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How golf is like buying a home

There are many ways how golf is like buying a home

1. You put alittle ball in a little hole a long ways away and you pick a house out of hundreds of homes that are far away.

2. The weather affects you in golf and also in buying a home

3. The equipment in golf makes the game easier and a home with lots of upgrades and comforts makes living easier and more comfortable

4. The view on the golf course makes the round more enjoyable and the view from a home makes living their more enjoyable

5. A more expensive golf course is usually more challenging and costly and a more expensive home is usually more challenging and costly to maintain

6. The more time and energy you spend learning the game, the better the results. The more you learn about homes and the more you view, the better the results in getting a home that is right for you.

La Quinta, California is a great place to buy a rental home

La Quinta, California has been hit hard by the real estate recession. The prices are as low as 10 years ago. Now is a great time to buy a rental investment home in La Quinta, California.

Here is an example of the return on investment you can get on a rental home in La Quinta, California.

Price of home: $100,000

Rent: $1300 x 12 = $15,600

Taxes - Approx. $1500 year

Insurance - approx. $600 year

Gardener and water - approx. $900 year

Maintenance - approx. $700 year

Total approx. expenses $3700 year

Approx. net income $12000 year

Approx. return on investment 12%

We need rentals. many people have lost their homes and need a place to live. They make good renters. Now is the time to buy rental homes in La Quinta, California.

Do you really want to sell your house?

Here are some prime questions to ask to see if you really want to sell your house:

1. Are you willing to price it at the market price?

2. Have you decided where you want to move to?

3. Is your home decluttered?

4. Are you willing to make the home easy and accessible to show?

5. Is your house spotless clean?

6. Are you telling people you are moving?

7. Will you allow open houses?

8. Will you allow a sign in the yard?

These are some quick and easy questions to see if you are ready to sell your home.

Home buying season in La Quinta, California

From now - the day after the Superbowl - until the end of April is the home buying season in La Quinta, California. This is when the people from all over America are here golfing, relaxing, and enjoying are warm sunshine everyday.

This year the prices are lower than ever and many beautiful home are available for sale. This is a fabulous place to live full time or even a few months a year. The lifestyle is fun and energizing and the cost of living is low.

To have a home in paradise wonderful. Whether you are looking to spend $200,000 or $2, 000,000 there are many beautiful homes ready and waiting for you.

I did an estate sale to help a friend and client

One of our friends died of cancer recently. I did sell the house only to find out that it will have to go to foreclosure as there is not enough money in the estate to go through probate.

Nonetheless, I agreed to help the out of town nephew who was handling the estate by having an estate sale at the property yesterday. The nephew had taken the item he wanted, so our team of agents showed up and sold the rest. We got $750+ in 2 hours. It felt good to help the nephew without expecting anything in return. It was a beautiful day. We met some nice people. At the end, a nice couple came up and wants a realtor to buy a house.

There you - go. We got a new client, helped a friend, and had a nice time too. Realtors do many things that no one ever knows about.