Tom Tarrant has done some incredible remodels over the years - here is a visual collection of a few of his projects: https://www.houzz.com/pro/tom-tarrant/green-button-homes Here's the video tour of his Bay Park remodel:
Bob has had a steady grip on the real estate market - his opinions tend to be among the most level-headed of all the prognosticators. He says we are coasting upward, and that the bump in mortgage rates isn't a turning point: Market confidence can be disrupted...
An older post that still gets hits: Punky asked what's in that “awesome I got everything going for me” house. These thoughts are culled mostly from conversations with our buyers, personal observations, multiple bidding wars, with an emphasis on investment value and...
I'm very appreciative of getting back together with Tom Tarrant, the all-time greatest home-renovator-flipper ever. Let's look back at where it all got started in 2011. This is the most incredible remodel we've seen in the blog's 12 years together:
Everyone is getting into the home-buying business. First it was the well-funded disrupters like OpenDoor and Offerpad, and then Zillow, Redfin, Knock and others jumped in - which caused Coldwell Banker, Keller Williams to also announce their programs (plus Compass...
In the last post we saw how expensive kids can be, and taking care of the growing number of seniors is another strain on the Bank of Mom and Dad. Thanks daytrip for sending this in from the latimes.com - an excerpt: “We are exquisitely unprepared for that [oldest] age...
The number of pendings went up this week, giving hope that our local real estate market will glide through the off-season. There are 19% more houses for sale between La Jolla and Carlsbad today than there were a year ago, but it doesn't feel like it - unless you are...
Factor in the cost of raising children into the future housing demand - how much farther can the Bank of Mom and Dad go? Hat tip daytrip: The average cost of raising a child until age 18 today is more than $230,000— but that number only gets higher when children...
Sellers should do more to their properties today to get them sold. Even those who were nicely updated with the golden Tuscan look or cherrywood floors and cabinets just a few years ago look dated today. Modern photography doesn't hide it, and in some cases can make...
This is getting carried away now - hat tip daytrip:
