Does Your Property Have Mellos Roos? The Tax Deductions Are Changing!

On January 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Real Estate News

If you are a California homeowner and your property has a Mellos Roos Assessment on it, you might not be happy with this news.

Beginning with the 2012 tax bill (the one due in April 2013), the state Franchise Tax Board will require property owners to break down their property taxes [...]

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When Selling Your Home Your Realtor Must Bring Their “A” Game

On August 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In My Point of View, My Point of View

Selling a home in today’s current market is challenging, but NOT impossible!

To make your home attractive to more buyers, there are strategic preparations that should be done prior to putting the house on the market. If you think that putting a “For Sale” sign out in front and having your agent put [...]

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How will the New Conforming Loan Limits impact Home Buyers?

On July 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Real Estate News

If you are a Home Buyer and want to purchase a home, I have one question for you? What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for home prices to further drop or interest rates to rise? As a Realtor I don’t have a crystal ball, sometimes I wish I did, and I [...]

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Which way is La Jolla Real Estate Trending?

On July 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Market Trends

How’s La Jolla’s real estate market trending? This week the median list price in La Jolla is $2,150,000 down from previous weeks. The 303 properties have been on the market for an average of 169 days. What does this mean to a buyer or seller looking to move to La Jolla?

The Market Action Index [...]

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Selling your home? 10 easy tips you can do to make your home stand out!

On May 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In My Point of View, My Point of View

Summer is here and you have decided to put your home on the market! As you might have heard, summertime is “the selling season of real estate.” Here are just a few of the reasons that summer is a great time to sell a home: kids are out of school, the weather is [...]

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Compromise, the Heart of Real Estate Negotiations

On May 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In My Point of View, My Point of View

I just finish car shopping for my daughter. She was going to purchase her first car with her own money, and had to stay within a specific price range.  Unfortunately, like every buyer today, what she wanted and what she could afford were different things. My daughter has had champagne taste ever since [...]

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