San Francisco is the second most expensive city to buy real estate after Manhattan, there is no secret about that!! I have lived in San Francisco for 20 years and the more I travel, the more I appreciate where I live, it's diversity, lifestyle, and the people who live in San Francisco makes
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06/24/2007
More than three decades later, drugs and gang violence have turned the quiet neighborhood into a place where no one felt his/her family was safe. Families will buy a home in Fairfield in Solano County."The crime in Bayview was too much," back then " A friend of a friend once said "If I didn't ha
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06/21/2007
I have been working with my new broker for about 4 days, in four days I have acquired a great deal of knowledge, he has thought me how to develop the habit of working smart. I have face my fear about door knocking and prospecting prior to my open house, I work hard and smart for my client by kn
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06/21/2007
I have been talking with a few successful agents recently, they all have a coach, some go with Tom Hopkins, others with Mike Ferry and so on.. I've had the opportunity to check a few of these coaches and let me tell you...they all are amazing, just listening to their CDs, watching their videos
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06/21/2007
In the last thirty years the area now known as SoMa, or (south of Market), has undergone a dramatic change from a grimy, rundown, industrial district to a dynamic and diverse neighborhood with museums, nightclubs, shops, offices, artists studios, and a convention center. To appreciate the transfo
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06/18/2007
I have recently come accross several agents who don't have any idea how to write offers, addendums and are absolutely unethical.I don't think is hard at all to dedicate some time during the day just to read all of the documents we Realtors use in all of our Real Estate transactions.It is alway
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06/16/2007
Our mind plays a big role when it comes to being a Realtor, in our everyday routine we face challenges and emotions, specially when we get a contract in escrow, then it falls through or at time of signing, the seller does not feel like selling anymore or buyers change their mind about buying on s
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06/10/2007
For the past year I have been working extremely hard, I understand things that are worth keeping and fight for, don't come easy. The other day I had the opportunity to help my contractor replacing my carpet with hardwood, it was Not an easy task but, all of the hard work pays off, hour after hour
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06/08/2007
The latest approach after close of escrow when representing the Buyer has been:Place a sign on the front lawn (get permission from your client) for about 1month.Send flyers to neighboors letting them know You brought the buyer.I have used talking house a couple of times and it works!Include my we
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06/07/2007
I have been holding open houses at least 3 days out of the week lately. I believe you have a good excuse to talk to potential sellers around the area.I'd like to get any sort of input from everyone, from baking cookies, flowers, playing music etc.. what has worked for me is, place at least six s
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06/07/2007