Why is there no For Sale By Owner in the Bay Area?

If youre like most property buyers, youve spent some time looking on Zillow for a property that you want to purchase. With that search, youve…

Pricing the Cost of Repairs When Selling Your Home

If you've made the decision to sell your home, you may have also worried about how much work the property needs before you put it…

Cancelling the Sale of Your Silicon Valley Home

When an offer is made on a home and accepted, the deal isnt done. In fact, there is a lot of work that has to…

How Much Commission do Bay Area Realtors Charge to Sell a Home?

Updated - November 2024One of the most frequently asked questions that Im faced with is, how much is it going to cost to sell my…

Compass Partners with Revive for Pre-Sale Renovations

Every year, the National Association of REALTORS publishes itsprofile of Home Buyers and Sellers. In the 2022 edition of this report, NAR reports that 70%…

Non-Contingent Offers in Bay Area Home Sales

If youve watched by YouTube videos or read my blog, youve probably seen a lot of information about contingencies that are put in place by…

84% Recently Experienced Seller Regret

CNBC recently reported on a Zillow survey that was released at the beginning of the month. And, uh, it turns out that according to Zillow,…

How to Sell your Bay Area Home for More than the Comps

When you make the decision to sell your home and contact a real estate agent in the Bay Area, one of the first things that…

The Truth about “We Buy Houses” Bay Area Companies

You have probably seen the signs plastered on telephone poles and stuck into the ground throughout the Bay Area: "We buy houses." Or perhaps you've…

The Best States for Californians to Move To

It seems that a perennial theme around living in California is that people are often thinking about leaving the state. You've probably heard the joke:…