Tuesday, August 17, 2010

OC Homebuying down 19.2% in July

Why would now be a good time to buy?  A decrease in competition of offers, more inventory and more room in the price if the sellers are truly motivated. If you're interested in what's out there now, feel free to contact me.

A sampling of homes currently available:


$499,900- Irvine
Fern Canyon
Upgraded kitchen of Fern Canyon
$299,000- Fullerton
Ash Av
The rehabbed interior of Ash Ave.

Landscaped backyard of Aldergrove


$899,000- Fullerton
Aldergrove Court

Also, if you're interested in the real estate stats for the Orange County market, http://lansner.ocregister.com/2010/08/17/o-c-homebuying-down-19-2/77449/ as of August 17, 2010.

Thanks for reading!
Joan


  

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Hope House - For the Multiple Handicapped

Thanks, Ookie D., for this opportunity to give to a worthy cause.



Founded in 1963 by parents, Hope House serves people presenting a variety of challenging physical, emotional and developmental needs. Services are designed to assist the person to become as self sufficient as possible through unconditional support and positive motivation.


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

What does a property under 100K in the OC look like?

In my last posting I had written about a 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath property in Santa Ana under 100K.  Here are some pics to satisfy your imagination!  Not bad actually.  What do you think?




                                      


                                      


                                      

Also, after having a critique of my blog from my husband, I've decided to change the format of the blog to alternate the giving back posts with the real estate posts to make the posts flow a little bit better. 

If you have any charitable causes or volunteer opportunities you'd like to highlight, please let me know and I'll give it a spotlight here on my blog!  Also, if you're interested in a particular property you'd like more info about, I can highlight that one as well.

Thanks for reading!
Joan


Monday, August 2, 2010

Can I find a property under $100K in Orange County? Absolutely.

One of my things to do today, other than start this fantabulous blog- mashing up real estate and giving back, was to answer the question of  "Can you find investment property in Orange County under $100K?"  "Yes you can!" I reply!  I found quite a few of them.  158 to be exact!  But, after weeding out all the 55+ senior communities, short sales, and mobile homes- which might actually work for cash flow purposes- but in this instance was not desired, I had 7 properties to share.  Most of them were foreclosures. There was 1 flip/rehabbed home and all were in the Santa Ana area, ranging in size from studios to 2 bedrooms.  

My pick of the list was a 1 bed, 1.5 bath in Santa Ana off 3rd.  The seller added some new flooring, paint and granite... not bad for under 100K.  I'll be seeing it this week and will post pics on the next post. 

If you're interested in learning about investment opportunities in Orange County or South LA County, feel free to comment or email me at myocrealtor@gmail.com.

When I decided to do this blog discussing real estate, I also wanted to find a way to give back and find ways to help others in the community.  Then I thought that there might be others in my position wanting to do the same.  Why not share what I find?  Today's volunteer opportunity is with the Illumination Foundation.

Agency: Illumination Foundation - http://www.ifhomeless.org/


Description: This opportunity includes overseeing the children in our program, while their parents attend classes. The number of children present can be anywhere from 10 to 20 children, ranging in age from 0 -18. We will assign one volunteer to every 1 or 2 children. We play games with the children, practice crafts, draw, put on plays or performances, watch movies, play outside, etc. We are always looking for new and innovative ideas to occupy the children’s time.

*Every Monday Evening at 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m.*

Maybe this opportunity will be a good match for you to give back! 

Thanks for reading,
Joan