Webinar: What to Know Before Buying a Condo in San Mateo County

The next topic in our San Mateo real estate webinar series, we will be discussing What You Need to Know Before Buying a Condo in San Mateo County.

Why San Mateo Condos?

Buying a condo in San Mateo County is much different than buying a single family home in San Mateo County. There is at least twice as much paperwork to wade through and you must come to terms with the fact you are buying ownership by consensus. Ownership by consensus means a group of people, the Homowner’s Association (HOA), makes decisions on how the condomium complex operates including the collecting and dispersing of monthly dues, making the rules and regulations residents must live by and taking care of exterior maintenance.

San Mateo County home buyers need to be aware of these differences so they can determine whether or not buying a condo in San Mateo County is right for them.

What Will You Learn?

By attending our 45 minute webinar, you’ll learn:

• What is considered a condo? (Hint: They aren’t just indoor hallway, apartment style buildings!)
  
• What do you own when you buy a condo in San Mateo?
  
• If you should consider a San Mateo condo in your home buying strategy
  
• The pros and cons of buying a condo in San Mateo
  
• Some examples of what is available in San Mateo County
  

Who Should Sign Up?

Anyone who is considering buying a home in San Mateo County in the next year or so would benefit from this webinar. Even if you’d prefer to buy a single family home, San Mateo County condos may present benefits that you hadn’t considered, or you may decide after looking at single family homes available that you’d prefer to live in a condo in a nicer area of San Mateo County than buy a single family home in an inferior location. (This happens more than you’d think!)

You Never Know What You May Find When Searching for a San Mateo County Home

In fact, just last month we had a client that came to us back in February and said they’d only consider single family homes and did not want to live in a condominium. After looking for a few months and making 7 offers on single family homes that they didn’t get, we took them to a large ground floor 3 bedroom, 2 bath condo in the San Carlos hills just for fun and they fell in love with it. This San Carlos condo was more updated than any of the homes they’d seen, was in a much better location, had an extra bedroom and bathroom so they wouldn’t outgrow it when they had a baby and was in the city they really wanted to live. If you would’ve asked them in February would they end up in a condo, they would have immediately answered no. But, after all was said and done, they felt they were going to be a lot happier in the San Carlos condo than they would’ve been in any of the single family homes they’d made offers on in the past. Moral of this story….keep your options open and get all of the information before you rule something out.

When is the Webinar?

What to Know Before Buying a Condo in San Mateo County, will be presented on Tuesday October 13th at 7-7:45pm.

How Do I Sign Up?

To sign up for our free webinar, please visit our What to Know Before Buying a Condo in San Mateo County registration page.

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Looking to Purchase a Condo in San Mateo County?

Check out our Buyer Representation Page to learn how we do business. Then, if you like what you see (and we think you will!), call us at (650) 655-2500 or email us at info[@]RayChelRealtyGroup.com for a free, no obligation consultation. We’ll help you craft a strategy to create the best home buying experience.

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