Expert, localized Los Angeles answers provided by Heather Roy

Ask Heather about: Mortgages, Finance, Taxes or Home Selling?
August 2007: Real State Advice Posts

Buying for All Cash

Investor Offers Deal

License for Property Management

'Agent Bought the Property

Selling one House

License in Another State

Is it a Bedroom?

Identity of Buyer

Wood Rotted at Door

Title Search

Problem at Closing

Listing Expired

Down Payment Assistance

Becoming a Scout

Buying with a Lien

Lien on the Property

Is It Ethical?

Seller's Agent Helping Buyers

Owns Half-Interest

Liens on a Property

Lost on an Auction

Appraisal Came in Low

Something Went Wrong

Who Owns the Water?

Losing Ten Inches

bnm,.

Land in Two Towns Now

Costs of Refinancing

Selling Recent Purchase

Buying Together

Who Pays the Broker

Selling to Brother

Working with Realtor

Eliminating the Wife

Realtor-buyer Charged Commission

Tax on Rental Sale

Making Two Offers

No-Documentation Loan

Replacing the Carpet

Firing an Agent

Buying Home Together

Seller Moving Abroad

In-laws own the other half

Undisclosed Buyer Agent

Proving Ownership

Burn Letter

Buyer Backing Out

HIring Title Company

House Seems Abandoned

Selling Expensive Lot

Flippong Houses

Buyer Claims Roof Leak

One-Year Listing

Buying a Foreclosure

Showing Property

Refinancing for Grandmother

Wants a New House

Buying Direct from Seller

Fast Home Buyers

License in Two States

What Happens in Foreclosure

Picking an Agent

Buyout

Upset with Agent

Option Pending

Mortgage Denied

When are You the Owner?

Sell Land or Wait?

Brother in Trouble

Gift from Parents

Selling as is

Rent With Option

Unhappy with Agent

Selling vacation property

Buyer's Broker Bothers Her

Seller Backing Out 2

Mineral Rights

Basement Walls Leak

Buying Small Cabin

Seller's Responsibility

Upside Down on Mortgage

License Exam

Fence Near Boundary

Buyers Can't Get Mortgage

Deficiency Judgment

Adding Daughter's Name

House is Abandoned

Not on the Deed

Firing the Agent

Who Pays for Survey?

Finding an Agressive Agent

Full-Price Offer

What's Dewinterization

Measuring Uneven Lot

No Proof of Payoff

No Driveway Easement

Unsecured Debt as Lien

What's a Short Sale?

Deed in Lieu

Buying Foreclosed Homes

Tax Break on Home Sale

Who is Responsible

Tax on Capital Gain

Unproductive Agent

Upsidedown on Mortgage

Was Agent Negligent?

Talking to Buyer's Agent

Acquiring by Occupying

Paying Property Taxes

Selling Own Property

What's "pending release"?

Difference in Baths

Advertise Out-of-Town?

Credit Score Too Low

Is Listing Binding?

Using Two Brokers

Los Angeles Property Tax Rates

Homes in the Hollywood Hills

What is an Escrow Company?

NYC Duplex vs LA Duplex

Help with Realt Estate Jargon

As-Is Home Sales

Silver Lake Alternatives

Updating a House to Sell

Purpose of Property Disclosures

Problems with Palm Trees?

Buyer Going VA

Halfway Through Lease Purchase

Buyer is an Agent

Must Buyer be Disclosed?

When Must She Vacate?

Losing Their Deposit

What's a Bedroom?

Owning Real Estate Company

Seller's Son Lives There

Builder Doesn't Disclose

Include a Fireplace?

License Needed?

Seller Remaining

Buying Commercial Land

Significant Other Has Problems

Taking Back Mortgage

Mother Giving House

Asks About Selling Price

Exchanging Rental Properties

Offer Not Accepted

Two on the Mortgage

Does Ex-Husband Sign?

  Back to Archive