Lake Forest, CA

RE/MAX Homes & Estates

Pre-Foreclosure Division

9241 Irvine Boulevard, Suite 150, Irvine, California 92618

(714) 588 -7676 ∙ www.orangecountyshortsalerealtor.com

If you are in a situation where:

• You lost your job

•Your Medical Expenses are too high

•Just went through/going through a divorce

•You are behind on your payments

•You have no equity

•You can't afford the cost of selling your home

•Your income has been reduced

• You are in foreclosure

WE CAN HELP YOU! It's easy and doesn't cost you any MONEY! Our services are Free!!!

WHEN THE DEBT EXCEEDS YOUR HOME'S VALUE... we can help is with a SHORT SALE.

Benefits of a Short Sale:

• Avoid Foreclosure

• Avoid Bankruptcy

• Reduced damage to your credit

• Postpone your foreclosure sale date

• A short sale will stay on your credit approx 3 years

• BE FREE of financial and emotional burdens!

We are licensed Realtors that specializes in avoiding foreclosure. We will NOT buy your home, but will assist you in selling your home quickly. The lender will cover all closing costs including Realtor commissions. We can make selling your home MUCH EASIER FOR YOU and lift much of the financial burden off your shoulders-- OUR SERVICES DOES NOT COST YOU ANY MONEY!!!

You can sell your property and lift the financial weight off yourself with the help of a experienced short sale Realtor. Re/Max Homes and Estates short sale division has closed over 120 short sales nationwide within the last year. We have a 95% success rate. Do not trust just anyone to handle your short sale. List your home with an experienced Orange County short sale Realtor.

Regardless of your current situation I am here to assist you, so call me today to help you find a solution! You have options which can enable you avoid foreclosure proceedings and escape the 10 year scar it will leave on your credit, therefore, your future. Stop the inevitable and don't face Foreclosure IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO! Best of all with a short sale my commission will be paid by the bank, so you won't have any out-of-pocket expense!

www.orangecountyshortsalerealtor.com for more info or give me a call at (714) 588-7676

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Going to take a look at what ONE property did in its life in the city of Lake Forest CA! It was built in Dec, 1972 and the first family moved in the next March. The price new was $27,300. It didn't have anything fancy, was the basic 3 bedroom 2 bath 2 story house with 1545 sq ft. It had Formica counters, a dishwasher, 2 car garage, end of a cul-de-sac, fireplace, roof was asphalt shingles and linoleum flooring. Carpet was extra, which was the only upgrade the new owners paid for. The owners kept this property till 1984 and did some changes to the property.

In 1975 the owners put in a pool and added on a family room, costing them about $10,000. Other than that they didn't do much to the property.

Now let's go forward to March 2009 a total of 36 years later. This house was an REO and sold for $405,000. The things that had changed were for the worst. Same cabinets, same counters, no stove, no dishwasher, hadn't been improved at all and it showed it's age. It had a hard life!

The surprise is what course the pricing of this house has gone though! These are the years that I know it was sold or for sale. In between these sales the price did go up and down but it always has recoved

1973 - $27,300

1984 - $125,000

1994 - $178,500

2001 - $310,000

2006 - $670,000 totaled out here

2007 - $540,000 short sale didn't go thought

2008 - $405,000 REO sale

How do I know so much about this house because I was the first owner and being in real estate, I have watched it over the years. It was sad to see the condition it was in, during the beginning of 2008 and remembering what it was like raising my sons in that house. I hope that the new owners will enjoy it and bring it back once again to a home!

Take a good look at what happened to the price from 1973 to 1984. It went up more than 4X the original price in only 11 years. Comparing it to the climb we had 2001 to 2006 it was much bigger then, than now in percentage of change..

Did you know the state of California offered a $10,000 tax credit on the purchase of a new home? Nice thought, right.

Unforunatly, with such great demand the $100 million dollars allocated by the state is just about used up. For details and how the money was allocated the Franchise Tax Board has it all detailed.

Don't mistake this credit as the $8000.00 tax credit coming from the Federal Gov't. That is still available. Though make sure to understand how the credit can be utalized in your individual state.

This is a perfect example why 29% of the current buyer pool is first time buyers. If you are considering buying your first home, the opportunity before you is one you will want to consider seriously before it passes you by.

Unfortunatly, history has proven most miss the opportunity waiting for the bottom, by the time they find it, it has already moved on up.

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RE/MAX Homes & Estates

Pre-Foreclosure Division

9241 Irvine Boulevard, Suite 150, Irvine, California 92618

(714) 588 -7676 ∙ www.orangecountyshortsalerealtor.com

If you are in a situation where:

• You lost your job

• Your Medical Expenses are too high

• Just went through/going through a divorce

• You are behind on your payments

• You have no equity

• You can't afford the cost of selling your home

• Your income has been reduced

• You are in foreclosure

WE CAN HELP YOU! It's easy and doesn't cost you any MONEY! Our services are Free!!!

WHEN THE DEBT EXCEEDS YOUR HOME'S VALUE... we can help is with a SHORT SALE.

Benefits of a Short Sale:

• Avoid Foreclosure

• Avoid Bankruptcy

• Reduced damage to your credit

• Postpone your foreclosure sale date

• A short sale will stay on your credit approx 3 years

• BE FREE of financial and emotional burdens!

We are licensed Realtors that specializes in avoiding foreclosure. We will NOT buy your home, but will assist you in selling your home quickly. The lender will cover all closing costs including Realtor commissions. We can make selling your home MUCH EASIER FOR YOU and lift much of the financial burden off your shoulders-- OUR SERVICES DOES NOT COST YOU ANY MONEY!!!

You can sell your property and lift the financial weight off yourself with the help of a experienced short sale Realtor. Re/Max Homes and Estates short sale division has closed over 120 short sales nationwide within the last year. We have a 95% success rate. Do not trust just anyone to handle your short sale. List your home with an experienced Orange County short sale Realtor.

Regardless of your current situation I am here to assist you, so call me today to help you find a solution! You have options which can enable you avoid foreclosure proceedings and escape the 10 year scar it will leave on your credit, therefore, your future. Stop the inevitable and don't face Foreclosure IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO! Best of all with a short sale my commission will be paid by the bank, so you won't have any out-of-pocket expense!

www.orangecountyshortsalerealtor.com for more info or give me a call at (714) 588-7676