San Diego Real Estate 

Adding Value to Your Real Estate

A few Questions a home owner may be asking in the current market

 

1. How much longer should I keep paying too much every month for my home?

2. Should I be dipping into my savings to keep this upside down property afloat?

3. Where do you I turn if my property is worth less than I owe?

4. Should I stop paying my senior lender, my junior, why?

5. Will the second come after me if I decide to take a foreclosure? 

6. How can I be assured the lender will release me from the remaining loan balance?

7. How much will a lawyer charge me to review the short sale approval and lien release documents?

8. How can I get these collections calls to stop both before and after the short sale?

9. How do I know my Realtor is looking after my interests?

 

Welcome to McConnin & Company Realty.  We are a San Diego real estate brokerage founded and run by an experienced San Diego real estate Attorney to help make sure real estate transaction is done with maximum protection for you. (For those of you who may not know, in a short sale, the lenders agree to pay the real estate fees - so if you list your Property with McConnin & Company Realty, you get to work with an attorney on your short sale at no charge.) 

 

Our goal is to  help you make the right real estate decisions.  Buying, Selling, Short Sale, Short Payoff, Deed in Lieu or Loan Modification, find out your options before you make a decision which could have six figure ramifications.  contact us.  

 

If your home is worth less than you owe and you are thinking about selling it.  (a short sale)   You may be looking at 3 major concerns:

 

1.  Will you be released from any further liability for the loans (release of deficiency) ?

2.  Will you be able to minimize your tax exposure to the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board?

3.  Will you be able to minimize damage to your credit?


Note: Since the banks gorged on the tax payers TARP money it has been much more difficult to get

released from the deficiency.

 

Please do not believe any Realtor who says they always get their clients released from a deficiency.  We are willing to bet they are clueless and therefore dangerous.  Ask that Realtor to provide the approvals from their 10 most recent short sales.  We will review them with you for free.  Just fax them to 800.807.9319.  Please put your phone number on the cover page.   

 

You will quickly see why we think it may be 6 figure mistake to put your future in the hands of a Realtor too stingy to bring a lawyer onto the team.   

 

 Tools to help you price and sell your real estate

 

We have cutting edge tools to help you price and track properties.  Click on this link to instantly see how much your real estate is worth or track San Diego Real Estate Sales on the San Diego MLS.   If you do decide it is time to sell you should know our goal is to get your property in front of just about every buyer possible.     
 

The internet has changed the way people buy real estate.  The National Association of Realtors found that 85% of  potential real estate buyers start their search on the internet. (We suspect it could be higher in San Diego and other Southern California communities.)

 

We push your listings out to Realtor.com, to our highly ranked San Diego Websites, to just about every San Diego MLS compliant website, and to the following real estate portals:  
 

Google Base Yahoo Real Estate AOL real estate
Trulia Real Estate Search Zillow Front Door Homescape cyber homes
hot pads Vast CLR Search.com oodle Propbot
Local backpage.com LYCOS Military.com My Realty.com
Lake Homes USA.com WALMART

 

If a potential buyer or buyer's agent can't find one of our listings.... they are not looking.   


San Diego Short Sales

 

Because John McConnin is also licensed as an attorney in Florida we were negotiating short sales while San Diego Realtors were still calling themselves luxury home specialists.  That experience paid off.   Check out our sold San Diego short sales page, which shows ome of the recent San Diego short sales we have completed at our brokerage.  As members of the Orange County MLS we have also listed and negotiated Short Sales in Orange and Riverside County.  

 

Give us a call or send us and email

 

John McConnin

Licensed Real Estate Broker and San Diego Real Estate Attorney

McConnin & Company Realty

 

Note:

The California Association of Realtors forms are arguably designed to protect Realtors and not necessarily you.  Did you know C.A.R has designed at least 4 loopholes into the Purchase and Sale agreement which lawyers rountinely exploit to help buyers back out of deals right up until closing. Send us an email and we will explain which paragraphs deserve your attention.

  

Buyers

We believe that a good buyer's Realtor can be worth far more than he or she earns as a commission.  However a Realtor who knows family homes in Carlsbad is probably not the Realtor you want to work with in Rancho Santa Fe, and vice versa. We can help you make sure you are working with the right Realtor. 

Buying San Diego Real Estate.

Sellers

When selling a right side up property you have to strike a balance between maximizing your potential net and pricing yourself above the market.  When selling an upside down home, you want to make sure you are a price leader.  Find out how we can help you make smart pricing and selling decisions.
 

 Selling San Diego Real Estate.