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Facebook goes IPO this week? Let’s see who buys what in Silicon Valley: Real Estate Fun

Max Diez — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:33:19 +0000

Max and EJ interview Ralph Migliozzi author of the book Collateral Damage Life as A Mortgage Broker.

Ralph Migliozzi began his career in finance in 1982. After his promotion to management in the consumer finance industry, he moved to Great Western Financial Services where he performed second mortgages. In 1986 he took a commission job originating first mortgages for a mortgage firm. After his promotion to vice president in 1988, he started his own mortgage corporation in 1989. In 1993 he began broadcasting a radio show he produces and hosts, known as “Mortgage Magazine,” on KNCO am in Grass Valley, CA.

Max and EJ talk about foreclosure and the mortgage meltdown. They also listen to Lana Del Rey, Of Monsters and Men and Pretty Lights mixed in between.

Fun times with Max and EJ as they talk about Real Estate, Music, and Mortgages.

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What’s on tap? New listings and Building a new house

Max Diez — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:35:50 +0000

This year has just started and so many suprises are jumping up at us at the corners. I will have 2 new listings for the summer, one is a town home in the only gated community in South San Francisco. The other is a 3/3 single story home with breath taking views of Millbrae. A good friend of mine said it perfectly, ” from here you can see all modes of transportation, by air, by car, by boat and by BART, the Bay Area is amazing!”.

We are also going to be completing a project that took 5 years to create. I was in law school then, single and was still working with my family at the old brokerage. Time really did fly by. In all of that little span of time, I moved back and forth from San Diego, have a child and am living in a city called American Canyon. Who would have thought?

Over the last few months, more changes in my life have really started to tell me that things are not forever – and after the beginning of this year I have no arguments with that saying. As much as I would like think that some things are without end, it certainly can’t be true. You go to sleep one night thinking you are this person and wake up the next morning being another. A loss of identity maybe, reinventing myself definitely.

My daughter is growing up so fast, it is really amazing where the time goes. Maybe I should spend more time with her now, I just know that I may not have the opportunity later. She will be 10 months old this month and I am just astonished at old she looks.

I do see the writing on the wall, it is time for a change and I know that I have been waiting in the wings long enough. So it starts again.

When will the Real Estate Broker be needed again?

Max Diez — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:12:51 +0000

Housing construction and sales have always followed job growth. Looking around and seeing the number of layoffs from companies like Pfizer, Texas Instruments, GM, Boeing, Motorola, Sprint, Microsoft and Webcor one would think that times are grim. I personally think that when companies start to let go of employees, these were a lagging indicator of the current climate. Even amidst my mild optimism, I realize that many will not feel the same way. Take today’s news stating that more Americans than forecasted filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, indicating firing persists even as the economy rebounds and employment is picking up. My only argument is that many Americans are forced to work for less than what they were making and while they do have jobs ~ getting by is not living.

Cities like Las Vegas, Riverside. Calif., and Phoenix have seen median home prices fall 50%, 44% and 37% from their respective peaks. If you were to take a look at the jobs that are being posted on Craigslist, jobs are ~ dare I say it truly vanishing and companies are paying less for those once coveted services.

What is the future of Real Estate?

Max Diez — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:10:11 +0000

From Redfin to Century Homes what does the future of real estate mean to real estate brokers like myself. My first sale of 2010 was for a friend of mine. After spending 2009 thinking about buying a home, he calls me in January to find him a house. We took one week to find him a home to make an offer on. The nice thing about this offer was I had negotiated the price before we presented the contract. This is one of my favorite things to do. A few years ago I wrote a post about this, but being that I no longer have my old site is no longer live. I am tempted to repost it..maybe.

So as of today, I have begun to repost my work that I have done over the years. It has been a great deal of work but of some of my loyal readers have asked for it so here it is.