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Top Five Strategies For Buying San Diego Luxury Homes

While the media devotes a lot of space and time to highlighting the negative aspects of today’s real estate marketplace, there are really many distinctive opportunities that exist for savvy buyers. For example, this might be your once-in-a-lifetime chance to buy a luxury property that was formerly out of reach because of the escalated prices of the real estate boom. In today’s market, nevertheless, such homes might suddenly be within your price range. Be advised that purchasing a high-end property, such as Santaluz homes for sale, requires a different methods and tactics than do purchases in lower price ranges. Here are Continue Reading →

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In A New Relationship And Buying A Home Together? You Need To Read This!

Let me tell you, buying a home as an individual is a world of difference from purchasing a home with your spouse or fiance. That probably holds true for buying a property along side anybody when both people, including yourself, have a high emotional stake in it. But for the sake of this post I am going to talk about purchasing with a spouse or fiance. The fianace route probably being even tougher because it means it is probably the first time you go through it together and you may discover that you have very different ideas. Having another person Continue Reading →

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Avoid This Common Seller Mistake

We have all experienced it and there is probably nothing more uncomfortable. See if you can relate to this: You are excited to see a new property that you are may want to buy. You arrive at the home with your San Diego Realtor and guess what happens. The owner answers the door! Why the exclamation point? Why the dramatic effect? Well if you don’t know the answer to this you may be one of the people making this mistake. Here is the answer. THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING SHOWN A HOME BY THE OWNER!!! Sorry sellers, but that’s Continue Reading →

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3 Funny Things Buyers Do

In my opinion, there is no more interesting thing to do than people watch. People are funny. But if you think they are funny as you observe from a street side cafe as they rush to work, you have no idea how funny they can be when they are buying real estate.

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Don’t Even Dream Of Skipping Your Property Inspection

I just went through an escrow where the buyer chose not to get a professional home inspection (I represented the seller). It wasn’t the first time I see that happen but I just can’t ever believe it when I see this happen.

Buyers, Attention Please!….Get a home inspection every time you purchase real estate! Got that? Good.

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Have You Noticed How Hard It Is To Buy?

It is hard being a buyer in this market. That’s right. You did not misread that and it is not a typo. I’ll say it again. Being a buyer in the current San Diego real estate market is extremely difficult.

Most people are under the impression that inventories are sky rocketing and buyers have thousands of great properties to choose from. These people are also clearly not participating in the current San Diego Real Estate Market.

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The Biggest No Brainer In The History Of Loan Defaults

What started off as an exciting project to build the biggest residential building in Downtown San Diego has now turned into a nightmare for the developers. Vantage Pointe has officially defaulted on their construction loan in the amount of $197.8 million.

But the truth is that it did not take a genius to predict this one. I mean you have to be kidding me! A 679 unit project where people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to be packed into a building like Sardines? How did that sound like a good idea to anybody?

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Best San Diego Beach You Have Never Been To

Moonlight Beach Encinitas is easily one of the most beautiful beaches in the county so why is it that the majority of San Diegans I speak to have not been there? In a way I am jealous of these people because I wish I had the opportunity to discover Moonlight Beach Encinitas again for the first time…

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Make Money By Presenting Your Real Estate Offer With A Cover Letter

If your agent isn’t presenting your real estate offers with a cover letter, you are losing money. That’s right. You are out right losing money for not taking the time to write an offer cover letter. Read this post to learn the elements that should be included in your offer cover letter and why they are so important…

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Everyone Wants To Know, “How’s The Market?”

How is the market? That must be the number one question I get from anyone as soon as they find out that I am in real estate. The follow up question usually is, “do you feel that it’s recovering?” The answer depends on what part of town, at what price point, and from what perspective…

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How to Find Short Sales That Can Close Quickly

Short sales can be frustrating for buyers due to the amount of time it takes to buy a short sale and the uncertainty involved. However, there are things that your agent can do for you to help you focus on short sales with a high probability of responding and closing quickly.

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