Before and After Pics from First-time Buyers Coming!

I received a very pleasant email the other day from my clients of last year. I represented Jacob & Zoila in the purchase of a home in October of 2006 close to Curtis Park and I remember the entire transaction as specially relaxed and easy.

Of course, that always happens when you look back on something through the eyes of nostalgia. They had the usual fears of first-timers but were (I thought) marvelously aware of their goals and what they wanted out of a home.

And got it.

They bought a fixer with a Cal HFA loan (not FHA) which was 100% financed with a silent second (state funded for first-time buyers.) Recently I heard that they have made a huge amount of repairs to the house and I will be getting "before and during" pictures, not "before and after." The pictures will be here soon.

It is my belief however that they will be laughing all the way to the bank when this market turns. And I will be the first to congratulate them. I'm so proud of clients that know what they want and go for it even in the face of fear.

Yes, buying a first home can be scary. Buying ANY home is scary. But if you have done your research and know you are buying it cheap enough, you will reap the rewards.

No matter what the bubble-heads say.