Hat tip to daytrip for sending this in from the latimes.com: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-squatter-art-thief-charged-20151020-story.html When police responded to reports of a squatter at a San Francisco mansion over the weekend, they didn't expect to...
Month: October 2015
Avoiding the Inspector Blues
I mentioned here that it would be a prudent business practice to provide buyers with a home inspection prior to making an offer: https://www.bubbleinfo.com/2015/08/10/trid-could-change-everything/ Sellers and listing agents don't want to mess around with repair...
La Jolla Video
Here is a video introduction to La Jolla by www.sandiego.org - I'm probably due for another video tour myself:
Real Estate Tech
Venture capital is pouring into real estate, looking for the next big disruption: http://www.wsj.com/articles/real-estate-techs-two-edged-boom-1445212395 An excerpt: Many real-estate-tech companies that got into the business early hoped to knock out brokers in both...
Inventory Watch
Our active-listing statistics should be settling down for the next couple of months - not because the market is quiet, but because sellers don't like to make any drastic price moves in the off-season. We can probably expect that the list pricing will jump right after...
Downtown Tour
I mentioned the downtown San Diego open house tour on Saturday, and got there myself for just a glimpse - here's a sampling of the diverse buildings on this year's list: The actual mission-style building that houses the San Diego Chinese Museum was physically moved...
Today’s Market
Some of the seasonal frustrations, but good news for sellers!
Seminar Results
I was in Las Vegas doing what I could to help Laker great Lamar Odom, and happened to swing by the Z-Group event for their premier agents. The big wigs rolled out a couple of new features, Stan did his presentation, and then they had breakout sessions that included...
Access to Tax Rolls
You have probably heard of CarFax, the historical report you can get on a car? Now there is HouseFax: http://housefax.com/ Warning - if you sign up for the free report, they will pepper your cell phone with solicitations. The last bastion of protected real estate...
Saturday Open House Tours
Saturday is the big open house day, with dozens of properties around town available for touring! Launching this October 17th, 2015, Open House San Diego | Downtown will preview the Open House concept and get the ball rolling towards a city and potentially county wide...