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Real Estate Answers For Burbank & The San Fernando Valley
Straight answers to the questions buyers and sellers actually ask, about the process, the market, and the neighborhoods I work in.
Can I Stay In My House After It Sells?Yes, with a rent-back. How a seller rent-back works on a Burbank home sale, what gets written into the offer, how long you can stay, and what to plan first.- What Should I Compare Besides Price When I Get Multiple Offers?Got more than one offer on your house? Compare the loan, the contingencies, the deposit, the closing date and what you'd walk away with, not the price alone.
- How Do Real Estate Agents Decide What To List A House For?How a list price gets set for a Burbank home: recent nearby sales, condition, what's competing right now and how you sell it, given as a realistic range.
- How Long Is Escrow When You Sell A House In California?How long escrow takes when you sell a house in California, what happens each week from accepted offer to closing, and what can make it longer or shorter.
- How Should I Respond To A Lowball Offer On My House?A low offer on your house is a starting point. How to respond calmly: find out what's behind it, counter with recent sales, and keep the buyer talking.
- How Do I Tell If A "We Buy Houses" Cash Offer For Mom's House Is Fair?Got a cash offer on Mom's Burbank house? How to compare it to an open-market sale, what to read in the contract, and when to slow down before anyone signs.
- What Questions Should I Ask A Listing Agent Before Hiring Them?The questions to ask a listing agent before you hire them, what a good answer sounds like, and how each answer shows a plan or a promise, with my own answers.
- What Does A Listing Agent Do For The Commission?What a listing agent does for the commission, step by step from pricing to closing, including the work sellers never see, and what to ask before you sign.
- What Not To Fix When Selling A HouseWhat not to fix before selling your Burbank home, what to freshen instead, and how to decide between fixing it, offering a credit or pricing it in.
- Why Do Zillow, Redfin And Realtor.com Show Different Values For My Home?Why Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com disagree about your Burbank home's value, what their estimates can't see, and how to get a realistic range instead.