Are you thinking about purchasing a foreclosure at a foreclosure sale?  Some buyers, most commonly investors, actually participate in the foreclosure sale process and buy their home or condo on the "courthouse stairs".  Here is Fred Eckert from Chicago Title giving some tips if this is in your gameplan.  Chicago Title is involved in lots of foreclosures, and Fred Eckert knows the title insurance business.  Watch his video.  It only takes a couple of minutes.

By Sharyn & Victoria Crown, Coronado and Downtown San Diego real estate brokers

This is part of a series of articles entitled, Downtown San Diego Condos.

Although San Diego seems like a large city.  We are still a city of smaller locales, like Downtown San Diego, Coronado, La Jolla, and places in between.  I find that no matter where a buyer or seller is, they all would like to know what is going on in this REO (real estate owned by banks or investors) marketplace.  To that end, I use sources for information that are honest, competent, and don't have their hand in the cookie jar, so to speak.  That brings me to Fred. 

Fred Eckert is one of our title company (Chicago Title) representatives. Fred always makes me laugh and has spent a lot of time creating informational tips for our clients. Here is a video of Fred and his "Bank Owned and REO Tips." Fred sometimes has a different perspective from us because he works on the backside with the title insurance end of the business. Take a look at today's "Fred Eckert's REO tips.

By Sharyn & Victoria Crown, Coronado and Downtown San Diego real estate brokers

This is part of a series of articles entitled, New Condos, Downtown San Diego Style