Everyone from real estate agents to home buyers are talking about the low inventory of housing in Southern California and how frustrating it is to find a suitable property at a reasonable price in today's real estate market. A lot of times these hidden gems may be out there but not visible on the open real estate market and hidden from being seen anywhere on the Internet. Sometimes the best deals are those that are on "hold" status for one reason or another.
A real estate agent will put a home "on hold" for a wide range of reasons. Sometimes seller's will have some kind of an emergency come up and still want to sell the home but are unable to cooperate with showings during a short period of times. In other cases we see a lot of short sale and bank
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