12500 Avocado Way, Riverside, Ca 92503
March 12, 2011 by Heidi Franklin
This desirable single story home will suit many Buyer’s needs. Featuring a double door entry, formal living and dining, the kitchen has lots of counter space and cabinets, a large island for entertaining, under-cabinet lighting, double oven, countertop stove and step-in pantry. The kitchen also has an eating area and is open to the family room with cozy fireplace and ceiling fan. Next to the kitchen is the laundry room that leads to your 3 car garage with opener and access to outisde. The master bedroom is on one side of the home and the other two bedrooms are on the other side. The master features a ceiling fan, wood shutters and bathroom suite with dual sinks, separate garden bathtub and separate shower. Also a mirrored walkin closet. One bedroom is double sized because the original owner opted for one large bedroom instead of two bedrooms. This extra large bedroom has a ceiling fan and walkin closet. The third bedroom also has a ceiling fan and Wainscotting for a homey feel. the backyard is very spacious and has plenty of room for a pool. There is a separate gated area that can be used for a dog. On the other side is a relaxation garden. Located in Victoria Grove which is a gated community with associatio pool, spa, park and more.
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Are you confused about Tax Impounds?
March 12, 2011 by Heidi Franklin
When purchasing a home, tax impounds can be very confusing.
The amount to be collected will change daily. Each month there will be a different amount of months of required estimated taxes to be deposited into escrow and held in your impound account which is set up by your lender for when the taxes become due by the County. See the chart below.
| Closing/Funding Month | First Payment Month | Impounds Required |
| January | March | 6 Months |
| February | April | 1 Month |
| March | May | 2 Months |
| April | June | 3 Months |
| May | July | 4 Months |
| June | August | 5 Months |
| July | September | 6 Months |
| August | October | 7 Months |
| September | November | 8 Months |
| October | December | 9 Months |
| November | January | 4 Months |
| December | February | 5 Months |
1st Half Taxes Due November 1st – Delinquent December 10th
2nd Half Taxes Due February 1st – Delinquent April 10th
- The amount a new lender will require to establish your tax impound account will vary according to when you close your real estate transaction.
- Keep in mind these are not fees, tax impound account set-up costs are your money.
- If you would like to discuss paying tax impounds, please talk to your loan officer.
* This tax impound chart is intended for general information purposes only. No guarantee for it’s accuracy.
What this means to a Buyer is that certain months, there will be more up front money required than other months for your tax impounds.. After looking at the chart, you will see that if you close escrow in October, your first payment most likely will be due in December where there are 9 months of taxes to be collected from you up front for your impound account. In the past years of selling homes, I have found that if you are using Conventional financing, it’s possible that you will not be required to set up an impound account for taxes and homeowner’s insurance in order to close escrow. If that is allowed, you can close escrow without an impound account, then set up an impound account later when there is not as much money required. Many Buyers will choose to have an impound account for taxes and insurance so they will not have to come up with a lot of money when the bills become due. Real estate taxes are due twice per year and homeowner’s insurance is due once per year. I hope you find this Tax Impound information helpful.
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Come play BINGO!
October 15, 2010 by Heidi Franklin
Come join us for a great evening of bingo !
The proceeds benefit Corona Companion Animal Rescue Effort.
Location: Grazianos Pizza Restaurant
333 Magnolia Ave. Corona, CA 92879
Dates: Oct. 20th and Oct. 21st Starts at 6:00pm
$20 for 10 games
For tickets called Linda at 951-280-4602
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My Favorite Home Poems
August 9, 2010 by Heidi Franklin
As a Realtor I enjoy anything related to “Homes”. So I thought I would share with you some poems.
A Home Song
I read within a poet’s book
A word that starred the page:
“Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage!”
Yes, that is true; and something more
You’ll find, where’er you roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Can never make a home.
But every house where Love abides,
And Friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home-sweet-home:
For there the heart can rest.
- by Henry Van Dyke
- by Robert William
The House With Nobody In It
WHENEVER I walk to Suffern along the Erie track
I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black.
I suppose I’ve passed it a hundred times, but I always stop for a minute
And look at the house, the tragic house, the house with nobody in it.
I never have seen a haunted house, but I hear there are such things;
That they hold the talk of spirits, their mirth and sorrowings.
I know this house isn’t haunted, and I wish it were, I do;
For it wouldn’t be so lonely if it had a ghost or two.
This house on the road to Suffern needs a dozen panes of glass,
And somebody ought to weed the walk and take a scythe to the grass.
It needs new paint and shingles, and the vines should be trimmed and tied;
But what it needs the most of all is some people living inside.
If I had a lot of money and all my debts were paid
I’d put a gang of men to work with brush and saw and spade.
I’d buy that place and fix it up the way it used to be
And I’d find some people who wanted a home and give it to them free.
Now, a new house standing empty, with staring window and door,
Looks idle, perhaps, and foolish, like a hat on its block in the store.
But there’s nothing mournful about it; it cannot be sad and lone
For the lack of something within it that it has never known.
But a house that has done what a house should do, a house that has sheltered life,
That has put its loving wooden arms around a man and his wife,
A house that has echoed a baby’s laugh and held up his stumbling feet,
Is the saddest sight, when it’s left alone, that ever your eyes could meet.
So whenever I go to Suffern along the Erie track
I never go by the empty house without stopping and looking back,
Yet it hurts me to look at the crumbling roof and the shutters fallen apart,
For I can’t help thinking the poor old house is a house with a broken heart.
- by Joyce Kilmer
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1522 Poinsettia St., Corona
August 6, 2010 by Gregg Franklin
4 bedroom, 1¾ bath ranch-style home
Tiled entry, kitchen and bathrooms
New paint and carpet
Ceiling fans throughout
Custom plantation shutters
Appliances less than two years old
Whole-house fan
New heating and air-conditioning ducts
Fully landscaped with drip and sprinkler system
Fruit trees
Fully fenced
Patios front and back
Patio and electrical ready for spa
Roof and stucco 5 years old
Roll-up garage door
Cathedral living room ceiling
Family neighborhood
Close to intermediate school, high school, and shopping
Generous corner lot
No Mello Roos
