Selling A Vacant Home Dear Phyllis, We plan on selling our home with the agent who sold it to us. After meeting with him we worked out most of the details and decided we prefer to move first rather than sell while living in the home. He suggested that we pay to have the home […]
Who Should Be Holding Your Home Open? Dear Phyllis, I look forward to reading your Real Estate Q + A. Last year my daughter sold her home and selected a Realtor® that I would not have recommended. Although homes in my daughter’s neighborhood were selling quickly hers did not. There were several open houses to […]
Realtor Recommendations Dear Phyllis, My Realtor has retired, and she has referred her clients to her son. I plan to move to Arizona to be near my sister and met with the son to discuss listing my home. I have been in my home for over 30 years and have felt that it is very […]
Buy First or Sell First? Dear Phyllis, Since there is such a strong sellers’ market in real estate right now my husband and I are thinking it would be a good time to sell our fixer upper home instead of investing in all the repairs and upgrades it needs. But if we sell our house, […]
Professional Fiduciary Dear Phyllis, For the last five years I have been taking care of my father with little help from my brother (who lives locally). He and I are co-trustees of our father’s estate. Sadly, we stopped speaking several years ago. I have tried to address our differences with my father. But he won’t […]
Ask Phyllis! Selling Quietly Dear Phyllis, I look forward to your real estate questions and think this is a new topic for discussion. I have a sister who my mother disinherited years ago. She was a drug addict and a real disappointment to my parents. She moved out of state years before my […]
What Should Be Removed When Selling A House? Dear Phyllis, I find your real estate questions and answers very informative. My 82-year-old mother will be relocating from Long Beach to La Crescenta. She lives alone and I am concerned about her safety when selling. What do you think should be removed when selling a house? […]
Tired Of Being A Landlord? Dear Phyllis, I look forward to your questions and answers. My husband and I purchased a La Crescenta duplex more than twenty years ago. He managed the property, but he passed a few years ago. Since my husband’s passing, the tenants in the back unit have caused me a lot […]
Can A Seller Force You To Use Their Lender? Dear Phyllis, We have been looking at homes for several months and have already made three offers. Two of these required us to be preapproved by the seller’s lender. As we are already preapproved with a nationwide bank, I really do not see the reason for […]
What Is A Pocket Listing? Dear Phyllis, I moved out of my home and rented it a year ago. My tenant will be leaving in six months, and I was planning on moving back. In the meantime, a Realtor I am acquainted with contacted me out of the blue to tell me I could get […]