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What Do Cash Buyers Know That Others Don’t?

By Tyler Wood on February 15th, 2011
Categories: Big Bear Buyers, Big Bear Market Conditions, Big Bear Real Estate News, Real Estate Video
Tags: big bear real estate, buying a home, cash, getting a loan, home sales, market bottom

Now is the time to buy! Here’s a quick video I did on the cash sales in Big Bear along with two conclusions I came to. Direct link to the YouTube video. 1. People with cash are moving to real estate as a good investment. They are thinking prices are near the bottom and now [...]

When is the Best Time to Buy or Sell in Big Bear?

By Tyler Wood on January 31st, 2011
Categories: Big Bear Buyers, Big Bear Real Estate News, Big Bear Sellers, Real Estate Video
Tags: best time to buy or sell, big bear real estate, buying a home, inventory, selling a home

Click here to see embedded video. There are several ways to answer this question. From a seller’s standpoint, the first four months of the year are the slowest for real estate sales in Big Bear. But, there is also less competition on the market during these months, which means there are less homes for buyers [...]

What the Internet Won’t Tell You About A Big Bear Property

By Mike Wochner on January 25th, 2011
Categories: Big Bear Buyers, Big Bear Market Conditions, Big Bear Real Estate News, Real Estate Technology
Tags: big bear real estate, buying a home, internet shopping

The internet has changed a lot of things in our industry over the past 10 years. When I first started selling real estate in 1999 (which wasn’t THAT long ago) everyone relied on printed MLS books which were issued every other week as their primary source for current information. Yes, we did have an MLS [...]

Big Bear Real Estate Market Predictions 2011 for Buyers

By Patty Simonek on January 15th, 2011
Categories: Big Bear Buyers, Big Bear Foreclosures, Big Bear Market Conditions, Big Bear Neighborhoods, Big Bear Real Estate News, Big Bear Sellers
Tags: 2011 predictions, big bear real estate, buying a home

I specialize in working with real estate buyers in Big Bear Lake, CA where 2nd homes in a resort town makeup a majority of our market sales. This is an interesting article I came across with some insight of what we may expect for this 2011 real estate market. In the article, Tara-Nicholle Nelson has [...]

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  Year built: 1977
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  2 beds, 2.0 baths
  
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  Lot size: 2,500 sqft
  
  Year built: 1997
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  Year built: 1969
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  Year built: 1999
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  BIG BEAR LAKE
  
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  Year built: 1977
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  Home size: 840 sq ft
  
  Lot size: 9,697 sqft
  
  Year built: 1972
- $239,900 - 1009 MYRTLE
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  Lot size: 11,250 sqft
  
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  Year built: 1978
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  Lot size: 6,244 sqft
  
  Year built: 2002
- $220,000 - 853 Menlo Drive
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  Home size: 1,320 sq ft
  
  Lot size: 6,960 sqft
  
  Year built: 1964
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  Lot size: 5,040 sqft
  
  Year built: 1969
- $120,000 - 208 Greenspot Boulevard
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  Lot size: 9,697 sqft
  
  Year built: 1972
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  Lot size: 9,556 sqft
  
  Year built: 1978
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  Lot size: 2,500 sqft
  
  Year built: 1982
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  Year built: 1958
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  Lot size: 7,800 sqft
  
  Year built: 2002
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  Home size: 494 sq ft
  
  Lot size: 2,375 sqft
  
  Year built: 1981
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  3 beds, 1.75 baths
  
  Home size: 2,136 sq ft
  
  Lot size: 6,244 sqft
  
  Year built: 2002
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  Year built: 2004
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  Year built: 1980
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  Year built: 1964
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