August 7, 2011
It's
been a fair summer. Fair weather that is; fog lingering only
of late, over the past two weeks or so. First huckleberries
appearing ripene; punch-packing wild blacberries best served,
consumed really, warm in the sun right off the bramble. Lots
of happy hummingbirds.
More
home sales lately, again, as the prices are dropping. Lotsa
repo's, shortsales and distress a la mortgage contributing
to lower prices and "affordable" purchases for cash
or loan-qualified buyers. Multiple bids on the really well-priced
or seller motivated sales.
Nature's
bounty really shows up here this time of year. Great berries,
fruit, vegetables, vine crops. Cucumbers have been really
good recently. Support your local famers and farmer's markets.
Nothing likethe taste of today-fresh produce.
Wishes
for your durable happines, contentment, and peace of mind.
Equanimity, yes!
March 2, 2011
So.
Have done some thinking about any number of real estate related
things (everything's connected?) and you're thinking, well
it's about time ain't it. Go to work already.
The
bubble has WAY WAY WAY popped here, despite what some (now
increasingly wishful) sellers think. For example, a home that
was recently forclosed on and then came back on the market
for sale by the bank at $329,500 had sold for $750,000 in
June of 2005 at practically the height of the market. Had
pulse, got loan. Bought today, sold tomorrow and made beaucoup
bucks. Man, it was fat for not only myself but plenty of other
agents, buyers, sellers, mortgage brokers, title companies
and so on. Now it seems it's only the bankers that are making
bank. Did you get your Bailout check? Someone expressed to
me that the Bailout moneys could have paid off EVERY mortgage
in the U.S. but no, the money went to the banks... True? Good
question. Coincidentally, the local real estate broker that's
way in with the banks has sold TONS of local properties here
over the past year and a half, nearly ALL FORECLOSURES. Crime?
Sad? Good? Bad? How could it be fun to lose your home, especially
if you only own(ed) one...?
Buyers
are all looking for distress sales, it seems, or those properties
that seem below market or you just can't lose on, if you have
either the credit or cash to make a buy. Have had a couple
of deliberate buyers hesitate slightly and then see the subject
property get away as the price of the distress sale brought
in other very motivated and apparently more aggressive buyers.
No time like the present. It's a great time to buy.
Enjoy
life. Take a few deep breaths, look around. Now is good. Are
you where you want to be? This is it, every precious minute.
Often I think I've got time, and it just ain't so. I know
I have plenty of room for improvement and lord knows I'd love
to put it off and I'm thinkin'...
"What
happens if I die before I get all this stuff together, sorted
out, given away, taken to the recycling center, dump, goodwill
and so on. Did I love well? Did I love at all? Have I really
lived? Will my loved ones find happiness? Closing thoughts?....."
Love
and happiness. For today.
Please Return (to your real, not virtual)
Life Soon!
