Are you getting ready to sell your home? Curb appeal is what getts buyers out of the car, and it's relatively easy and inexpensive to improve. Let's start with what you can do out front to improve your chances of selling for top dollar. Curb Appeal Tips Take a photo...
In the youtube video below, Galen lays out what it obvious to most - that disruption among big and small brokerages is underway. For years now, agents have set up their own office within an office, by calling themselves the (insert name) Team, or (insert name) Group....
Buyers' remorse is a real event that gets ignored by those in the business. Agents tend to focus on plowing through their checklists without recognizing the human elements that arise. Sellers have remorse too. With all parties focused on that ideal fantasy sale,...
Horst Architects together with interior design firm Aria Design have completed the Rockledge Residence in Laguna Beach, California. Perched atop the vertical face of a rocky, coastal promontory, this residence responds directly to the owner’s brief for a relaxed...
C.A.R. should call a few more people outside of the Bay Area.... http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/01162014_california_real_estate.asp The 2013 C.A.R. Home Seller survey was conducted by telephone with 600 people statewide to measure their perceptions of the home...
These ivory-tower guys keep wasting their time debating whether to call this is a bubble or not using vague, mind-numbing graphs. From HW: There is a lot going on right now in housing and mortgage markets. But one of the debates that continues to rage on is whether or...
It sounds like the Christie bridge scandal may be short-lived; from NBC: Nearly 70 percent of Americans say the bridge-closure scandal engulfing Chris Christie has not changed their opinion about the New Jersey governor, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll. The...
How is your sense of value? Can you correctly guess the list price of a home after a three-minute tour? I have t-shirts for those who guess the LP. Extra note on the video: You'll hear me say 'bathroom' when discussing the deconstruction. The garage used to be its...
An excerpt on the Encina power plant from the ut: CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad City Council approved a landmark deal Tuesday that officials said will help solve the region’s energy needs while ridding coastal North County of a notorious eyesore: the 60-year-old Encina...
It was noted earlier that after a couple years, most people don't remember their exact sales price - buying or selling. But, boy, is it critical in the moment! The ego interjects itself on both sides too. Buyers don't want to overpay, and sellers think they are...
