• Interested in historical prices in Orange County?  
• Price per square foot history & current trends? 
• Inventory Levels & Market Trends?  

Check out my Coastal Orange County Real Estate Blog at www.OCBeachBlog.com.   Feel free to ask me questions if you need more information by commenting on the post, calling me at (949) 278-4807 or sending an email to SandraCarlisle@firstteam.com 

 Coming Summer of 2009!  Did you miss the 2007 First Team Real Estate Regatta to benefit Hoag Hospital and their Heart & Vascular Department???   Don't worry, it will be back in 2009 for another exciting, world-class event!

Selling your Newport Beach or Corona del Mar Home?  
Of course you want someone who will help you price your home correctly from the start, but shouldn't there be more to it than that? ..... I certainly think so.

• Market Trends - Market Trends is a unique software program exclusive to First Team.  This program allows our clients to analyze market data utilizing a variety of easy to interpret graphs.  This makes pricing your home correctly a breeze.  What makes Market Trends the leading program in the industry and a valuable resource for you?  Unlike sources that other companies make available to their agents, we refresh our system daily leaving you with the most up-to-the-minute market information available in the industry!  

• Dare to Compare - This is a marketing and advertising checksheet that you can print out to make an Apple-to-Apple comparison between First Team and other companies you may be considering.  Print it out and use it!

The Key to Getting Your Home SOLD ----- Exposure, Exposure, Exposure!   

• International Exposure is Key! ..... Luxury Portfolio - Foreign Buyers are taking advantage of current market conditions.  Why wouldn't they?  Not only is Newport Beach one of the most beautiful places in the world to live & visit, Coastal Orange County is considered a bargain when compared to other high-end destination communites around the world.  Your luxury home will have market exposure in over 35 different countries and can be found translated into more than 9 different languages on this Prestigious International Website.   (The blogsite you are reading right now is translated into 20 different languages.)

•  Is Your Home Easy to Find on the Internet? ..... Google* - Google is the Number One Search Engine used by consumers today.  Properties listed with me are easily found on google.  Many agents make it easy for consumers to find your home on the internet by it's address, we've all seen address specific domain names such as www.123AddressAve.com.   And that's all fine and dandy, buyers will be able to look up your home by address with me too, but how about the people who don't already know the address of your home?  Let's get your home found easily by it's own unique traits under simple search terms that buyers are utilizing...  

• Yahoo.com - The Number Two Search Engine used by consumers today.  Yahoo uses different search engine technology, but we don't want to ignore it's power, which is why I use multiple blogs and SEO Writing Styles to ensure that your home is also search friendly on Yahoo.   

• Expose Your Home to Lots of Real Estate Agents! ..... ActiveRain - ActiveRain is a real estate professional networking site.  Your home will be exposed to it's 100,000+ members and their clients. This site has local, regional, national & international exposure.

• Localism.com* - Localism is a Consumer friendly site with tons of "Google Juice".  This site attracts buyers w/current market content written by Real Estate Agents about their local markets.  Not only do buyers come in from the real estate market updates and reports that I contribute for Newport Beach & it's surrounding communites, but your home will be exposed to buyers that come in from content contributed by other local agents.

• FirstTeam.com - www.FirstTeam.com offers your home more exposure than any other Orange County real estate website.  We do this by using print media to drive buyers to our site.  While a website might be beautiful, it is only as good as it easy to find.   Our extensive print advertising drives more buyers to our website than any other company.

• Print Media - Advertising in Print Media such as newspapers, magazines, etc... is expensive, but necessary to create a pipeline of buyers for your home.  First Team uses a minimum of 6% of every sale we complete, whether it's on the buy side or the sell side, and put it straight into our marketing budget.  This allows us to spend over 5 million dollars marketing out clients homes every year, regardless of market conditions.  We saved for this rainy day and while other companies have cut back on their marketing by as much as 2/3rds, you get to reap the rewards of our planning.  This is not the market to cut back on marketing and advertising!

• And more... - If you are thinking about selling your home, call me at (949) 278-4807.  I am passionate about getting your home in front of the most buyers and making sure you are the most knowledgable seller on the block.  We will get your home SOLD for the highest price the market will bear!

Buying a Home in Newport Beach or Corona del Mar?  

• Do you know what you are signing? ..... Breaking down the California Residential Purchase Agreement.

• Would you like access to the hottest properties on the market today? ..... I will keep you informated about the hottest buys on the market today including Short Sales, Bank Owned (REO) properties, Hot Buys and Pocket Listings here in Newport Beach and the surrounding communities such as Corona del Mar, Newport Coast, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach & portions of Irvine.

• Is the Distressed Market something you are considering taking advantage of? ..... Attend one of my FREE Foreclosure Seminars for buyers and sellers and find out more about the foreclosure process and what you can expect.  

Sandra Carlisle

Beginning a career in Residential Sales & Marketing was quite natural after relocating around the country for over a decade.  During that time Sandra purchased  7 homes and investment properties from fixers, to rentals & new construction.  Although her childhood was spent in West Covina, a suburban city only 45 minutes from Newport Beach, Sandra has lived in Livermore,CA, San Diego,CA, Raleigh,NC, Charlotte, NC, Morrisville, NC,  and Ottawa, ON, Canada  before returning to Southern California and settling here in Orange County.  

Sandra and her son Jacob have been living in Corona del Mar since 2003.  She is passionate about being involved in the local community.  Most notably is her current involvement as the PFO (Parent Faculty Organization) President of  Harbor View School in Corona del Mar, where her son attends, for the 2007/2008 school year and her continuation of that role into the 2008/2009 school year.  The PFO's main mission is to keep Music, The Arts and Physical Education available to Primary School Children at Harbor View School.    

Bringing a specialized knowledge of cutting-edge Internet Marketing Strategies, her success in optimizing SEO technology for clients in the Coastal Orange County Real Estate Market, utilizing Web 2.0 and other technologies, along with  more than 5 years experience as a Top Producing Agent for First Team & First Team Estates, Sandra's expertise gives her the ability to offer superior Local, Regional, National & International Web Exposure for her clients homes.