Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! Home Seller Didn’t Make Agreed Upon Repairs Dear Phyllis, My girlfriend and I had been looking at homes for over a year. We made offers on several but none were accepted. A friend of my girlfriend’s sister was selling her parent’s home and we were able to negotiate […]
Ask Phyllis! Dealing With A Difficult Seller? Dear Phyllis, We purchased our home six years ago and it was a horrible experience. Our Realtor® was great but the sellers and their agent were awful. They were all so nasty. They had to squeeze every last penny from us during the negotiations and they insisted on […]
Ask Phyllis! Selling A Vacant Home? Dear Phyllis, I received a job transfer and we purchased another home in North Carolina. Our present home is currently listed for sale. We had movers scheduled to take our furniture to our new home, but my real estate agent told us that once our home is emptied it will […]
Ask Phyllis! Home Selling: When to Start Packing? Dear Phyllis, After two months on the market, we finally accepted an offer and started escrow. Having lived in our home for more than 10 years, we have a lot of stuff and were hoping to finish packing. But our agent advised us that it is too […]
Ask Phyllis! Sewer or Septic? Dear Phyllis, My wife and I have been looking at homes for a few months and the one we like best is on a septic system rather than connected to the sewer. A co-worker advised me that being on septic is a big problem. What is your opinion? La Cañada […]
Ask Phyllis! Planning A Home Sale and Retirement Dear Phyllis, My wife and I are hoping to sell our home and retire. We have a significant amount of equity in our home which represents nearly half of our net worth. We need to move somewhere where housing prices are much cheaper. We really don’t know […]
Ask Phyllis! How to Deal with An Overzealous Neighbor Dear Phyllis, We will be selling our home next March and took your advice and already hired our Realtor®. This has been perfect as he has been guiding us through a variety of simple repairs and minor improvements. My husband was outside talking to a neighbor […]
Ask Phyllis! Preparing Your Home for Sale! Dear Phyllis, I am planning on selling my home next spring. What do you suggest I begin to work on in order to get it ready? Sally Dear Sally, I am delighted you realize that when the goal is to sell your home for the highest possible […]
Ask Phyllis! Will My Sagebrush Home Increase in Value? Dear Phyllis, I look forward to your column and I have a completely different question for you. We have been wanting to sell our home located in the Sagebrush neighborhood for several years. We were ready to put it on the market, but then we […]
Ask Phyllis! Ideal Time to Hire a Realtor Dear Phyllis, I look forward to reading your column each week and learning about current trends in real estate. I had my home on the market in 2011 and it didn’t sell. Now that prices have gone up I want to put it back on the market […]