San Joaquin County

With all the news about interest rates and mansions selling for the price of shacks, many people are asking themselves, “Is now the time to sell our home?”  The answer to that question depends heavily on your situation. If you are a distressed home owner who may at some point in the future or currently is facing foreclosure, then the sooner you can get your home on the market, the sooner you can move on from your situation. But if you didn’t take part in the real estate fiasco of the last five years, then now may be the best time for you to consider getting the home of your dreams at discount club store prices!  There are many other reasons that you should consider selling your home and today’s market including: Our market has increased in value: Yes...

If you close your eyes and think of the word “foreclosure”, what are some images that come to mind?  Some see outwardly expressed imagery such as six foot high weeds, dry and dead lawns, papers taped to windows, spider webs and other pictures that remind you of the opening scenes of an old, black and white scary movie panning into the haunted mansion.  The only problem is, that haunted mansion is found all over our southern San Joaquin community. It is easy to spot a foreclosure in our community or distressed property.  We see all of those outward signs.  It can be very frustrating to you the neighbor who pays their mortgage, waters their lawn and cares for their home.  But just as it is easy to spot the outwardly effects of a foreclosure in our...

Many people are now wondering if it is the right time to invest in our community. With very low property values, historically low interest rates and the volatility of the stock market, many savvy investors are starting to look in their own backyards for investments. But is investing in Manteca, Lathrop, Ripon or any community in our valley worth it? Abraham Lincoln once said, “Property is the fruit of labor…property is desirable…is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe...