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Why You Should List With Jim
Zestimates in 2024
Borrowing this from Rob's blog, this is known as Amara’s Law in technology spheres. It goes: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” When the zestimates first came out in 2006, their accuracy...

Home Sales and AI
The AI - generated world is coming to real estate sales....soon! But is it a good thing for you? I can be reached at 858-997-3801.
Defecting From The MLS
In the week BEFORE the new rules went into effect, there were 29 NSDCC listings that were marked pending. In the first week AFTER the new rules went into effect, there were 38 new pendings. Homes keep selling. Buyers and sellers keep moving, and Realtors keep helping....
9% In Commissions
This is a real possibility now: Bill Colson, who is preparing to sell his Maryland home next year and purchase a retirement home outside Blue Ridge, Georgia, believes the changes will create more costs. Colson, who is 57 years old and retired from the Navy, said a...

Another Story From the Field
Whenever I have a buyer who loses out on a bidding war, I try to get them right back on the horse. Thankfully, there are several houses sitting around that aren't not selling in the $3 million range, so we made another offer yesterday. First, I went to the open house...
What Donna Does
On Thursday, we closed escrow on our latest listing in Terramar. Other than the new roof and furnace, the house hasn't been touched in 30 years - and it looked rough. As it has been happening more and more, we only received one offer in spite of the intense interest...

August 17
This will probably be the day that the real estate world changes forever. It will end up being the day that more paperwork buried the participants, which we'll get through but it will take a few months before consumers get comfortable with it. I'd like to memorialize...
Oceanfront JtR
It's not really oceanfront with a 4-lane road in front, but it's close. You have the traffic-controlled crosswalk at the corner for easy access to the staircase down to the sand (that the City of Carlsbad is spending $14 million to repair and replace). It's close...
Appraisal Redemption
After the appraiser butchered his appraisal of our sale on Los Robles in May - he brought it in $220,000 below the sales price based on one bad comp when I gave him five others that justified the higher price all day long - I had some concerns about going 0 for 2 on...