Anne Fashauer Anderson Valley & Mendocino

Last week in my blog and newsletter I wrote about rural neighborliness.  I must have touched a nerve - I have received more feedback on that topic than on any of my previous posts/newsletters and all of it has been positive.  It feels really good to know that people are reading and thinking about these subjects.  My favorite ...

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The past few weeks have been busy!  I had several clients come into town to look at property and it looks like two of them have found the places they want to buy.  Have they made offers yet?  No.  And I think this is indicative of our current buyer's market.  The buyer's now know that the clock is on their side; ...

Some weeks I inwardly groan when I realize that it's time to write another blog post.  What am I going to write about this week?  Sometimes I get lucky and someone will ask me a question and that will spur an article.  Sometimes there's an event that is happening or has happened.  This week is another where I wasn't ...

As I write this the sun is out and most of the clouds seem to be dissipating and we are promised a beautiful weekend.  I certainly hope so; as much as we needed the rain, I'm really ready to feel some sunshine and warmer temperatures.  Not to mention how nice it would be to walk my dogs without having to put on rain gear and mud ...

What's in a word?  When it comes to real estate, some words that seem simple can actually be a little tricky.  Two to look at are bedroom and oceanfront.  Getting these right should be a key for a real estate agent - we want to be truthful in our advertising; we also do not want to deceive a buyer into thinking she is getting ...

I was asked recently if there was any further talk of extending the Federal tax credits to home buyers.  The previous tax credits were set to expire last November, 2009, but were extended until this past April 30, 2010; at that time a second credit, for current homeowners, was added.  It's now May 11 and those tax credits have ...

When buying or selling property you will find that there are a lot of disclosures, so many I will only cover some of them here.  Mostly it involves the seller disclosing material facts to the buyer.  What are material facts?  Anything about the property that could affect the buyer's decision to purchase the property.  ...

This weekend is jam-packed with stuff to do!  There's the Cops N Robbers ball in Anderson Valley, blues in Point Arena and too many choices on the Mendocino coast to name.  One is going to be hard-put to decide what to do - unless you're me and you are headed to Puerto Vallarta.  Last fall I had the opportunity to purchase a ...

I'm sometimes asked questions about a property by a prospective buyer to which the answer is not immediately known.  Some of these questions can be quickly tracked down and answered but sometimes the type of question is best answered during an escrow.  Getting a favorable answer to the question becomes a contingency of the ...