Published in November 28th, 2007
The deal did fall apart because the for sale by owner didn’t understand the contract correctly. The time for a response came and went without a response from the seller. I called the seller the following day to ask for my clients offer package back. The seller wondered “where did your buyers […]
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Published in November 28th, 2007
I really enjoy living in the Birdland neighborhood in Sunnyvale. Down our street there are huge ginkgo trees. At this time of the year the leaves all turn yellow and start to fall off the trees. This is as close to fall colors as we get here in Silicon Valley. Panama park […]
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Published in November 28th, 2007
After years of experience here are some of the issues I’ve come across when trying to get your home sold……
1. Over price your home
2. Have a yard that is not taken care of
3. Clutter everywhere
4. Pet odors
5. Showing your home by appointment only
6. Not wanting to invest in new paint and carpet
7. Having no open […]
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Published in November 28th, 2007
1. Lack of motivation to sell your home.
2. Over pricing
3. Not listening to your trusted Real Estate Agent/Consultant
4. Being to attached to your upgrades.
5. For Sell By Owner???
6. Not understanding the market of today…right now.
7. Not listing your home with a proactive real estate agent
8. Not wanting to put money into the home […]
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Published in November 28th, 2007
The deal just about fell apart when the clients came in and started to have second thoughts on whether the purchase was a great deal. So here are the details. The clients purchased a beautiful duplex in Cupertino…great location, huge lot, beautifully remodeled main unit and a wonderful income producing second unit. This was a […]
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Published in November 14th, 2007
Silicon Valley Power (basically the City of Santa Clara power company) is offering several programs to help your home run more efficiently. With rebates on refrigerators, attic insulation, LCD monitors and whole house fans there’s never been a better time to saving money. If you haven’t upgraded your refrigerator in several years you’ll be amazed […]
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Published in November 14th, 2007
Today in the San Jose Mercury newspaper (yes newspaper) there was an article about Lawrence Yun. He is the chief economist for the NAR. He states the housing markets here in San Fransisco and Silicon Valley are stronger than other places in California and across the nation. We did not have a […]
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Published in November 14th, 2007
Many buyers have woken up to the opportunity that exists in Castroville. I have met many good qualified buyers while sitting at a development of 12 new single family homes. Recently there has been a greater quantity of serious buyers.
We sold one property earlier this week and it appears that 2-3 buyers are close […]
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Published in November 14th, 2007
Have you given any thought to what the Sunnyvale downtown area will look like once the redevelopment effort is done in 2009. If you have ventured down to city hall you can see a full scale layout of how the downtown area is being refigured…..wow….what a beautiful design! So how will this effect real estate […]
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Published in November 7th, 2007
What is the Eichler homeowner mentality all about. For those of us who love and live the Eichler style is about our freedom of choice to be open, clean and straight (strong straight lines I mean). I’m always amused by those who have happened upon an Eichler home and bought it and then “remodeled” […]
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