Living in southern California, it’s rare that something will catch me off guard. There are some crazy people who do pretty crazy things around here. But the craziest thing that’s happened here in a long time is Hurricane Hilary hitting us yesterday. Well technically they call it a cyclone since it is in the Pacific
Although I wouldn’t call myself a movie buff, I do like a good flick every once in a while. The problem, at least the way I see it, is that Hollywood is trying to shove an agenda down our throats with just about every new movie that comes out. But I can always pop some
I was talking with my Probate Growth Accelerator students during our weekly Thursday coaching call and the question of what to do when a seller ghosts you came up. This is an important question because without a clear strategy, you can end up either wasting too much time chasing questionable leads, or forget about them
It’s funny how our brains allow assumptions to become our reality. Do Twinkies really last forever? Nope. Will shaving your body hair make it grow back thicker and faster? Wrong again. How about this one: Chain smokers can’t run marathons. Ok, you’ve probably never actually put chain smoking and marathons together, but when you hear
Remember a couple of months ago when the market was saturated with buyers and the biggest problem was trying to find inventory? It sort of felt like the “wild west” of real estate. People were doing crazy things. And some were making crazy money. They were gambling on the market overpaying and overleveraging themselves on
On Monday I wrote about house hoarders and asked you to share your probate house hoarder horror stories. My Probate Fox family did not disappoint – I got a ton of replies all loaded with crazy stories. One of the craziest was from Casey who wrote: “Just dealt with one… Victorville, had to evict tenants
Yesterday the news featured a house in Granada Hills that was being sued by LA County because it was overrun by junk and trash. Working probate real estate for over 20 years, I’m normally used to this kind of stuff. But this house takes hoarding to a whole new level. And the crazy thing with
Thursday is my phone day. In addition to the free Q&A call that I offer every Thursday, I also do a group coaching call for my Probate Growth Accelerator members. On top of all that, I also scheduled some one-on-one coaching calls yesterday. I basically spent the entire day talking with various real estate agents,
We live in a very weird world right now. I’m sure you heard about Trump’s mansion in Florida getting raided by the FBI. And everyone, including President Biden, claimed they didn’t know it was gonna happen. Whether or not you believe that it should scare you. Government agencies seem to be drunk on power running
Every culture has some version of the Boogyman. My favorite version is Russia’s. They call him Baba Yaga. If you’ve seen any of the John Wick movies, you know that Keanu Reeves plays a pretty good Baba Yaga. When Baba Yaga comes to visit, fear comes with him. It sort of feels like Baba Yaga
Just because I’m traveling around Italy with the Vargas clan doesn’t mean I’m not working. I had a conversation yesterday with Eduardo. He’s an associate we are working on a probate property with. The said piece of property is currently in foreclosure. The problem he’s running into is the seller keeps raising the price. I
I’ve been in this real estate game for a very long time. And most of it (23 years) has been spent specializing in the inherited real estate market. I have had hundreds upon hundreds of conversations with sellers going through probate. Wanna know their biggest motivation for selling the house? They want to get their
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