by Athena Paquette | Oct 29, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Speaking of solutions… a woman called me this week who had been referred by her co-worker. She had inherited her dad’s home and owed very little on the house. But over the last 4 years she had had an aggressive form of cancer and been off work. She got behind on bills...
by Athena Paquette | Sep 10, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Is it true that Long Beach is going to be a rent control city? Well, possible and probably. The city council in June voted to enact a regular inspection of all rental properties in Long Beach on a rotating basis, like the City of LA does. There are many people who...
by Athena Paquette | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
This week I was able to help a client, who has been renting for 2 years, buy the house she is renting. Her landlord was going to put it up for sale but offered it to her first. She thought she couldn’t qualify, and so told her landlord unfortunately she couldn’t take...
by Athena Paquette | Mar 19, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
You cannot buy an ugly house with a minimum down payment. FALSE! We have a program that allows you to buy a home with 3.5% down and build in the cost of fix up or expansion. Imagine the neighborhood you love only has 3 homes for sale, and the only one that doesn’t...
by Athena Paquette | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
If I am not on the loan, and my husband dies, the bank can take the house away. FALSE! I felt so bad that my client today was so worried about this. A bank cannot “take away” the house or force you to pay the loan back if the borrower or even main wage earner dies. As...
