Redding's Ups and Downs

On the radio yesterday, Barb Hilborn of Coldwell Banker, Minnesota heard a list of the top 10 professions in her area with the least amount of respect. She was shocked when it was reported real estate agents were at the top of the list!!!

Boy, that can really take the wind out of your sails.  We take the selling and buying of homes very seriously. Homes are most people’s biggest asset and it’s a huge responsibility to make sure buyers and sellers get the best deal possible and are protected. That’s our job.

Showing clients homes is the fun part of our job. Once we open escrow, the real work begins. Almost every escrow has huge challenges, not only in the currently tough industry but also when it’s a seller’s market.

One of our homes in escrow right now was supposed to close this week. But in the title search we learned it has a lien against it that should have been removed in the previous sale of the home. To make things worse, the former escrow company was Alliance Title who is now bankrupt, so we have no access to the previous records. We are protecting our client by pouring through paperwork to make sure they do not buy a house with a lien against it.  Right now every single one of our homes in escrow have issues that will take days, even weeks, to work through.