SoCal Real Estate Hub With Chris Weilacker
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The Hidden Costs of Homeownership
March 06, 2017 17:58 VideoThe cost of buying a new home isn't just about the price of the home itself. You also need to consider these extra hidden costs beforehand. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation When you own a home, some hidden, extra costs can sneak up on you. Buying a home is not just about the money you spend up front. It's also about the rest of the money you have to spend beyond the actual purchase of the home. To start...
The Downside of Making a Hard Sell
February 07, 2017 17:59 VideoMaking a hard sell during your home’s open house might not be the best idea. Here’s what you should do instead. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Why shouldn’t you make a hard sell when selling your home? First of all, if you’re selling your home, you really shouldn’t be around the open house. You can try to sell your house for all the reasons you think it’s great but that might not translate to potential ...
Is Spring the Only Time to Sell?
January 23, 2017 20:03 VideoMany people think you can only get a home sold for a good price during the spring. This is simply not true. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Why don’t you need to wait until spring to sell? Although spring tends to be the most active time for the real estate market, it doesn't mean it’s always the best time to sell. The real estate market is active for 365 days a year. During other times of the year, many...
Be Wary of Buying Homes at Auctions
January 09, 2017 17:15 VideoBuying a home at auction is risky. The purchase price may be attractive, but that’s not the only cost you’ll have to pay. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation While the starting bidding price for a home at auction may be a good deal, it doesn’t necessarily mean the final price will be. If you’re thinking of buying a home at auction, you should be wary of a few things and do some research before making an offer....
Don’t Renovate Your Home Before Selling
October 03, 2016 17:05 VideoIf you are selling your home, don’t invest in major repairs or renovations before you put it on the market. Smaller updates actually get you a better return on investment. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation If you are preparing your home for the market, don’t do any major renovations or completely remodel the home. Why? In most cases, minor upgrades actually get a higher return on investment than major ren...
Why Are Pre-Approvals So Important?
October 03, 2016 16:35 VideoThere are many reasons why you should get a pre-approval letter before you start shopping for a home. We will go over them today. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Before you start shopping for a home, it’s very important that you get a pre-approval letter. When you get pre-approved, the lender will tell you that you can get a mortgage up to a certain amount. In other words, the lender tells you what you c...
Look Past the Surface for Your Next Home
October 03, 2016 16:18 VideoIf you’re looking to purchase a new home, you may be tempted to make an offer on a home that’s decorated to your liking. Here’s why you should look past that. Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation If you’re in the market for a new home, there are a number of elements you should look for in a potential house. Décor, however, should not play a part in your decision to make an offer. It’s important to remember tha...
How to Set a Realistic Budget for Buying a Home
August 10, 2016 17:53 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Setting a realistic budget is incredibly important when you buy a home. A realistic budget is different than the amount you are pre-qualified for. For example, just because the bank qualifies you for a loan amount of $400,000 doesn’t mean you can afford to make that monthly payment. You don’t want to become a slave to your mortgage payment. Before you hit the streets look...
What You Need to Know About Real Estate Ads
August 10, 2016 17:39 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Don’t trust everything a real estate advertisement says. It’s an error to assume that every ad is pure fact. In order to truly understand a real estate ad, you need to learn to decipher real estate lingo. For example, “cozy” means “small,” and “as-is” means “fixer-upper.” If there are a lot of exclamation points in an ad, it’s because there is so little to say about the pro...
Don’t Buy a Home without Seeing the Property in Person
August 10, 2016 17:16 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Thanks to the Internet and virtual tours, it is very easy to buy a home without seeing it in person. However, we advise our clients not to buy a home without actually seeing the property first. Virtual tours and online photography can be deceiving. Plus, it’s really hard to get a sense and feel for the home by only looking at it online. You need to actually walk through the...
How Home Decorating and Renovation Impact Resale
August 10, 2016 16:31 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation When you renovate or decorate your home, it is incredibly important to always think about resale before making a final decision. Why? You need to consider what will appeal to a broad section of buyers when it comes time to sell your home. Being in the real estate market is like chess; you always need to look two or three steps ahead in the game. Real estate is like chess ...
The Importance of Doing Your Homework Before Buying a Home
July 20, 2016 21:26Buying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Today, we want to explain why you shouldn’t buy the most expensive home on the block. Assuming you and your agent have actually checked the price of the home against sold comparables in the area, and the home is actually worth the asking price, you still may want to be careful. If you purchase the most expensive home on the block, it may be anchored down on its appreciation ...
Why We Tell Our Clients to Use a Supra Lockbox
July 15, 2016 15:38 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Easy and safe access to your home is very important when selling it. It’s one thing we always go over with sellers on our listing presentation. How do we ensure this for our sellers’ homes? We put a Supra lockbox on it. A Supra lockbox on the front door provides two things. The first is easy access to your home. A good portion of buyers only have a small window of opportunit...
Buy What You Need, Not What You Want
May 31, 2016 15:53 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation When you buy a home in Southern California, it’s important to think about what you want and what you need. These are two very different things. This makes the home buying process much easier and less painful for you. What features can you not live without? You need a certain number of rooms, a certain amount of space to live, and a certain price that you can afford to pay. T...
Don’t Sabotage Your Own Home Sale in Los Angeles
May 25, 2016 16:26 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation The price of your home is your #1 piece of marketing and advertising. It’s crucial that your home is priced well and in tune with your local market. You need to avoid pricing the home too high, because buyers are savvy and they simply won’t fall for an overpriced listing. It’s incredibly important for you and your agent to do the research. Look at comparable homes in your n...
Support Homeless Veterans in Los Angeles
May 12, 2016 16:27 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Happy Memorial Day, everyone. On Monday, May 30th, New Directions for Veterans will be hosting a Memorial Day 5k for Warriors. Held annually at the VA Hospital in Los Angeles, the Walk for Warriors will support homeless veterans in the surrounding area. At the event, you can choose to either walk or run. Join us in saluting those who have previously served and those currentl...
An Update on the San Gabriel Valley
May 10, 2016 17:06 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation The San Gabriel Valley is just one of the many areas we serve in the Inland Empire. However, there has been a lot happening there lately, so we wanted to give you a market update to keep you up-to-date on all the latest trends. Right now, we are seeing a cooling down of the buyer’s market we’ve seen in most places we cover. The exceptions are Rancho Cucamonga, West Covina, a...
Looking for a Bilingual Real Estate Team in Chino?
May 06, 2016 20:09 VideoBuying a Los Angeles home? Get a full home search Selling your Los Angeles home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Welcome to our new real estate video blog! We’re very excited to share this valuable information with you, and we’re even more excited that we can share it in multiple languages. We will be posting information in both Chinese and English! We cannot wait to help you navigate the real estate market here in Chino. Every two weeks we will be sending you videos with buyer tips,...