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Calling in the Expert – Home Inspector
In purchasing a home, one of the most important steps is the home inspection. Home inspections are a great learn a lot about the home you are buying, but there are some items that a general home inspector can’t evaluate.Evaluations of Pools or...
Rethink: Outdated Real Estate Advice
Everyone has an opinion, right? Maybe it’s your great Aunt or your father’s best friend, but everyone wants to share their real estate advice and experiences. The question is: Is it actually good advice?Here are some of the most common pieces of...
Prevention: Smart Home Hacked
A great number of homes have smart-home devices and the number of smart home devices continues to rise. Smart-home devices such as voice assistants, thermostats, doorbells, door key-codes, televisions, and other smart appliances continues to...
How to Sell Your Home for Top Dollar
If you are considering putting your home on the market because you would like to sell, there are many things that you can do to prepare for the home sale.In order to sell your San Diego County home for top dollar, there are certain steps that...
Do I have to sell my home in order to buy?
With such wonderful real estate prices and interest rates still right now, lots of homeowners want to make a transition—to a bigger home, to a retirement home, or to a different neighborhood among other things. Many buyers are wondering if they...
Selling your own home? Here’s what you need to know…
Thinking of doing a FSBO? You may want to think again. According to a study conducted by the National Association of Realtors®, a home listed with a real estate professional generally sells for up to $47,000 more than a home listed by its...
How to Make Sure It’s the Right Neighborhood
There’s a reason why in real estate the phrase “Location, location, location” is always said. In real estate, we use the term “external obsolescence”, meaning a depreciation in the value of a home due to factors that exist outside the property itself. And the...
False Assumptions About Real Estate Agents
Driving nice cars, looking at homes all day, and going to fancy lunch meetings – ah, what a sweet life a real estate agent has, right? Hate to break it to you but these stereotypes are far from reality. Today, we debunk some common assumptions about real estate...
Things to Consider Before You Buy a Foreclosure
We always talk about homebuying must-dos and tips here in our blog. Buying a foreclosure home is a slightly different story. The main difference between buying a foreclosure and a traditional property is that with a foreclosure, the seller is the bank. They are...