When deciding on a date to launch a new listing, we try our best to work around the rain. The open-house results are best during our typical sun-shiny day!

We also consider the school calendar.

It sure would be nice if the schools are line up their calendars and have spring break at the same time, but they don’t. Here are the differences:

San Dieguito HS, San Diego, and Vista: March 31-April 4

Carlsbad, Oceanside: April 7-11

Poway: April 14-18

Escondido: April 10-21

Do you avoid launching a new listing on BOTH weekends around those dates? Ideally, yes but this is primetime selling season. I can’t burn two full weekends!

Do you base the decision on where the home is located, figuring that the likely buyers will be renting nearby? Or where the likely buyers may live now, and from where they are moving up/down?

I’m thinking about doing a Thursday open house to give buyers a chance to see the home before leaving town. Or do the serious buyers stay home this year so they don’t miss anything? When I was a kid, we never went anywhere – you’ll survive!

And this was unheard of – TWO weeks off?

Encinitas Union: March 25-April 4

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