What is the process for conducting a private real estate transaction in California?rauldr07 asked: I am considering buying a condo from an ex-coworker and we are trying to do it at the minimum cost by not involving real state agents. What is the best way to do this? Deal with a real estate lawyer? Draw up a residential purchase agreement and then deal with the title and [...] Everything A Real Estate Agent Doesn’t Want You To Know! Part-3Jim Hart asked: MONEY MATTERSThinking about buying a home? You may want to read this article. It blows me away when I think of all the homebuyers that give real estate agents large sums of money as a “good faith deposit” when they sign a purchase offer on a home. I have had clients that [...] What can a real estate agent and broker require you to sign in a real estate deal?Lisa L asked: I am in escrow on some property in which the seller and his real estate agent were not very forthcoming in their disclosure statements. Through a third party I found out some things about the property that are detriments (such as occassional flooding) but I am willing to overlook them and still [...] How do deduct real estate taxes on 1040a?petersruby20 asked: I purchased a home in October, 2007. My monthly mortgage payment includes my county, state, and school taxes (they are placed in Escrow). Apparently my tax payments will be paid out of escrow in April, May and August of 2008. Does that mean that I can not claim real estate for my 2007 [...] |