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Case Study: 4-Bedroom / 3-Bathroom Cathedral City Home Are you considering selling your home in the Coachella Valley? Whenever you’re selling a home, there are
How To Know When To Sell A Rental Property
When my wife and I first got into real estate investing over 10 years ago, we figured that we’d hold each rental property for the
How To Find A Real Estate Agent You Can Trust
When I was in fourth grade, I had a teacher who had a reputation for being brutal. She had been teaching a long time and
Case Study: First-Time Home Buyers in La Quinta
“Buying your first home can be thrilling and overwhelming at the same time. But when you throw in the high stakes and heated competition of
How Do I Know What To Offer On A Home
We have a passion for helping people build wealth through real estate and focus on educating our clients to enable them to make the most
How To Evaluate A Seller-Provided Disclosure Package
We have a passion for helping people build wealth through real estate, and we understand that the education process is key for successful investments. So
Home Buying Process
We have a passion for helping people build wealth through real estate, and we understand that the education process is key for successful investments. So
With Rent Control And High Prices, Is House Hacking Still Realistic?
People ask if house hacking is still a realistic and viable option in the Bay Area given our high price points and continued move towards
Do You Need A Real Estate Agent To Buy A Home?
We’re the Joe Dickerson Group at Keller Williams Realty in Oakland, California serving the wider Bay Area. We believe in real estate as one of
What Should I Look For When Looking At A Listing?
We have a passion for helping people build wealth through real estate, and we know that every house you purchase, whether it’s an investment property
How Do I Know How Much I Can Afford?
In this blog, we’re talking about affordability, and outlining how to figure out how much house you can buy. Let me start by saying if
What Should I Expect To Put Down For A Downpayment?
In this blog, we’re talking about financing, or securing a mortgage for the home or investment you’d like to buy. Specifically, we’re going over downpayments
Things To Know Before Starting Your Own Flip Project
We have a passion for helping people build wealth through real estate. One recent way we accomplished this was by partnering with a homeowner to
House Hacking Case Study
In this blog, we’re going to walk through a case study of one of our past clients who have chosen to house hack. Earlier this
Frequently Asked Questions About House Hacking
We have a passion for helping people build wealth through real estate and one of our favorite ways to do that is through a strategy
Is House Hacking Right For You
We have a passion for helping people build wealth through real estate and one of our favorite ways to do that is through a strategy
What is House Hacking?
House hacking is typically the purchase of a multi-unit property with the intention of occupying one unit and renting the remainder in order to reduce
What should I inspect during my inspection contingency
Your inspection contingency period is your time as the buyer to perform all the due diligence required to move forward comfortably with the sale. In
5 Reasons to Get Pre-approved with Multiple Lenders (It’s Not About the Best Rate!)
Many clients ask whether they should work with multiple lenders when planning on purchasing a home. My advice is that, like most do with real
What are contingencies in a real estate purchase?
Contingencies in a real estate purchase contract allows the buyer (or seller in the case of seller contingencies) to cancel the contract without breaching the
Why do I need to order my own inspections if the seller already provided some?
In Oakland, Berkeley, and surrounding areas it is very common in our current market for the seller to provide inspections to all prospective buyers. Sellers
Why should I invest in real estate?
I love talking about investing in real estate with new or first-time investors in Oakland. What’s cool about real estate is that it nearly always
What is a disclosure packet?
If you’re shopping for a house in Oakland, Berkeley, or much of the East Bay, you’ve probably looked at houses that come with a giant
Is my Zestimate accurate?
O man. Zillow’s Zestimate and other Automated Valuation Models (AVM) lead to some challenging conversations with homeowners in Oakland, Berkeley, and much of the East
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