An interesting article I read this past week shows that a recent study conducted by the Brookings Institute and the Center for Trans-Oriented Development discovered that for every $10,000.00 a family saves in annual transportation costs - it results in an additional $100,000.00 of purchasing power toward buying a home.  The study found that the [...]

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There have been so many write-ups and reports on a dismal real estate market.  Don’t lose track of a critically important part - Mortgage rates have been quietly falling and have been doing this for several weeks.  The rates are at their lowest point in half a year.  They are just barely a percentage point [...]

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Over the past couple months several people have approached me and asked me what percentage sellers are discounting their homes since the market is back to a more normal state.
How does one answer a question that is so general?  It is specific to each and every different property and seller motivation.  Seller motivation can change at [...]

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The past few weeks I’ve been working with a variety of clients to find them homes.  Since the real estate market took-off a few years ago and became the buzz words around the Country the inventory was quite low.  It is fun to now be able to pick-and-choose a wider variety of homes for my clients to [...]

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Haunted Hotel     September 29-October 31
Horror movies rule this year at the Haunted Hotel. Check into this year’s most gruesome movies, Hostel and Saw II and then find yourself running in terror from the inhabitants of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and House of 1000 Corpses. $13.99. 424 Market Street in the Gaslamp Quarter. 619-696-SCARE or www.hauntedhotel.com 
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It is interesting to be a full-time real estate agent.  I meet so many types of people and of various nationalities - I seem to learn something from every one of them.  This is a very challenging business even though it may appear to be easy to many people.  Many agents are currently finding how difficult of [...]

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