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Ask The Expert for LOGO: Is my new Hawaiian home eligible for the tax credit?

3/31/2011

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Boy oh boy do I hate answering these kinds of emails! I usually like to be the bearing of good news, as everyone's favorite ball of sunshine. But alas, today I am Grumpy Guss & I gotta burst this man's bubble with bad news.  Let me know if I let him down easy! Comment on the site directly here.

On a more professional note,  I sometimes get asked about the effectivenesss of those federal and state tax credits. They  were touted as the saving grace for the struggling real estate industry.  Yet I always felt  that, as well intentioned as they were, they were merely a short term band-aid solution.  It certainly did not jumpstart the real estate market to recovery. It was a temporary device to artificially prop up the housing market.

Did they really think it was gonna be that easy to un-do all the subprime loans & predatory lending entrenched on Wall St?! Band-aids are for treating cuts and bruises.... not for  herroraging amputated limbs!
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A Dose of Hermanity: My Three Page Interview for A.R.E. Magazine

3/29/2011

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Yet ANOTHER publication interviews Hermanity this year....and it's not even April yet! This time A.R.E. Magazine picks my brain about my favorite real estate sites, servicing the Asian-American Market & Tiger Moms.

Here's a great excerpt:
A.R.E. Mag: "There is a new generation that has witnessed the foreclosure epidemic & may no longer view home ownership as the American Dream. What is your advice to them about home ownership? "

Hermanity: "What? You want to live in your parents' basement forever? That's cute after college in your 20's but not so cute in your 30's. If the foreclosure crisis has taught us anything, it's that diving blindly into home ownership is bad...." 

Read the rest of my helpful hilarious interview, schlock full of my witty advice here!

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Stalk me!

3/27/2011

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If you can't believe the crazy things I say here on Habitat For Hermanity, imagine what jabs & gems comes out of my mouth on social media!  Go ahead, stalk me!



www.twitter.com/hermanity
www.fb.me/hermankchan
www.youtube.com/habitatforhermanity


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Ask The Expert: ‘A new house is blocking my view – Can I do anything?’

3/22/2011

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Hey Hermanity Fans!
Here's my latest column for LogoOnline's 365gay site.  Buying a house w/ a view? It might not be there forever. Views aren't guaranteed. Read why in my new column for "Ask The Expert"

This poor guy in Long Island comes home from college to find a monstrous McMansion erected next door. Aside from being an eye-sore, it totally blocks his view! I break it down for this viewer here. 

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Come out come out where ever you...work! Saks 5th Ave & dot429 WorkOpen Campaign

3/17/2011

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dot429 & Saks Fifth Avenue have launched workOPEN, a new campaign designed to celebrate members of the LGBTQ community who are out & proud at work. I'm happy to lend my face & my signature dose of Hermanity to this cause. I'm all about being true to yourself, not just in personal life but in professional life as well. For us working gals, our careers define us. So come out come out where ever you...work!
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Ask the Expert for LOGO: We Broke up! What to do about our house?!

3/15/2011

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My favorite video for LOGO thus far! "We Broke up! What to do about our house?" Please share with any friends heading for splitsville. With 61% of Californians getting divorced (at least once!), you can bet your bottom dollar people are going through this!

By the way, if you like my LOGO videos, do me a favor and comment on the actual  site (you can log in with your facebook account if you want). The more reactions there are, the more they will let me do!

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Q&A: Is this gal entitled to the stove in this real estate transaction?

3/10/2011

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Can you believe all the fuss this gal is making over a stove!? Is she just greedy or is it agent miscommunication?

This viewer thinks she is entitled to a stove, which belongs to her boyfriend's dad. Sounds to me like there was a miscommunication with  dad or dad's agent misrepresented his intentions (tsk tsk!) .   I try to break down the smoke and mirrors for her.

Don't get me wrong. I love getting questions from all you peeps, but  geez sometimes I wonder about y'all! Yo, it's just a stove!
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Ask a Real Estate Expert: We do not need our house & can not afford it. What to do?

3/8/2011

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I hope you enjoyed my video response last week for LogoOnline / 365gay.com. We are alternating between video and written response.  This week will be written.

Read my latest real estate Q&A for Ask an Expert Column. 

Ari and his partner bought a house during school.  With graduation around the corner, one of them may get a job relocation and another may go to law school. What should they do with their house? Rent it? Sell it?


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My 1st Video for LOGO as Real Estate Expert: Should I buy property in the suburbs?

3/1/2011

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My first video for TV cable channel LOGO's website dropped tonight!  I'm giddy to partake in Ask An Expert (By the way,  I love the company I am keeping below!)
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