The short sale home of John Schneider sits in Agoura Hills, CA. He has listed it for sale at $2,199,000. The actor raised his threechildren on the 2.67 acres property, which has a creek that leads to the area where Dukes and Dr. Quinn were shot. The gated property includes detached offices, a guesthouse, an outdoor entertainment centre, an infinity pool, a fenced pasture for horses and three-and two-car garages. He bought this Agoura Hills, CA home for $1.25 millionbut 12 years later, he owes about 10 times that amount. A title search showed two liens on the property. The home is about 7,000 square feet. It has soundproofed recording booth in the office. The 6,890 square feet property has 6 bedrooms & 9 baths, built in 1987. It is privately gated. The main residence has 5 bedroom, 5 1/2 bath, an English pub and a game room. The huge formal dining has a fireplace and lavish master suite.
The detached offices has a reception area that has a half bath, 1 bedroom, 1 bath guest house, pool, outdoor entertainment area with kitchen and fireplace. There’s 3 & 2 car garages and guest parking for 8+ cars. The actor, who currently appears in the series Smallville, also owns a house in Nashville, TN, a condo in Westlake Village, CA; and a few properties in and around Apple Valley, CA.
Keller Williams Realtor, Mark Moskowitz, who specializes in Agoura Hills, CA says that Agoura Hills, CA has become an attractive suburb of Los Angeles because of its outstanding public schools. And while the market in the area has slowed a bit for mid-range homes ($750,000 to $1million) because financing can be challenging, the low and high end of the market is doing well. Moskowitz also stated that the reason short sales are better for the bank is because in a short sale the owner is still living in and maintaining the home while foreclosures are sold empty and often get vandalized and overgrown and become hard to sell. Moskowitz also said that short sales with more than one lien, like Schneider’s, can get complicated but “on average, banks make 10 percent more on a short sale than a foreclosure,” so they will be more willing to work with buyers to figure out financing.
