In hot areas like Carmel Valley, home buyers are smart to consider expanding their target zone by looking at homes that need work - and if you buy one, you can remodel to your taste. Chances are good that any house you buy will need something fixed or remodeled...
This Aviara tract house was foreclosed February 8th, and when we went by the first time there was a BMW in the driveway. Boom, less than three weeks after the trustee sale, it's vacant and on the market:
It might surprise you to hear this, but I'm a competitive guy. There's nothing I like more than a good old-fashioned open house derby - going head-to-head with another realtor in the same general vicinity. Especially when my listing is the cheaper house. This will...
From msn.com: When Mikey and Zeina Kostelny found their first home in the suburbs of Altadena, Calif., it appeared to be a buyer's dream, complete with fresh paint, carpet and fixtures. But that dream quickly dissolved into nightmare after the sale closed in late 2008...
Another milestone today - the 700th video! This youtube has nothing to do with real estate sales, and most will find it over-indulgent - but if you like cars (and Chevys in particular), this might bring back some old memories:
At first I thought there should be a lot of offers, but then how come nobody else was there later?
Well-maintained homes for sale are a rarity. If you, or your realtor, can identify how much improvements would cost during a quick tour, it would make it easier for you to decide to buy it. The best thing you can do is commit to spending at least $25,000 on any...
More clips from the editing room floor, including a long-lost rescue fished out of the archives:
