Five-hour open house today doing what I love to do - talk to interesting people about real estate!
Beach Report
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Why You Should List With Jim
Carlsbad Beach Bungalows w/Ocean Views
Cute & cozy beach bungalow in front, plus a 2br/2ba ADU in back with ocean views! The most exclusive real estate in the world is within one block from the beach, and its value is soaring! Garfield condos selling for $2,000,000-$2,500,000, Garfield triplex closed...
What’s Left Of Spring Selling Season
I know that season of spring just started this week, but our home-selling season has been underway since the Super Bowl. It usually lasts until the graduation season starts in mid-May, then Memorial Day is the first long weekend in a couple of months. After that,...
List-Price-Accuracy Gauge
A great quote about higher-end listings from this free WSJ article: Tomer Fridman, a luxury agent with Compass said the prices on some of the homes were exorbitant in the first place, so the reductions represent a long-overdue correction. “When you do a price...
$176,000 Over List
This looks like a miracle in the post-frenzy era, so how do you use it for a logical comp? This is a cautionary tale for the buyers looking at the house for sale up the street. It will be likely that someone will see my high sale closed and just go grab the other one...
Tour of New Listing
I had four showings of my new listing today, and the buyers sure seemed serious - and we might not make it to open house weekend. Here's a quick spin around the house, plus a surprise at the end:
$3,950,000 Beach Hut
Our new listing across from Tide Beach Park in Solana Beach has fully-approved plans to build a spectacular Mark-Morris-designed California Modern Contemporary - or just enjoy your beach cottage! Mark designed the La Jolla house we sold last summer at 365 Marine...
Fancy Dancing
Careful guidance through the escrow period will never be more important - and valuable - as it is during the post-frenzy boom-and-doom!
Jim’s Last 25
Are you thinking about selling your home and are trying to identify the strategies used by listing agents to get you top dollar with minimal inconvenience? Are you finding that agents aren't real specific about how they do their business, and just want you to trust...
Your Listing Agent Matters
There isn't one standard way to sell a house - every agent does it differently, mostly based on their skill set and ambition in life. My new listing in Spinnaker Hill is a good example! It's a tract neighborhood of one-story houses from the 1970s, and most of them...
