A Seller’s Perspective
Your home hasn’t sold, when is it time to reduce the price?
Gasp! Your home hasn’t sold, when is it time to  bite the bullet and reduce the price? Sadly it sometimes happens that you listed your home but it is just sitting on the market. Real estate experts  often council that a listing is like...
Lockboxes and the CBS (Call before showing) code
Frequently, home sellers don’t want a lockbox at their home. They may prefer that their home be shown during open houses or by appointment. Each home seller has unique needs that their Realtor should address. Certainly, the lockbox has ...
Pros and cons of hiring a friend or family member as your Realtor
With roughly 185,000 California real estate agents how do you go about selecting the right one for you? If you are fortunate to have a good friend or family member who is a full time Realtor, this may be your best option. But what are the pros...
What this Realtor has learned after 25 years of selling homes
I thought I knew everything I needed to know about real estate when I entered the profession after a ten-year career in mortgage banking. But I was very wrong; I had a lot to learn about people and the psychology of home buying. Let me share wi...
The Pitfalls of Seller Financing
Seller financing is also referred to as a seller carry back. Likely due to my banking background I believe there are many pitfalls to seller financing. As interest rates are cyclical, the benefits of seller financing increase when rates are ...
Fall home selling
Fall home selling:Â Most people want to sell their homes in spring. However, life often gets in the way. Consequently, we get busy over summer. Suddenly, we find ourselves in the fall home-selling season. Still, fall can be a great time to sell...
Dumbing Down The Real Estate Industry
Since I started selling real estate, I have noticed that the powers that be are dumbing down the real estate industry. When I began selling real estate, the Real Estate Purchase Agreement (RPA) had a provision that when a certain box was checke...
Is it okay to bury a St. Joseph statue to help sell your home?
Now that our girls are grown, I have a fairly predictable weekend routine. On Saturday mornings, I go to the La Canada farmer’s market, and on Sunday mornings, I attend Mass at St. Bede in La Canada. Some weekends I have open houses or show h...
