January 2020

New Year Predictions

January 28, 2020There I was driving home on Highway 1 the other night ruminating about the future of real estate, when I came to a grinding halt in traffic. Sitting there unmoving, I glanced up at the Caltrans Board near 41st and noticed a random string of words running across it. Suddenly my cell rang and I heard an eerie voice on the other end say: “Pay attention and write.” I was so shocked that I grabbed my laptop and for the next three hours, my meager...

Why should would-be sellers start ordering their inspections today?

January 7, 2020We're talking about inspections and why, if you are seriously thinking about selling in the next six months, you should already be scheduling them... After last week, there was a chorus of squawks coming from some sellers-to-be out there who weren’t keen on the idea of ponying-up in advance: “I don’t want to waste money! They won’t be good by the time I’m ready to put my house on! Won’t buyers do their own inspections? Don’t houses get tented anyway? I want an as-is sale!...