Here's a great reason to list your home with Jim the Realtor - Zillow is giving 'special preference' to listings by Premier Agents that feature a video tour. Hopefully this will help bring home video tours into the forefront of real estate marketing. It is time for...
The Big Quandary for many sellers. Plenty of folks love the house, but which one will step up and pay the price? How long do you wait?
The selling season is heating up, and Kayla promises to make more appearances this year, so.... Keep reading the blog! When you, or someone you know, if thinking of moving, we'd sure appreciate a call or text at (858) 997-3801. Looking for a sweet valentine for your...
A few real-life occurrences this month - and it's only February! It happens regularly that out-of-staters will call me after arriving for a preliminary visit. They are respectful about being very early in the process, and really just want to drive around by themselves...
Are you thinking of moving, but want to sell your house first, and use the proceeds to buy the next one? It is the preferred path. Most every homeowner has substantial equity now - transferring it to the new home is best accomplished by selling and buying...
Why keep scrambling to improve the appearance when you know an offer is forthcoming? Because a cleaner, more open look will help clinch it for buyers upon their next visit - which is when they confirm they made the right decision.
You have to like your chances of selling a house listed for $679,000 in a town where the median list price is $1,150,000 - and the house around the corner wants $729,000 and is also doing open house. If only the city would take Saturday off:
When another listing hits the market in the same neighborhood as we're about to enter ourselves, we expedite our efforts to compete. In this case, it meant uploading the MLS and Zillow listings while on the road:...
If you look at the recent averages of home sales, big discounts off list prices are rare – buyers are lucky to get 5% off.
Thoughts and reactions from today's open house: For those looking to buy a newer 4,000sf single-story house, there were ten sold in the last 12 months - in the county! They are in remote areas - Fallbrook, Valley Center, Rimrock, Jamul, etc., and they cost about the...
