From Skate to Real Estate: TONY TAVE

 

Location: Farralon Ridge, Talega, San Clemente

A couple years ago we were fortunate to service & educate Element Skateboards/Circa Footwear professional skateboarder Tony Tave in finding his first home. Being at one time a professional skateboarder myself for many years & buying a home, I could completely understand how Tony was feeling throughout the whole experience. The first time I bought my first home I didn’t have a clue to what I was doing. My friend gave me a referral number to a local realtor. Her assistance drove me around within a 20 mile radius to random properties, and at the end of the day I was to pick the best out of 5. Sign here, sign this, sign that. In hindsight, I wish I had somebody to speak to me in layman’s terms and give me a crystal clear sobering understanding of what I was doing, giving me the pros and cons and making sure that every decision and dollar was in correlation to my needs & goals.

Pending Homes Sales Up 3 Months in a Row

WASHINGTON, June 02, 2009

Record low mortgage interest rates boosted pending home sales for the third consecutive month, with some benefit now from the first-time buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors^®.

The Pending Home Sales Index,¹ a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in April, rose 6.7 percent to 90.3 from a reading of 84.6 in March, and is 3.2 percent above April 2008 when it was 87.5.

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Welcome! // Realtor Richie blog

 

Location: Newport Beach, CA

I have decided to start a blog on the Southern California Real Estate experience. This blog will be filled with architecture, furniture, colors, news, people, and the experiences that can be informative, colorful, tasteful, or pathetic.