Just a Tempest in a Teapot?
fancy myself as someone who operates on a (mostly) even keel. I like to stick to the facts and always value hard data over anecdotes.…
Tag: anecdotes
Home Owners Win when Buyers Compete
This is an email I just wrote with some sage advice to my client. There's a property he wants to put an offer in, but…
Blue Light Special Turns Red!
A month ago, I wrote a blog entry about a homeowner in Soquel who was having a blue light special on the sale of his…
Tales of a Santa Cruz Short Sale
While you can get a good deal on a property by buying it as a short sale, I posit that you are not necessarily getting…
I’d like to point something out
Or, rather, he loves it when the seller pays the discount points, although it's all pretty much the same thing, since it's your money (the…
The Least Prestigious Profession in America
The Least Prestigious Job in America: Real Estate ProfessionalIt turns out that I have the least prestigious profession in America! Would you believe that an…
Santa Cruz Rental market in decline?
I said that prices have now reached the point where, in some situations, for some people who want to make Santa Cruz home and plan…
Kickin’ It At Home in Santa Cruz
The owner is an enthusiast of machines - like cars, motorcycles, motors - I think he is a mechanic or something. So we are in…
St. Joseph and Santa Cruz Real Estate
So I was down at the Santa Cruz Association of Realtors today, buying a couple of swish new Blue SupraKey safes - the place the…
This is getting ridiculous
For example, we were doing an exercise on calculating the rate of return on an investment in a home purchase - you buy it for…