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Financial Checklist For Home Buyers
Planning to buy a home in San Diego? Let's ensure you're financially prepared with this Financial Checklist for Home Buyers. Financial Checklist For Home Buyers Do a financial check up. Know your credit score, debt-to-income ratio, and...
How to Make Your Bedroom a Place Of Comfort
Struggling to catch some z's? Many factors might cause this to be challenging such as stress, poor sleep habits, medical conditions, lifestyle choices, and environmental factors. In this blog, we’ll talk about the environmental factor — a.k.a. your...
Why Winter Might Be the Perfect Time to Sell Your Home
Good news for sellers: Selling your San Diego home in the winter offers unique advantages for you. Here's why selling your home in San Diego during winter might be a smart move: There is reduced competition. With fewer properties on the market, your home receives...
Is Closing My Credit Card Account Good for a Mortgage Application?
Contemplating on closing your credit cards before applying for a mortgage? This can impact your credit score and, consequently, your mortgage application. The credit score plays a pivotal role in mortgage applications as it serves as a measure of an individual's...
Questions to Ask Your Contractors Before Hiring Them
The key to any successful home project lies in assembling the right person or team — professionals who can ensure the job is done effectively, within the established timeline, and without exceeding the budget. Before you say “You’re hired!” to a contractor, here are...
Five Love Languages of Realtors
In Dr. Gary Chapman’s book “The Five Love Languages”, it delves into how individuals communicate in their romantic relationships through words of affirmation, acts of service, gifts, quality time abd physical touch. To know your love language, you can take a quiz...
How to Add a Touch of Love to Your Living Space
With the love month in full swing, creating a romantic vibe in your home goes beyond adorning it with hearts or the color red. It involves making a space that fosters sentiments of love, warmth, and positivity. Below are some ideas to add a touch of love to your...
Should You Talk to a Lender or Real Estate Agent First?
Buying a home entails more than just choosing a property from listings and settling in. It can be an enormous task, that’s why it’s wise to hire pros to help you along the way. But who do you turn to first: the lender or a real estate agent? The ideal sequence is...
Tax Season: Wrap Up the Year Neatly
It’s tax season! It’s time to start pulling together all of the documents that you will need in order to prepare your tax return on your personal property or your rental property in North San Diego County. Tax day isn’t until the 15th of April, but the time to start...
Reality Check… Can You Really Afford This Home?
So you're ready to dive into the world of homeownership and get a handle on the financial side of things? One of the first things you'll want to figure out is how much house you can actually afford. Let's break it down. According to Smart Asset’s estime, to...
Stylish Kitchen Range Hood Ideas
The good ‘ol kitchen range hood — our kitchen's built-in superhero, swooping in to save the day by sucking up all that steam, smoke, and grease, and whisking it away before it has a chance to settle on your cabinets or make your whole house smell like last night's...
San Diego Real Estate Update and Predictions for 2024
Thinking about jumping into the housing market and curious about what's in store for the year ahead? Here’s what experts are saying the real estate market in San Diego is heading in 2024. First, here’s the latest data from the California Association of Realtors® $440...
Best Times to Buy Household Items
Looking to score some sweet deals on household items? You've come to the right place! We’ll give you the lowdown on the best times in the year to buy essentials for your home. Get the best deals for these items on these dates: Appliances Presidents' Day...
Home Design Trends for Spring 2024
Spring — the perfect time to give your home a little makeover and freshen things up. Design experts have shared what’s in this season. You may have started seeing these everywhere — in retail stores, your Instagram feed, online shopping, etc. Take inspiration from...
What Is Mortgage Servicing?
Ever heard the term "mortgage servicer" thrown around and wondered what it means? Imagine you just bought your dream house and took out a loan to pay for it. The company you borrowed the money from is called the "mortgage lender." Now, once you start making those...
Avoid These Landscaping Mistakes
Are you thinking about giving your yard a makeover? Smart move because not only does good landscaping make your home look amazing, but it can also boost your property value by 6-7%! Before you get started, below are some common landscaping mistakes to avoid so you can...
How to Finance Your First Real Estate Investment
Your name, real estate entrepreneur — has a nice ring to it doesn’t it? There's a reason why successful entrepreneurs and investors love buying properties for the long haul. Real estate can be super profitable if you play your cards right. It not only diversifies your...
Peach Fuzz: Style Your Space with the Hottest Color of the Year
“In seeking a hue that echoes our innate yearning for closeness and connection, we chose a color radiant with warmth and modern elegance. A shade that resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and effortlessly bridges the youthful with the timeless.” -...