Home flipping is all the rage, and it complicates the demand for old houses and fixers because there are more flippers than buyers pursuing them. Agents get calls, texts, and emails every day from flippers begging to buy their listings. They offer to have the listing...
Another phrase you regularly see in the MLS descriptions is, "NO BUYER LOVE LETTERS". What is the underlying meaning? Listing agents are perfectly capable of discriminating on their own, and they don't need your help. As long as the buyers' names are on the contract,...
It is common to see the same words or phrases in the MLS descriptions. A few years ago, the fancy new buzz word was 'boasts'; a word realtors would use to describe the home's best features. The word got overused, and eventually we would read that a home "boasts three...
In the confidential remarks, it said that the price was discounted due to 'chimney replacement'.......but a whole $204,000 off? It must have been gold-plated! As the home-selling season closes out, don't be surprised if you see more discounts like this:
What are some of the tricks being used today? Ten minutes after I left the open house on Sunday, I received a call from an officer at the Carlsbad Police. Someone reported bones in the backyard, and he was investigating whether they were human or animal bones because...
Check out our new listing WEST of the 5 freeway in downtown Carlsbad! 1116 Buena Vista Way, Carlsbad 3 br/1.5 ba, 1,000sf YB: 1958 Lot is 7,100sf LP = $995,000 Retro beach bungalow on a large 7,100sf lot for this money? Wow! Hardwood floors, vaulted ceiling, new roof,...
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We received three offers on our new listing, and all were around $2,000,000....well under the list price. Once you get over $2,000,000, the buyers are putting up some fight. If the only strategy is to take the best offer - by far the most popular realtor strategy -...
The six active listings in La Costa Valley got trimmed to five with Avenida Ciruela going into pending status, and four of the five actives had open house on Saturday! The weather was funky because a 50% chance of rain was forecasted early in the morning, but it never...
The impact from the power lines happens immediately when you round the corner because they can be seen from the street over the neighbor's home. As a result, there will be people who come to the open house who won't stop and just keep on driving, which we will accept....
