Showing Canyon Country, Newhall and possibly Castaic today – SCV Real Estate Update for June 3, 2012
Viewing properties is always fun. When we do it with our clients, we are a bit outside of the box. There is nothing left to chance with our preparation. The Listing Agent must be communicated with before I will take a client into the home they have for sale. I will never waste a client’s [...]
Santa Clarita Relocation Update for June 3, 2012
It is such a pleasure working in the real estate profession, especially when we get to do fancy stuff like the embedded audio with real estate updates, like the one on this page. We do video and love to film while driving. Today, with wanting to relocate to or from the Santa Clarita cities, [...]
Saving A Santa Clarita Real Estate Deal
Watching as our sellers encounter issues with buyers is not as commonplace as when we were new in real estate back in 1998. However, back then, things were quite a bit different and real estate was much more about “who you knew” than “what”. Today, “what” is definitely the “last word” when it comes to real estate representation. [...]
Do you search for foreclosures with the syndication websites
Remember, the syndication websites do not have an actual IDX – Internet Data Exchange feed. In fact, some are built around the real estate agents entering their listings into those systems manually. If an agent, my mistake, enters erroneous data – there is no police mechanism. They don’t get into trouble. Heck, if they were [...]
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Santa Clarita Open Houses Games Part 1
June 2, 2012
I’ll never forget a couple of weeks ago when I had a client call me after his “covert operation” visiting open houses with his wife on a weekend when I was totally booked. Stan, “Connor, I’m sorry…” Connor, “Sorry for what Stan?” Stan, “I’m sorry that I did not listen to you…” Connor, “I don’t [...]
Santa Clarita market update for June 2, 2012
June 2, 2012
We have a new Search Entry point to the right of this post. With all of the misinformation being publicised on the interent – mostly from those with something to gain, such as money – It’s nice to be able to search the real Multiple Listing Services Data. There are only two ways in [...]
New Foreclosure listings in Santa Clarita Cities – Updated June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
When hunting Foreclosures – make sure your real estate agent is a Foreclosure Expert. I am not sure what a “foreclosure expert” is, but I bet they are good. Better than that, just make sure they understand the inner workings of the foreclosure stream. You will know it when you meet with them at [...]
Santa Clarita foreclosure daily is out June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
This is the Santa Clarita foreclosure daily update. You can subscribe to all of our Foreclosure Alerts by filling out the simple form below. We do our best to keep on the cutting edge of all real estate inventory. Even with regard to the foreclosures that are not on the market for sale as of [...]
The Antelope Valley real estate market needs some serious repair and education
June 1, 2012
We have clients from time to time that wish to purchase real estate in the Antelope Valley. FYI – within Palmdale, Lancaster and the other cities in the Antelope Valley (AV). They are either referrals, past clients, friends and or family. We are also full members of GAVAR - Greater Antelope Valley Association of Realtors. GAVAR [...]
Santa Clarita Market Updates for June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
Stand by for Monday. We will be unveiling the most Recent Santa Clarita market updates for all of the cities within the Santa Clarita Valley. When you are wanting to view the newest inventory in the Santa Clarita Cities – click on the photo above. You can also check out our MacBoX resources on all [...]
Thanks to FOX news for presenting our Paris and Connor real estate sign during the news
June 1, 2012
Thanks to FOX news for airing our real estate sign during their news broadcast yesterday. It is truly an HONOR. Let us know when you are looking for that new FOX Location
Thanks to FOX news for showing our real estate sign during their news broadcast
June 1, 2012
Thanks to you FOX news from Paris and Connor MacIVOR.
Foreclosures are not “sharp stick in the eye” fun…
May 31, 2012
By continuing to watch the foreclosure and bank owned inventory move about, I cannot help but think someone is having fun. Who is pulling the levers at the big banks and what song are they doing it to? If I was an “aluminium on the head” wearing type, I may get concerned about how there [...]
The one thing short sale sellers need to know
May 31, 2012
Entering the first few days of Escrow in real estate
May 31, 2012
What happens within the first few days of Escrow is critical to your home buying success. Here is a quick video talking about the inspection and disclosure part of the real estate process.
Sexy chimp looks like a woman eating a cupcake
May 30, 2012
I know you are looking for the photo. Unfortunately, this post is to emphasize that your “headline” on your article or blog post is totally critical to having interaction and readership. When you are at the super market, have you looked, albeit as a captive audience, at the tabloids at check out? Some have the [...]
Buying Foreclosures in Santa Clarita Valley – New Alert and a New Video
May 30, 2012
With out most recent update for the cities within the Santa Clarita Valley and in the surrounding cities, we bring to you a new Video talking about what not to do when you are in Escrow on the Home you had written an offer on. Besides this intel – below we have posted the most [...]
Prices are on the rise in some of the Santa Clarita Cities update for the week of May 27, 2012
May 29, 2012
With the current market updates for cities below, we are really happy to present Prices are Increasing. However, probably not for too long. It will depend on the inventory and the future releases of foreclosures and the bank owned properties. If you wish to see how much prices are increasing in Graph form, you can [...]
What is escrow and who get’s to choose
May 28, 2012
Some states do not have the need for escrow. They have other processes in place to facilitate the Real Estate transaction. However, in California, Escrow within Real Estate is alive and well. Escrow is a neutral third party within a Real Estate transaction. It is very important to have your real estate professional choose an [...]
How to get on Google’s Page 1 for Realtors and other Business Professionals – a twenty part course available for free
May 28, 2012
We have made available for the first time for our competition, “How to get on Page 1 of Google for Organic Search Results – for realtors and other business professionals”. Actually, with all of the “non-sense” in the world and the like – it is not as hard as you may think to achieve this [...]
How much are property taxes
May 28, 2012
How much are Property Taxes for Real Estate you are considering purchasing? The best answer is it depends on where you are purchasing real estate. In fact, we are HQ’d in the county of Los Angeles – where the Tax Amount is 1.25% of the sales price. If you are looking to buy in Ventura [...]
Real estate syndication laws changing
May 27, 2012
It has been quite a while since we spoke about investing and syndication in real estate. We do talk quite a bit about syndication “of” real estate. Finding resources for property abandonment and those used for tracking of the owners for abandoned real estate has been built by paris911. Type the word “abandoned” into our [...]
How to finder a lender
May 27, 2012
If you are considering relocating, your first step is to hook up with a relocation lender. Someone that understands the local real estate market where ever you are wishing to relocate to. In fact, it is the lender that will be your pivot point in your real estate transaction. Just make sure they are guided [...]
How to find a Santa Clarita rental
May 25, 2012
We have been saddened as a few of our clients, that were unsuspecting, have been scammed by the best of the best. The leasing or rental representative company you choose in the Santa Clarita cities makes all of the difference in the world. There are a couple of new companies that have started operating in [...]
Consider new construction and new homes when Relocating to Southern California
May 24, 2012
Why would you want to consider new construction and new home sites when relocating to the Santa Clarita Valley or elsewhere in Southern California? What would be the advantage of this as your “Relocation Plan”? There are several reasons that have been expressed by our past Santa Clarita relocation clientele. One of the most pronounced [...]
What is the best way to get clients
May 24, 2012
We can all agree that being HONEST is the best way to Keep a client. However, the “how to get clients” has yet to be seen. You can join some of the “lead generation” websites in the world. You can put your business up in lights online. You can do around to different neighborhoods and [...]
How is the Santa Clarita market doing for the week of May 21, 2012
May 23, 2012
We have just completed our latest update for the Cities that compose the Santa Clarita Valley. We have posted all of the PDF’s for each of the individual cities that are present in our “Field of Expertise”. By clicking on the individual reports below, you will gain easy access to the BEST Santa Clarita real [...]
San Fernando Valley Car Show by LAPD sponsored by VTAC
May 17, 2012
If you are going to be in the area of Woodland Hills on June 2, 2012 – you will want to visit this Local CAR Show event hosted by VTAC. (click on the photo to go to the VTAC website to register!) This will be a great event and is very close to most of [...]
Take a lesson from the Motor Cops about how to handle your FaceBook account
May 16, 2012
I see the “updated” feed on Facebook. I watch as folks stroke themselves. I then see others that de-friend them. It is a viscous cycle. There is, however, a better way. Facebook “personal pages” should be about you, your life talking about your struggles and victories. The only lacking is the Hugging you may do with a [...]
Santa Clarita Business News

Sexy chimp looks like a woman eating a cupcake
I know you are looking for the photo. Unfortunately, this post is to emphasize that your “headline” on your article or blog post is totally critical to having interaction and readership. When you are at the super market, have you looked, albeit as a captive audience, at the tabloids at check out? Some have the [...]

How to get on Google’s Page 1 for Realtors and other Business Professionals – a twenty part course available for free
We have made available for the first time for our competition, “How to get on Page 1 of Google for Organic Search Results – for realtors and other business professionals”. Actually, with all of the “non-sense” in the world and the like – it is not as hard as you may think to achieve this [...]

What is the best way to get clients
We can all agree that being HONEST is the best way to Keep a client. However, the “how to get clients” has yet to be seen. You can join some of the “lead generation” websites in the world. You can put your business up in lights online. You can do around to different neighborhoods and [...]
Santa Clarita Community

“Beauty Is a Bridge” coming to the Valencia Town Center Mall
For the record, we who call the Santa Clarita Valley cities our home, are not “uncultured”. Photo and Charity Event Coming to the Westfield mall in the beautiful city of Valencia CA, is a four month Photographic display by Local Santa Clarita Photographer Ted Dayton. The start date of this will be May 16th, 2012. Besides some [...]

Santa Clarita Daily Brief from the Signal and our macBoX tip of the day
In every margin of every Santa Clarita specific blog we write and maintain, you will be able to use our MacBoX. The “Mac” standing for the first three letters of our last name and “BoX”… Well, It’s a box Today’s MacBoX tip for the Santa Clarita real estate interested, answers the question of what the [...]
Santa Clarita and RE/MAX relocation
The Secret Weapon of the Santa Clarita Real Estate Team is asking questions
In today’s constrictive real estate market, I don’t know why other’s that are in my industry, aren’t thinking more “outside of the box”. Have you ever wondered why you couldn’t door knock a home that is in the neighborhood that you wanted to buy within. A home that was not currently for sale? What if [...]

Three Powerful Pages from the Santa Clarita Real Estate Website of Paris911
We update our Santa Clarita real estate systems on a Multiple Times Per Day schedule. We look at it this way, there is always a question to answer, an issue to raise and Real Estate intel to share. Here are the three most recent blog posts that we have written to answer some of the [...]
Santa Clarita Foreclosure News

Santa Clarita foreclosure update and the One Party Show
When wanting to buy real estate in this constrictive real estate market, you may have run into properties that have had multiple offers on them. Maybe your real estate agent has mentioned to you the buzz phrase “bidding wars”. You may even have been brought up to speed on the time frames the banks leave [...]
How to search for Santa Clarita Foreclosures and Updated intel
The newest in Santa Clarita Foreclosure activity has been posted below this video. Your New Foreclosures alert, Paris911′s Auction Alert for Santa Clarita Valley, found a match. Stage Radar ID Street City Zip State Type Sq Ft Beds Baths Sale Date Est. Value Est. Bid Auction 520403130 25738 WORDSWORTH LN STEVENSON RANCH 91381 CA [...]
RE/MAX of Santa Clarita Real Estate Finance News

Should a Lender refer you to a real estate agent when investing
With all of the buzz lately that has been generated by Warren Buffet fans, investing in real estate seems to be a ”No Brain-er”. However, where should your first stop be? During my walk this am, not on a Treadmill but on a Treadclimber(much harder ), I read an article about Investing in Real Estate. While [...]
Think Twice Before Adding That Santa Clarita Home Office
Do you have a real office? Can you deduct the space in your home as a Home Office? There are a lot of Realtors that don’t have a Brick and Mortar office. Most have an office location, but when you are meeting with them, they are meeting with you in a “conference room” of sorts. [...]
Santa Clarita Real Estate News

Why is it that everyone you know is a real estate expert
Click here to read a post about being A Number One Real Estate Agent… Without being too “tongue in cheek”, have you experienced this pheomonen? You are considering buying a home and suddenly you are surrounded by Real Estate Experts? They have done and seen it all. They tell you that they have sold multiple [...]

A new ZERO Days on Market Standard Sale Home in Santa Clarita CA
There was a brand new listing that just hit the Multiple Listing Service in Newhall. The listing that appears below is below market value, substantiated by the comparable’s that sold in the past 6 months within the same area. Newhall is located inside of the Santa Clarita Valley. If you want to see the newest [...]
What do buyers think of viewing unkept, dirty, and cluttered homes for sale
Whenever we walk into open houses with our clients or homes that are for sale – it does make a “subtle” difference when they are staged versus when they are in need of a “super clean and de-clutter”. I can tell from the expressions on our clients faces, if they are “set back” when viewing [...]














