Four offers have been received and two more are promised by noon today! It means the highest-and-best round is next, and late tomorrow I'll conduct the slow-motion auction to determine the winner. Because I told everyone that we will do a highest-and-best round and...
I could not feel more certain about this conclusion:
Let's be realistic, shall we? It's the original roof, three original bathrooms that look like $60k-80k to fix, original furnace (no A/C), only half of the windows were replaced, no solar, no pool, no spa, no backyard improvements at all - the skimpy old BBQ is a...
1276 Meadow Wood Place, Encinitas 5 bedrooms + bonus room, 3 baths, 2,962sf 0.23-acre lot YB: 1990 LP = $1,850,000 Open 12-3pm this weekend! Have you been seeing Encinitas Ranch and La Costa Valley homes selling in the mid-$2 millions and higher, and wish you could...
I'll have a video tour of the house later today - we'll be on the open market tomorrow!
Our listing on Deer Canyon has closed escrow! Above are the higher-end 92129 closings over the last 90 days. Who would you hire to be your listing agent?
April felt busy though we had no new listings (the La Costa Valley listing hit on March 31st). Thankfully, there are more to come:
I like to promote my listings at the local broker meetings, just in case someone might have a buyer. It would be really beneficial if the big agents attended these meetings and participate like they do in La Jolla - the camaraderie alone is worth it. Then the open...
We took four listings in a row and I was going to document the whole experience but it was turning into a feature-length movie. Here is the segment where we discuss the bidding war in Rancho Penasquitos, its failure, and how we handled the aftermath:
Even though our new listing had several features that are highly desired by today's buyers (end of culdesac, big flat grass backyard, quiet, and owned solar), we went all out in the presentation and advertising. The sellers went beyond our recommendations in tuning up...
