Backyard Birding Topic at Sierra Madre Garden Club May 14
BIRDING IN YOUR BACKYARD Want to entice more birds to your yard? Laura Garrett, Board Member of the Pasadena Audubon Society, will share information on how to attract a wide variety of birds via plant selection, good bugs and safe pest control at the Sierra Madre Garden Club meeting on Monday, May 14, 2012, at [...]
LOW-INTEREST DISASTER LOANS AVAILABLE TO AREA RESIDENTS
Federal loans range from $200,000 to $2 million; application deadline is February 17 The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that low-interest federal disaster loans are available to those affected by the recent wind storms.Homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profits are eligible. A loan outreach center has been established at: Pasadena Fire Headquarters199 S. Los [...]
Experts say Now is the Time To Buy
Experts say Now is the Time To Buy With LOW Interest Rates Interest rates are at historic lows and will determine what you actually pay for the home.Buyers should really be looking at interest rates instead of just the price of the home. For example, if a buyer is obtaining a $250,000. loan at [...]
Experts say Now is the Time To Buy
Experts say Now is the Time To Buy With LOW Interest Rates Interest rates are at historic lows and will determine what you actually pay for the home.Buyers should really be looking at interest rates instead of just the price of the home. For example, if a buyer is obtaining a $250,000. loan at [...]
Annual Spring Plant Sale Slated April 2 and 3 at Arboretum
SPRING PLANT SALE April 2 & 3 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Mark your calendars. You’ll find fabulous buys at the Arboretum’s two-day plant sale. Come early to shop for orchids, berries, fruit trees, vegetables, succulents and a variety of annuals and perennials. The Arboretum Library will be selling used garden [...]
AGING GRACEFULLY IN PLACE Part II.
By Erin Vostilal When my mother decided to remodel her home and add a second story, I was able to convince her to take some simple steps now so that she can plan to age in place, in her own home. Some easy updates now would make her home elegant and comfortable for an able-bodied [...]
The Homes That Love Built
By Susan Motander The San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity turned keys over to four families on Saturday at the dedication of their new homes on Sherman Avenue in Monrovia. In giving the Invocation, Reverend Gregory Douglass of the Monrovia United Methodist Church, called the homes “A place to be a family.” Douglass had himself [...]
Even with Owner Financing, Low Credit Scores Will Wipe Out Opportunities
I’m just about to close a note deal where the Buyer’s / Payor’s credit score is below 600. Ouch. Why can I even work with this? (Normally this would be a note I couldn’t even consider buying). Because there was a 10% down payment, there is almost 3 years of seasoning (the buyer has been [...]
“If You Don’t Buy a House Now, You’re Stupid or Broke”
This was the title of an article that ran in Business Week a few weeks back. Sounds harsh, but it got your attention, didn’t it? He said: “What I’m trying to impress upon everyone is that if you are planning on being a homeowner now and/or in the foreseeable future . . . then pay [...]
Large Banks Accused of Short Sale Fraud
Jeremy Brandt is the CEO of companies like 1800CashOffer, HomeFlux.com and FastHomeOffer.com . . . all companies that bring lots of distressed sellers, investors and short sale agents together. Over the past several months he’s been receiving all kinds of questions and complaints from his short sale agents about trouble with second lien holders. Read [...]
