The Proposition 13 Tax Transfer Initiative will be on the ballot in November. If passed, it will give those 55 and older the ability to take their old property-tax basis with them, no matter (a) the new home's market value; (b) the new home's location in the state;...
Month: June 2018
Olivenhain ‘Plantation Estate’
The old wood-shake roof didn't get in the way of this one selling, and though it is horse property, there weren't really any actual horse facilities. But it had three major hot buttons; single-story, detached 1-bedroom guest house, and 720sf man cave. This is the...
Redfin Wants Link Back to Listing Agent
The thing that got me fired up was Glenn insisting that portals include a mandatory HTML link back to the listing agent (in fact, Redfin authored the new verbiage to be approved by N.A.R.). The current rule is that the listing agent has to be mentioned, and Redfin...
Opendoor is Deceitful
In the video below, a Las Vegas realtor compares an actual offer from Opendoor to what happened when he put the home on the open market. But it's the deceit that is note-worthy. The first number supplied by Opendoor was the average market time, which they said was 75...
Kitchen Island Idea
Do you have an awkward space around the kitchen and dining area? Here's a crafty solution - tie the sink/prep/dining/bar areas together to create a long-modern-kitchen-island-bar-dining-table-countertop! http://www.contemporist.com/extra-long-kitchen-island/
Redfin is Deceitful
Glenn Kelman of Redfin has been deceiving the public since the day they started the company, and he gets away with it because we don't have a watchdog department or any enforcement of truth-in-advertising. We live in a society where anybody can say anything and never...
Jim Carroll Band
Remember this one?
Turbulence
https://twitter.com/bradInman/status/1011730002570719232 For an industry that has been stagnant and mostly unaffected by disintermediation/disruption over the last couple of decades, you get the feeling that change might be afoot now. It's asking a lot, but what we...
Kayla’s Trendy Tuesday
My absolute favorite color in the world is BLACK. Yes, I love bright and happy colors too but black is classic, chic, and can go with anything. I not only like wearing black, but I also like to use it when it comes to the household. Now I know some of you are probably...
San Diego Case-Shiller Index, April
? The non-seasonally-adjusted San Diego Case-Shiller Index had another strong reading for April, setting a new all-time high! San Diego Non-Seasonally-Adjusted CSI changes: January ’17 231.21 +0.8% +5.7% February 233.31 +0.9% +6.5% March 235.61 +1.0% +6.4% April...