Marketwise for the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times | Published: February 27, 2023
By Pat Kapowich
Question: My husband, a newly licensed real estate agent, is being scammed. His current client is a homebuyer who wants to move to San Jose. I saw their text...
Marketwise for the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times | Published: March 10, 2023
By Pat Kapowich
Q: My cousins and I inherited our aunt’s home. The co-trustee seeks consensus on selling the property as is or hiring inspectors and making repairs and...
Marketwise for the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times
By Pat Kapowich | Published: February 20, 2022
Q: We’re waiting to buy a property, but we were preapproved by a lender last summer....
Marketwise for the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times
By Pat Kapowich | Published: February 11, 2022
Q: When we were homebuyers, we hired roof, termite, home and chimney inspectors. And we’re...
Marketwise for the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times
By Pat Kapowich | Published: February 4, 2022
Q: My brother-in-law recently passed away and his adult children are co-successor trustees. My husband...
3 Types of Properties That First- & Last-Time Homebuyers Are Neglecting
by Pat Kapowich
I’ve been in the real estate industry since 1988, and since then, I’ve rarely heard prospective homebuyers proclaim, “I want to be an owner-occupant in a duplex, triplex, or...
By Pat Kapowich | Published: January 21, 2023 | For the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times
Q: We’re trying to buy a single-family house, but our loan officer said our debt-to-income...
Three Eye-Opening Stats About the Real Estate Industry—And How It Is Not 'Bubble Bursting'
The real estate industry is on fire compared to the Great Recession. Working as a Realtor® through four recessions has its advantages, such as spotting stats that will blow your mind:
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By Pat Kapowich | Published: February 26, 2022 | For the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times
Q: Regarding your column on The Mercury News and East Bay Times websites on Feb.12, 2022,...
By Pat Kapowich | Published: September 30, 2022 | For the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times
Q: We had 10 days to secure a home loan. Circumstances beyond our control delayed the loan process....
By Pat Kapowich | Published: June 28, 2022 | For the Bay Area News Group and its flagships The Mercury News and East Bay Times
Q: I’m flying into the Bay Area to sell my in-laws’ triplex. My wife’s parents passed in...