How to Sell Your House for More Than It’s Worth

If you have a house that you need to sell, I'm going to bet that you'll be wanting to get the most amount of money…

Caveat Emptor for Watsonville Investors

They are not looking to speculate on real estate - that's how so many people ended up getting foreclosed on in Watsonville, and in California,…

There’s No Such Thing as Market Price

When people are looking to buy property and searching on the internet, I encourage them to search a bit, maybe a good bit, over the…

Notes from the Field

Yesterday, I managed to get a big price reduction ($100,000!) on a listing I have out on Tabor Drive in Scotts Valley. I dutifully cranked…

Zillow Giveth, Zillow Taketh Away

While searching for a blog topic, two reports spanning the good/bad news spectrum caught my eye, because Zillow.com had a hand in both.To check out…

Advice for Santa Cruz Home Sellers in 2008

That's kind of the problem. There's a large school of thought that says one reason why home prices have not slid more than they have…

The Trouble with Zillow

Sure, that's "just" 10% but is just 10% of the sale price - that $50,000, though, is likely to represent, perhaps, 100% of the actual…