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...
Why You Should List With Jim
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...
MLS Shenanigans
We've covered the ways that buyers and buyer-agents are getting battered by listing agents. Making homes tough to show, no transparency about offers and bidding-war process (if any), below-market commissions, sandbagging listings in-house for days or weeks before...
98 Years Young
Another reason to move when you're young and have email!
New-Listing Update
The action on the new listing has been good so far. The hot listings usually have a views-to-saves ratio of 10:1, and mine is 29:1 above. Even though the house has a fantastic view, buyers don't want a project, and it emphasizes how important staging is today. Because...
Awesome Ocean View Home
Our new listing in SW Carlsbad - come by this weekend! https://www.compass.com/app/listing/7215-wisteria-way-carlsbad-ca-92011/1238681599235116601
Bidding-War Technique
At the end of this video, I describe how I conduct my bidding wars - it's so simple, everyone should do it!
What to Expect
Since June, I've been saying "Wait until springtime". Here is what's coming: