsen June 20, 2010 Home Buyers
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Most likely, your offer to buy a home in Orange County will include a Home Warranty Policy, paid for buy the seller.   A home warranty is designed to cover the kinds of mechanical, plumbing and major appliance repairs that homeowner’s insurance doesn’t: clogged pipes, air conditioner or furnace failures, and appliances that go on the [...]

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Termite Tips for Orange County Home Buyers

by Leslie Eskildsen June 20, 2010 Home Buyers

As a prospective Orange County home buyer, you want to make sure the home you buy is free of wood destroying pests, such as termites.  In this video, Jim Donnelly, owner of Accurate Termite, points out the top issues that home buyers need to be aware of regarding termite repairs. It is quite typical for [...]

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What’s This All About?

by Leslie Eskildsen June 19, 2010 Home Buyers

What is What Agents Fear Telling You all about? This is the one place you can count on to find the bottom line, the real deal, the no sugar-coating, the “tell it like it is” for Orange County, California Real Estate. For home sellers – you’ll find hot topics like: What you need to do to [...]

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