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Buying a Home Involves Many Difficult Decisions. Make Sure You're Well-Advised by a Top Realtor. 

 

Your home is probably the biggest purchase your family will ever make, and it involves many decisions that go beyond simply choosing one you like.  It's essential that you have a trusted Realtor to guide you through the entire process, from viewing homes, arranging financing, and making sure the written contract is your best interest. 

Our local knowledge of the San Fernando Valley and the Conejo Valley will be invaluable to you, not just in terms of real estate, but also in terms of schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.

Every local real estate market has trends and opportunities which can vary greatly from one neighborhood to the next.  It's our job to educate you so you can make wise decisions and sound investments. 

Some questions to be answered are:

What's the true market value of the home you're interested in?

Is it priced too high?

Is it a bargain you should jump on?

We help home buyers make decisions like this every day, so that they get the best value for their money.

Negotiating the terms can be stressful for all parties involved.  We'll help you negotiate a contract that includes the best possible terms and conditions for you.

You should know everything about the property you're buying and we'll make sure you have all the inspections available to you prior to closing

You want to have full confidence when you're signing documents. Contracts are full of complicated terms and clauses that can greatly affect your future life in your new home. You'll have the full benefit of our experience and knowledge of real estate.

The Ranger Team wants to represent you and your best interests in your search for a new home.  While you can see hundreds of homes on the web, actually buying one is another matter entirely.  Buyers must beware.

We can email you the latest active home listings that meet your search criteria.  These will be fresh from the same MLS that Realtors use.  You'll have your own customized web portal to store information, delete homes, print listings and keep track of market trends.  You'll be able to stop surfing Internet real estate sites where many of the listings are sold are expired.  

If you'd like to have this free service, please use the form below to send us your search information.  We can change the criteria or the cities as often as you wish - it's very easy for us to do that, just email us your request, and it'll be swiftly done. 

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Homecaster(tm) FLASH! to get our personal listings the minute we upload them to this web site.  They'll come in an email you can forward to friends who might like the property, if it's one that doesn't interest you.

Please, call 800.498.6707 or send an email when you want to go see homes.  Tell us the MLS number or the address and we'll schedule appointments at your convenience and either pick you up, or meet you there.

Many homes are coming on the market now as short sales.  This can be a good opportunity to buy a home for a little under the current market value, and at the same time help the seller avoid foreclosure.  We can help you buy or sell a short sale property.

 

We welcome all your questions about buying a home in the San Fernando Valley, the Conejo Valley, Camarillo, and other local areas. It's our job to provide you with the information you want. We respond quickly and there's no obligation on your part.  

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Real Estate Tips
First Time Buyers >Your Principal Residence

The Federal Tax Code allows married taxpayers to exclude from capital gains taxes up to $500,000 in profits from selling a home (singles can exclude $250,000). In order to qualify for this exemption, you must prove that that the home has been your principal residence for at least two out of the last five years. The establishment of the home as a principal residence depends on the facts of each homeowner's circumstance. Here are two cases to consider.

Homeowner A has lived at 25 Pine Drive for 12 years. Although he stays at his vacation cottage in another town for up to three months out of each year (sometimes more), 25 Pine Drive is his principal residence, where he lives most of the time. When he sells the home, Homeowner A (filing as a single individual) can keep up to $250,000 in tax-free profit.

Homeowner B buys 108 Maple Street, intending to live there. He rents it out while waiting to sell his current home, where he has lived for six years. His principal residence sells at the end of two years. Homeowner B moves into his new house, lives there for three months, and then decides to travel. After a six-month trip, he regrets buying 108 Maple Street and sells it. Even though he has owned the house on Maple Street for over two years, it won't qualify as "owner-occupied", because he only lived in it for a few months. Thus Homeowner B is not eligible to claim the tax exemption when he sells the house on Maple Street.

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Doug Ranger, REALTOR®, real estate agent and broker for Tarzana, Encino and Woodland Hills, California home listings, property and land for sale - NUMBER1EXPERT(tm)

Doug Ranger
RE/MAX Grand Central

18946 Ventura Boulevard
Tarzana, CA 91356
Toll Free: 800.498.6707
Doug's Cell: 805.208.2488
Patty's Cell: 818.903.1900
Fax: 801.303.7032
Doug: Doug@DougRanger.com
Patty: Patty@PattyNottoli.com

The Ranger Team of RE/MAX Grand Central specializes in friendly, high-tech personalized service to home buyers and home sellers.

We have a strong Internet presence and believe in saturation marketing.

We use four multiple listing services and have built a very effective referral network to find and sell property.

Please consider us your online, in-touch real estate consultants for all your property needs in Los Angeles County and Ventura County.

Call or email anytime. We're always ready to help.

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