Deborah Engel, JD, GRI, ABR

As part of selling your home, you'll usually have title and escrow fees, termite inspection and repairs, natural hazard disclosure, home warranty, fees associated with repaying your lender, recording fees, transaction coordinator, any HOA transfer fees, prepayment penalties. Of course this depends on your particular transaction and some of these fees may not apply and you may have others. The best thing to do is to ask a listing agent to do a "net sheet" for you to give you a better idea of fees and what you can expect to receive/have to pay because of the sale. - Mon Mar 3 2008, 11:00

Hi Lia,
I agree that finding a realtor to help you is the best way to find a home. You'll want to make sure you get preapproved for a loan before you start looking for a home. During this time, your agent should be able to email you available home listings that match your criteria and talk with you about your needs.
Deb - Thu Dec 13 2007, 20:19

You can start by asking your friends and family for referrals. Your neighbors may also have some suggestions and you can see who is selling in the area by the "For Sale" signs that are up in the area. I have sold some in Oceanside and would also be happy to speak with you. - Tue Nov 6 2007, 11:34

The median sales price is the price literally in the middle if you line up all prices from lowest to highest. So, for example, let's say you have the prices 1,1,2,2,2,3,4,5,5,6,10. If you look for the middle number in the line, that's your median. In this example, there are 11 numbers. The number right in the middle of the line is 3 (1,1,2,2,2 are to the left of this and 4,5,5,6,10 are to the right), so 3 is the median price. There's really no calculation in median price-it's just lining up the numbers and finding the middle.

With average, you add up all the numbers, divide that number by the amount of numbers in your sequence, and you get the average. In the example above, you take 1+1+2+2+2+3+4+5+5+6+10=41. Divide 41 by the amount of numbers in the sequence, which is 11 (41/11), which equals 3.73. So 3.73 is your average. - Fri Oct 19 2007, 07:24

In California, you can check the Office of the Attorney General's weblink:
http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/index.htm - Mon Oct 15 2007, 18:55